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How Western Digital Corporation stacks up
WDC · against 45 other Technology companies of similar size
Profitability
97/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #8 of 46 · scores higher than 82% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score17 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including WDC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 97?
Weighted metrics compared with all Technology companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Technology peers.
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 93% of peers. Return on invested capital: 42.2% vs peer median 6.8%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 96% of peers. Operating margin: 34.5% vs peer median 6.3%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 100% of peers. Return on assets: 68.0% vs peer median 2.9%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WDC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | WDC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 44 reported | 42.2% | 16.8% | 79% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 46 reported | 34.5% | 21.5% | 78% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 45 reported | 68.0% | 11.1% | 100% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 45 reported | 130.9% | 23.9% | 98% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 46 reported | 48.9% | 53.2% | 44% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WDC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 561.7B CNY (≈$78.6B) | 99 | 77 | |
| 1 | 25.82T JPY (≈$175.6B) | 99 | 73 | |
| 1 | 95.8B USD | 99 | 67 | |
| 1 | 181.7B EUR (≈$199.8B) | 99 | 56 | |
| 1 | 203.8B USD | 99 | 56 | |
| 1 | 164.9B USD | 99 | 89 | |
| 1 | 137.9B USD | 99 | 59 | |
| 8 | 482.9B CNY (≈$67.6B) | 97 | 73 | |
| 8 | 125.2B USD | 97 | 70 | |
| 10 | 94.0B USD | 96 | 61 | |
| 11 | 117.3B USD | 95 | 56 | |
| 11 | 9.04T INR (≈$108.5B) | 95 | 74 | |
| 13 | 65.3B USD | 94 | 68 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score