WDC Stock — Western Digital Corp.

Western Digital Corp. (WDC)

Updated October 16, 2026.

WDC is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.18%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.17%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 62/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 49034.2% over the past 48 years.

Western Digital Corporation manufactures and sells data storage devices and solutions based on hard disk drive technology, serving markets in the United States, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa through computer manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. The company maintains a modest current distribution rate paid quarterly. Western Digital appeals primarily to value and income investors seeking exposure to the data storage sector.

WDC performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 49034.2% over the past 48 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 164.2%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 55.5%.

WDC key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

62 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.11%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

10/31/1978

Distribution rate

0.18%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.17%

5-year average yield

2.55

Last close

$332.00 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$124,275,325,308

Average volume

7988500.0

Dividend

$0.15

Ex-dividend date

09/08/2026

Payment date

09/17/2026

Beta

2.169

Payout ratio

5.5%

P/E ratio

12.33

Forward P/E

22.8311

EPS

$26.92

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.18%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.17%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

WDC risks and drawbacks

WDC's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 55.5%.

Who may consider WDC — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (WDC pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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