Financing
Debt Repayments
Western Digital Debt Repayments decreased by 98.3% to $31.00M in Q3 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 83.5%, from $188.00M to $31.00M. Over 2 years (FY 2023 to FY 2025), Debt Repayments shows an upward trend with a 37.1% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionFinancing
CategoryLeverage
SignalLower is better
VolatilityModerate
First reportedQ1 2014
Last reportedQ1 2026Oct 31, 2025
How to read this metric
A decrease may indicate a focus on capital preservation or refinancing, while a significant increase signals active debt reduction or maturity fulfillment.
Detailed definition
Represents the total cash outflows used to reduce the principal balance of short-term and long-term debt obligations. Th...
Peer comparison
Standard across all capital-intensive industries; peers with high leverage typically show higher repayment activity.
Metric ID:
debt_repaymentHistorical Data
17 periods
| Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $213.00M | $213.00M | -$213.00M | $5.58B | $0.00 | $338.00M | $842.00M | $0.00 | $0.00 | $225.00M | $1.04B | $837.00M | $188.00M | $0.00 | $194.00M | $1.84B | $31.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | -200.0% | >999% | -100.0% | — | +149.1% | -100.0% | — | — | +363.1% | -19.7% | -77.5% | -100.0% | — | +846.9% | -98.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -100.0% | +258.7% | -84.9% | — | — | -33.4% | +23.8% | — | — | -100.0% | -81.4% | +119.5% | -83.5% |
Range-$213.00M – $5.58B
CAGR-38.2%
Avg YoY Growth-9.0%
Median YoY Growth-81.4%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Western Digital's debt repayments?
- Western Digital (WDC) reported debt repayments of $31.00M in Q3 2025.
- How has Western Digital's debt repayments changed year-over-year?
- Western Digital's debt repayments decreased by 83.5% year-over-year, from $188.00M to $31.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Western Digital's debt repayments?
- Over 2 years (2023 to 2025), Western Digital's debt repayments has grown at a 37.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.18B to $2.22B.
- What does debt repayments mean?
- The total amount of cash used to pay down debt principal.