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WDC Western Digital Corporation — dividend yield, history & ex-dividend dates

NASDAQ Global Select· Quarterly dividend· Common Stock · Technology / Computer Hardware

$396.42 ▲ $15.54(4.08%) as of Oct 29, 2026 06:20 UTC
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Western Digital Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets a broad range of data storage devices and software solutions across the United States, China, Hong Kong, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the rest of Asia, serving an international market. The company's product lineup includes client devices such as hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing platforms like desktops, notebooks, smart video systems, gaming consoles, and set-top boxes. They also provide flash-based embedded storage solutions for mobile phones, tablets, laptops, and various portable and wearable technologies, extending into automotive, Internet of Things (IoT), industrial, and connected home applications. Additionally, Western Digital produces flash-based memory wafers. For data centers, their offerings comprise enterprise helium hard drives and sophisticated flash-based SSDs, often bundled with software tailored for enterprise servers, online transaction processing, data analysis, and other business applications. This segment also includes comprehensive data storage systems, tiered storage models, and various data storage platforms. Consumer-oriented client solutions consist of external HDDs in both mobile and desktop configurations, portable SSDs, and removable memory cards compatible with mobile phones, tablets, imaging systems, cameras, and smart video systems. Furthermore, they offer universal serial bus (USB) flash drives for computing and general consumer markets, alongside wireless drive products designed for on-the-go content backup and high-definition streaming of media and documents to tablets, smartphones, and PCs. Western Digital sells its diverse portfolio through original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), distributors, dealers, resellers, and retailers, utilizing its prominent G-Technology, SanDisk, and WD brands. Founded in 1970, the corporation is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Dividend Snapshot

StatusRecently Increased
Last Dividend$0.1500Paid Sep 17, 2026
Forward Annual$0.70From the $0.1750 dividend declared Oct 21, 2026
FrequencyQuarterly
Last Ex-DateSep 08, 2026The most recent ex-dividend date that has already passed.
Next Ex-DateDec 04, 2026$0.1750, declared Oct 21, 2026The ex-dividend date of the next payment the company has declared, or that is scheduled when no declaration is on file. Future dates our data provider only projects are not shown.
Next Pay DateDec 17, 2026

Research Scores

Scores describe this security's published financial data on a 0–100 scale using the formulas on our methodology pages. They are the same for every reader, are not a probability or a forecast, and are not a recommendation. Past dividend growth does not guarantee future increases. Report a data error.

Dividend Safety Score

78/100

Strong indicators

Complete data

Dividend Growth Score

Not Rated

required input missing: 5-year dividend growth or increase streak

Dividend Value Score

37/100

Above own historical valuation

Complete data

DividendRank

57/100

Middle of the scale

Partial data

How the Dividend Safety Score is built for WDC
InputValuePointsWeight
Earnings payout ratioEarnings payout ratio 2% (TTM to Oct 2, 2026) 100 20%
FCF payout ratioFCF payout ratio 5% (TTM to Oct 2, 2026) 100 25%
Net debt / EBITDANet cash (TTM to Oct 2, 2026) 100 15%
Interest coverageInterest coverage 64.5x (TTM to Oct 2, 2026) 100 10%
Dividend record1 year of uninterrupted regular payments; suspension Jul 2, 2020, within 10 years: capped at 20 18 20%
Earnings stabilityNet income positive in 3 of the last 5 fiscal years (FY2022–FY2026) 40 10%

Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: ordinary company. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.

How the Dividend Value Score is built for WDC
InputValuePointsWeight
Yield vs own historyCurrent yield at the 8th percentile of its 59 month-end yields 8 40%
P/E vs own 5-year medianP/E 13.3 is 1.06x its 5-year median of 12.5 42 25%
FCF yieldFCF yield 2.9% (TTM to Oct 2, 2026) 38 20%
P/E vs peersP/E 13.3 vs peer median 26.7 (0.50x; 69 corporation / Technology securities) 100 15%

Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: ordinary company. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.

