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 +1,088.32% over the past year and +310.53% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 31, 1978, WDC is up +21,550.30% in real purchasing-power return, or +11.95%/yr, and is currently −1.87% below its real total-return high on Jun. 18, 2026.
Data ending Mon Jun. 22, 2026
| Tue 1978-10-31💬 to Mon 2026-06-22 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDC × |
+310.53%
2026-06-22 |
+1,088.32%
2026-06-22 |
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| Western Digital Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Tue 1978-10-31💬 to Mon 2026-06-22 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDC × |
+21,550.30%
+11.95%/yr |
+5.89%/yr
(R2=0.603) |
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| Western Digital Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Tue 1978-10-31💬 to Mon 2026-06-22 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDC × |
$10,000.00
1978-10-31 |
$2,165,030.49
2026-06-22 |
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| Western Digital Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | WDC |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +310.53% |
| 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% |
| Tue 1978-10-31💬 to Mon 2026-06-22 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDC × |
−1.87%
from 2026-06-18 peak |
−96.58%
2001-09-27 from 1997-08-20 peak |
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| Western Digital Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Mon 2026-06-22 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDC × | +1,088.32% |
+1,101.72% +246.66%/yr |
+2,204.01% +184.55%/yr |
+1,047.48% +62.91%/yr |
+1,555.45% +32.40%/yr |
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| Western Digital Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock | ||||||
