All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

WDC: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

WDC real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, WDC returned +569.60% over the past year and +206.20% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 31, 1978, WDC is up +16,048.33% in real purchasing-power return, or +11.24%/yr, and is currently −27.10% below its real total-return high on Jun. 18, 2026.

Data ending Fri Jul. 31, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 1978-10-31💬 to Fri 2026-07-31 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
WDC × 		+16,048.33%
+11.24%/yr 		+5.95%/yr
R2=0.604
Western Digital Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 1978-10-31💬 to Fri 2026-07-31 Start
Value 		End
Value
WDC × 		$10,000.00
1978-10-31 		$1,614,832.77
2026-07-31

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-07-31

  YTD YoY
WDC × 		+206.20% +569.60%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
WDC × 		−27.10%
on 2026-07-31
from 2026-06-18 peak 		−96.58%
on 2001-09-27
from 1997-08-20 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-07-31 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
WDC × 		+569.60% +914.16%
+218.46%/yr 		+1,452.78%
+149.48%/yr 		+808.83%
+55.49%/yr 		+1,141.54%
+28.65%/yr

Annual Returns

Year WDC
2026 (YTD) +206.20%
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 +275.38%
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 +192.55%
1979 +41.19%
1978 −17.37%