Key Metrics

Current Yield

0.18%

At the Oct 29, 2026 price

The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price. A 3% yield is about $3 of dividends a year for every $100 invested at today's price.

Annualized Dividend

$0.7000

Declared Oct 21, 2026

The latest declared regular dividend scaled to a full year by how often it's paid (for semi-annual payers, the latest two payments), adjusted for stock splits. A $0.25 quarterly dividend annualizes to $1.00. Special dividends are excluded.

Frequency

Q Quarterly

How often the dividend is paid, read from the dates of recent payments: Q = quarterly (4x a year), M = monthly, S = semi-annual, A = annual.

RSI (14)

51

As of Oct 29, 2026

Relative Strength Index (0-100), a price-momentum gauge. Above 70 is often called 'overbought', below 30 'oversold'. A technical signal, not a dividend metric.

52-Week Range

$124.92 – $746.23

Closes through Oct 23, 2026

The lowest and highest price over the past year, showing where today's price sits in its recent range.

Payout Ratio (TTM)

2.01%

12 months to Oct 02, 2026 (Q1 FY2027)

The share of earnings paid out as dividends over the trailing twelve months (TTM): dividends paid divided by net income across the company's four most recent reported quarters, dated by the latest quarter end. A fiscal-year tag such as FY2025 means only annual figures were available. Lower leaves more cushion; above 100% means paying out more than the company earned. It shows n/a for funds and when net income over the period was negative; for REITs and BDCs it is marked EPS-based, since they are judged on FFO/AFFO or net investment income instead.

Years Paying

14

How many years of payments we have on record. This can understate very long histories where our data doesn't reach far enough back.

Price / Book (TTM)

13.46

Price as of Oct 25, 2026; latest reported book value

Price-to-book ratio: the share price on the date shown divided by the latest reported book value per share. A rough valuation gauge, most useful for asset-heavy sectors like REITs, banks and insurers.

S.A.F.E. Dividend Read

S.A.F.E. is a set of four checks on a dividend's record and the company's data, the same test used across the screener and our ranked lists. Solid: a Dividend Safety Score of 70+ and a yield of 2%+. Accelerating: at least three consecutive completed calendar years of higher total regular dividends. Flawless: since 1990, no calendar year whose total regular dividend fell more than 20% below the year before, and no suspension. Enduring: at least 20 years between the first and latest dividend in our records. All four met earns the S.A.F.E. flag.
S Solid
Below the Solid check (Dividend Safety Score 70+ and yield 2%+): Dividend Safety Score 78/100, yield 0.18%.
A Accelerating
Dividend growth has stalled — 0 consecutive annual increase(s), under the 3 this check looks for.
F Flawless
The record shows a gap in the regular dividend of more than 1.5 times its usual interval (a payment was due around July 2020).
E Enduring
14 year(s) of payments on record, under the 20 this check looks for.

Quote & Key Data

ExchangeNASDAQ Global SelectThe stock exchange where the shares trade, such as NYSE or Nasdaq.
Volume13,953,729Oct 23, 2026 sessionHow many shares changed hands in the trading session dated beside this figure, a rough read on trading activity. Daily bars are refreshed on a slower cycle than the quoted price, so this session can be older than the price above.
Open$346.10Oct 23, 2026 sessionThe price at the start of the trading session dated beside this figure, which can be earlier than the session the quoted price comes from.
Day Range$339.55 – $360.66Oct 23, 2026 sessionThe lowest and highest price during the trading session dated beside this figure, which can be earlier than the session the quoted price comes from.
Prev Close$354.19Close of Oct 22, 2026The closing price from the session before the one dated beside these figures.
Market Cap$148.39BAs of Oct 29, 2026The company's total market value (share price times shares outstanding) on the date shown.
Shares Out374.32MImplied by market cap, Oct 29, 2026Shares outstanding implied by the market cap and share price on the date shown.
EPS (TTM)$27.3812 months to Oct 02, 2026 (Q1 FY2027)Earnings per share over the trailing twelve months (TTM), labeled with the end date of the latest reported quarter and shown in the company's reporting currency. Dividends are paid out of these earnings.
P/E (TTM)12.0Price as of Oct 25, 2026; earnings to Oct 02, 2026Price-to-earnings ratio: the share price on the date shown divided by trailing-twelve-month earnings per share. A rough gauge of how richly the stock is valued.
Last Ex-DateSep 08, 2026Paid Sep 17, 2026The most recent ex-dividend date that has already passed.
Next Ex-DateDec 04, 2026Pays Dec 17, 2026; declaredThe ex-dividend date of the next payment the company has declared, or that is scheduled when no declaration is on file. Future dates our data provider only projects are not shown.

