All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)

Total Real Returns

WDC: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

WDC total return snapshot: WDC returned +569.18% over the past year and +195.57% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 31, 1978, WDC is up +75,177.41% in nominal total return, or +14.87%/yr, and is currently −31.82% below its total-return high on Jun. 18, 2026.

Data ending Fri Aug. 14, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 1978-10-31💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
WDC × 		+75,177.41%
+14.87%/yr 		+8.93%/yr
R2=0.777
Western Digital Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 1978-10-31💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Start
Value 		End
Value
WDC × 		$10,000.00
1978-10-31 		$7,527,740.79
2026-08-14

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-14

  YTD YoY
WDC × 		+195.57% +569.18%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
WDC × 		−31.82%
on 2026-08-14
from 2026-06-18 peak 		−96.20%
on 2001-09-27
from 1997-08-20 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-08-14 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
WDC × 		+569.18% +999.37%
+231.57%/yr 		+1,487.38%
+151.32%/yr 		+970.82%
+60.67%/yr 		+1,630.25%
+32.99%/yr

Annual Returns

Year WDC
2026 (YTD) +195.57%
2025 +283.68%
2024 +13.86%
2023 +65.99%
2022 −51.62%
2021 +17.73%
2020 −10.89%
2019 +77.14%
2018 −51.90%
2017 +19.83%
2016 +17.48%
2015 −43.97%
2014 +33.99%
2013 +100.83%
2012 +39.07%
2011 −8.70%
2010 −23.22%
2009 +285.59%
2008 −62.10%
2007 +47.65%
2006 +9.94%
2005 +71.68%
2004 −8.06%
2003 +84.51%
2002 +1.92%
2001 +157.23%
2000 −41.79%
1999 −72.20%
1998 −5.86%
1997 −43.74%
1996 +218.18%
1995 +6.72%
1994 +83.56%
1993 +5.80%
1992 +228.54%
1991 −46.15%
1990 −41.79%
1989 −43.22%
1988 −9.23%
1987 −12.16%
1986 +76.19%
1985 +21.74%
1984 −4.17%
1983 +94.60%
1982 −30.19%
1981 −32.91%
1980 +229.17%
1979 +60.00%
1978 −16.66%