Western Digital WDC Return on assets
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Western Digital’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
The official record: Western Digital’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Western Digital's return on assets?
- Western Digital (WDC) reported return on assets of 41.5% in Q1 2026.
- How has Western Digital's return on assets changed year-over-year?
- Western Digital's return on assets increased by 405.8% year-over-year, from 8.2% to 41.5%.
- What is the long-term trend for Western Digital's return on assets?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Western Digital's return on assets has grown at a 48.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 5.1% to 24.7%.
- What does return on assets mean?
- How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
- How do you interpret return on assets?
- Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
- How does return on assets compare across companies?
- Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.