Why the Yield Moved (90 Days)

WDC's dividend yield rose from 0.11% to 0.18% over the past ~90 days (+0.06 pp). Of that move, +0.03 pp came from changes in the dividend rate and +0.04 pp from the share price ($527.22 on Aug 03, 2026 → $396.42 on Oct 29, 2026). A yield that rises because the price fell is not an improvement in the payout itself.

Yield vs Its Own History

Current0.18%
1-Yr Average0.18%
Low / High0.08% – 0.37%
Percentile57%

Across 272 daily observations over the past 13 months (through Oct 23, 2026), WDC's current yield is higher than approximately 57% of them. Our stored price history for WDC covers the past 13 months; 3- and 5-year averages are not yet computable from it and are deliberately not shown.

Adjusted Price History

Dividend History

Dividend Payment History

Ex-dividend calendar →
Amount Type Declared Ex-Date Record Pay
$0.1750 Q Regular upcoming, declared Oct 21, 2026 Dec 04, 2026 Dec 04, 2026 Dec 17, 2026
$0.1500 Q Regular Aug 04, 2026 Sep 08, 2026 Sep 08, 2026 Sep 17, 2026
$0.1500 Q Regular Apr 29, 2026 Jun 05, 2026 Jun 05, 2026 Jun 17, 2026
$0.1250 Q Regular Jan 29, 2026 Mar 05, 2026 Mar 05, 2026 Mar 18, 2026
$0.1250 Q Regular Oct 29, 2025 Dec 04, 2025 Dec 04, 2025 Dec 18, 2025
$0.1000 Q Regular Jul 29, 2025 Sep 04, 2025 Sep 04, 2025 Sep 18, 2025
$0.1000 Q Regular Apr 29, 2025 Jun 04, 2025 Jun 04, 2025 Jun 18, 2025
$0.5000 Q Regular Feb 13, 2020 Apr 02, 2020 Apr 03, 2020 Apr 17, 2020
$0.5000 Q Regular Nov 14, 2019 Jan 02, 2020 Jan 03, 2020 Jan 21, 2020
$0.5000 Q Regular Aug 07, 2019 Oct 03, 2019 Oct 04, 2019 Oct 22, 2019
$0.5000 Q Regular May 02, 2019 Jun 27, 2019 Jun 28, 2019 Jul 15, 2019
$0.5000 Q Regular Feb 14, 2019 Mar 28, 2019 Mar 29, 2019 Apr 15, 2019
$0.5000 Q Regular Nov 07, 2018 Dec 27, 2018 Dec 28, 2018 Jan 14, 2019
$0.5000 Q Regular Aug 01, 2018 Sep 27, 2018 Sep 28, 2018 Oct 15, 2018
$0.5000 Q Regular May 02, 2018 Jun 28, 2018 Jun 29, 2018 Jul 16, 2018
$0.5000 Q Regular Jan 29, 2018 Mar 28, 2018 Mar 30, 2018 Apr 16, 2018
$0.5000 Q Regular Nov 01, 2017 Dec 28, 2017 Dec 29, 2017 Jan 16, 2018
$0.5000 Q Regular Aug 03, 2017 Sep 28, 2017 Sep 29, 2017 Oct 16, 2017
$0.5000 Q Regular May 04, 2017 Jun 28, 2017 Jun 30, 2017 Jul 17, 2017
$0.5000 Q Regular Feb 01, 2017 Mar 29, 2017 Mar 31, 2017 Apr 17, 2017
$0.5000 Q Regular Nov 03, 2016 Dec 28, 2016 Dec 30, 2016 Jan 17, 2017
$0.5000 Q Regular Aug 03, 2016 Sep 28, 2016 Sep 30, 2016 Oct 17, 2016
$0.5000 Q Regular May 04, 2016 Jun 29, 2016 Jul 01, 2016 Jul 15, 2016
$0.5000 Q Regular Feb 10, 2016 Mar 30, 2016 Apr 01, 2016 Apr 15, 2016
$0.5000 Q Regular Nov 03, 2015 Dec 29, 2015 Jan 01, 2016 Jan 15, 2016
