All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
WDC real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, WDC returned +942.68% over the past year and +217.14% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 31, 1978, WDC is up +16,624.59% in real purchasing-power return, or +11.36%/yr, and is currently at its real total-return high.
| Tue 1978-10-31💬 to Tue 2026-06-02 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDC × |
+217.14%
2026-06-02 |
+942.68%
2026-06-02 |
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| Western Digital Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Tue 1978-10-31💬 to Tue 2026-06-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDC × |
+16,624.59%
+11.36%/yr |
+5.86%/yr
(R2=0.602) |
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| Western Digital Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Tue 1978-10-31💬 to Tue 2026-06-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDC × |
$10,000.00
1978-10-31 |
$1,672,459.40
2026-06-02 |
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| Western Digital Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | WDC |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +217.14% |
| 2025 | +273.69% |
| 2024 | +10.67% |
| 2023 | +60.61% |
| 2022 | −54.56% |
| 2021 | +9.99% |
| 2020 | −12.08% |
| 2019 | +73.18% |
| 2018 | −52.80% |
| 2017 | +17.35% |
| 2016 | +15.09% |
| 2015 | −44.38% |
| 2014 | +32.99% |
| 2013 | +97.85% |
| 2012 | +36.70% |
| 2011 | −11.33% |
| 2010 | −24.35% |
| 2009 | +275.37% |
| 2008 | −62.13% |
| 2007 | +41.85% |
| 2006 | +7.24% |
| 2005 | +65.99% |
| 2004 | −10.96% |
| 2003 | +81.10% |
| 2002 | −0.45% |
| 2001 | +153.31% |
| 2000 | −43.70% |
| 1999 | −72.93% |
| 1998 | −7.35% |
| 1997 | −44.68% |
| 1996 | +207.96% |
| 1995 | +4.07% |
| 1994 | +78.78% |
| 1993 | +2.97% |
| 1992 | +219.28% |
| 1991 | −47.75% |
| 1990 | −45.15% |
| 1989 | −45.74% |
| 1988 | −13.07% |
| 1987 | −15.89% |
| 1986 | +74.28% |
| 1985 | +17.29% |
| 1984 | −7.81% |
| 1983 | +87.50% |
| 1982 | −32.76% |
| 1981 | −38.41% |
| 1980 | +192.52% |
| 1979 | +41.19% |
| 1978 | −17.37% |
| Tue 1978-10-31💬 to Tue 2026-06-02 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDC × | — |
−96.58%
2001-09-27 from 1997-08-20 peak |
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| Western Digital Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Tue 2026-06-02 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDC × | +942.68% |
+834.04% +204.92%/yr |
+1,592.66% +156.70%/yr |
+687.36% +51.10%/yr |
+1,175.27% +29.00%/yr |
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| Western Digital Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
