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Western Digital Corporation · NASDAQ
Price: $361.69 · Annual div: $0.45/share · Frequency: quarterly · Payout ratio: 50% · Ex-div: TBD
WDC is not a dividend-focused stock
WDC pays a very low or no dividend (Yield: 0.12%). This calculator is designed for income-producing assets. If your goal is passive income and compounding, you might want to look at these popular alternatives:
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Year your monthly dividend income covers each expense (based on current settings)
$10,000 in WDC → $9.89 in 10 years · $0.00/month
Western Digital Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells data storage devices and solutions in the United States, China, Hong Kong, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, rest of Asia, and internationally. It offers client devices, including hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs) for computing devices, such as desktop and notebook personal computers (PCs), smart video systems, gaming consoles, and set top boxes; flash-based embedded storage products for mobile phones, tablets, notebook PCs, and other portable and wearable devices, as well as automotive, Internet of Things, industrial, and connected home applications; and flash-based memory wafers. The company also provides data center devices and solutions comprising enterprise helium hard drives; enterprise SSDs consisting of flash-based SSDs and software solutions for use in enterprise servers, online transactions, data analysis, and other enterprise applications; data center solutions for data storage systems and tiered storage models; and data storage platforms. In addition, it offers client solutions, such as external HDD storage products in mobile and desktop form; client portable SSDs; removable cards that are used in consumer devices comprising mobile phones, tablets, imaging systems, and cameras and smart video systems; universal serial bus flash drives for use in the computing and consumer markets; and wireless drive products used in-field back up of created content, as well as wireless streaming of high-definition movies, photos, music, and documents to tablets, smartphones, and PCs. The company sells its products under the G-Technology, SanDisk, and WD brands to original equipment manufacturers, distributors, dealers, resellers, and retailers. Western Digital Corporation was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
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Real after-tax yield depends on where you live and how you hold WDC.
| Account/Country | Tax Rate | After-tax Yield | Real Yield | $10K Annual Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Roth IRA / 401k | 0% | 0.12% | -2.68% | $12 / yr |
| 🇺🇸 US Taxable (15%) ✓ | 15% | 0.10% | -2.70% | $10 / yr |
| 🇺🇸 US Taxable (20%) | 20% | 0.10% | -2.70% | $10 / yr |
| 🇬🇧 UK ISA | 0% | 0.12% | -2.68% | $12 / yr |
| 🇬🇧 UK Taxable | 8.75% | 0.11% | -2.69% | $11 / yr |
| 🇨🇦 TFSA | 0% | 0.12% | -2.68% | $12 / yr |
| 🇨🇦 CA Taxable | 25% | 0.09% | -2.71% | $9 / yr |
| 🇦🇺 Super (pension) | 15% | 0.10% | -2.70% | $10 / yr |
| 🇦🇺 AU Taxable | 30% | 0.08% | -2.72% | $8 / yr |
| 🇩🇪 DE Taxable | 26.375% | 0.09% | -2.71% | $9 / yr |
| 🇫🇷 FR Taxable | 30% | 0.08% | -2.72% | $8 / yr |
Real yield = after-tax yield minus US CPI of 2.8%. 12-month CPI (US BLS via FMP economic-indicators). Click any row to select. US withholding tax (30%, reducible by treaty) applies to non-US residents holding US stocks in taxable accounts.
12-month CPI (US BLS via FMP economic-indicators).
Based on current dividend of $0.45/share/yr · 🇺🇸 US Taxable (15%) · static projection (no growth assumed).
WDC pays quarterly — 4 times per year. Next ex-div: TBD.
How WDC compares to typical Technology averages.
Benchmarks: S&P 500 sector averages (2024–2026). Sources: Morningstar, Bloomberg, NAREIT. 5Y CAGR for WDC sourced from FMP /financial-growth endpoint — real data, not estimates.
When executives buy their own stock, it's a signal they believe in the dividend's sustainability.
| Insider | Title | Type | Date | Shares | Price | Total Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sale | 2026-05-11 | 1,675 | $489.78 | $820.4K | ||
| Sale | 2026-05-11 | 107 | $490.49 | $52.5K | ||
| Sale | 2026-05-11 | 120 | $491.13 | $58.9K | ||
| Sale | 2026-05-11 | 160 | $493.33 | $78.9K | ||
| Sale | 2026-05-11 | 120 | $494.40 | $59.3K | ||
| Sale | 2026-05-11 | 40 | $495.97 | $19.8K | ||
| Sale | 2026-05-11 | 160 | $497.18 | $79.5K | ||
| Sale | 2026-05-11 | 401 | $499.02 | $200.1K | ||
| Sale | 2026-05-11 | 996 | $500.18 | $498.2K | ||
| Sale | 2026-05-11 | 966 | $501.44 | $484.4K |
Insider transactions sourced from SEC Form 4 filings via Financial Modeling Prep. See disclaimer.
Analyst consensus price target via FMP. Not a guarantee of future performance. Past analyst accuracy varies.
Altman Z-Score predicts bankruptcy risk. Piotroski F-Score measures financial strength across 9 criteria. High scores → lower dividend cut risk. Data via FMP financial statements.
Revenue breakdown from latest annual report via FMP. Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
Dividend yields, payout ratios, and financial metrics are sourced from Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) and cross-referenced with SEC EDGAR filings. Data is cached and updated every 24 hours via our nightly refresh. DRIP projections are forward-looking estimates, not guarantees.
Educational purposes only. Not financial advice. DividendFlow is not a registered investment advisor. Projections generated by the WDC dividend calculator are estimates based on historical data and user inputs. Actual future returns, stock prices, and dividend payments will vary. Dividends can be cut or suspended at any time. All investments carry risk, including the loss of principal. Please consult a qualified financial professional before making any investment decisions. Full disclaimer →
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