$0.5000 Q Regular Aug 04, 2015 Sep 30, 2015 Oct 02, 2015 Oct 15, 2015
$0.5000 Q Regular May 05, 2015 Jun 30, 2015 Jul 03, 2015 Jul 15, 2015
$0.5000 Q Regular Feb 03, 2015 Mar 31, 2015 Apr 03, 2015 Apr 16, 2015
$0.4000 Q Regular Nov 05, 2014 Dec 30, 2014 Jan 02, 2015 Jan 15, 2015
$0.4000 Q Regular Aug 04, 2014 Oct 01, 2014 Oct 03, 2014 Oct 15, 2014
$0.4000 Q Regular May 14, 2014 Jun 25, 2014 Jun 27, 2014 Jul 15, 2014
$0.3000 Q Regular Feb 06, 2014 Mar 26, 2014 Mar 28, 2014 Apr 15, 2014
$0.3000 Q Regular Nov 13, 2013 Dec 24, 2013 Dec 27, 2013 Jan 15, 2014
$0.2500 Q Regular Sep 19, 2013 Sep 26, 2013 Sep 30, 2013 Oct 15, 2013
$0.2500 Q Regular May 16, 2013 Jun 26, 2013 Jun 28, 2013 Jul 15, 2013
$0.2500 Q Regular Feb 14, 2013 Mar 26, 2013 Mar 29, 2013 Apr 15, 2013
$0.2500 Q Regular Dec 04, 2012 Dec 12, 2012 Dec 14, 2012 Dec 26, 2012
$0.2500 Q Regular Sep 14, 2012 Sep 26, 2012 Sep 28, 2012 Oct 15, 2012

Peer Comparison

Selected Computer Hardware dividend payers we cover, strongest DividendRank first — for context, not a recommendation.

TickerNameYield5-Yr GrowthStreakRank
HPQ HP Inc. 3.70% 10.1% 9 yrs 80
WACMY Wacom Co., Ltd. 2.75% 41.1% 1 yr 76
WACMF Wacom Co., Ltd. 3.01% 27.8% 1 yr 75
SATOF SATO Corp. 3.44% -4.6% 1 yr 66

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WDC dividend — frequently asked questions

Does Western Digital Corporation pay a dividend?

Yes. Western Digital Corporation (WDC) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $0.70 per share, a yield of approximately 0.18%.

What is Western Digital Corporation's dividend yield?

Western Digital Corporation's dividend yield is approximately 0.18%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.

How often does Western Digital Corporation pay dividends?

Western Digital Corporation pays dividends quarterly — 4 times per year.

When is Western Digital Corporation's next ex-dividend date?

The next declared ex-dividend date for Western Digital Corporation is December 4, 2026. The associated payment is $0.1750 per share; you must own the shares before the ex-dividend date to receive it.

How long has Western Digital Corporation paid dividends?

Western Digital Corporation has 14 years of dividend payments on record.

Data updated Oct 29, 2026. This research page is generated from Dividendly's structured market and dividend dataset using the approach described on our methodology and data sources pages. Data is automatically validated using defined rules and may also be periodically reviewed. Research only, not investment advice. Spotted a data error? Report it.