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Western Digital dividend history

Western Digital's dividend was $0.500 a share in fiscal 2026, up 400.0% on the year before. That was 1.8% of net income.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2027 Q1 TTM
Buybacks (TTM)
$3B
Dividends (TTM)
$196M
Returned to shareholders
75%
of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years
$2.7B
Diluted share count
+5.8%
year over year
Total shareholder yield
2.6%
dividends 0.1% + buybacks 2.4% of market value
Dividend payout ratio
2%
of net income paid out
R&D spending
7.9%
of revenue
Sales & admin spending
4.0%
of revenue
Days sales outstanding
56 days
receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2010Jul 20102011Jul 20112012Jun 20122013Jun 20132014Jun 20142015Jul 20152016Jul 20162017Jun 20172018Jun 20182019Jun 20192020Jul 20202021Jul 20212022Jul 20222023Jun 20232024Jun 20242025Jun 20252026Jul 2026LTMOct 2026
Dividend per share————$1.25$1.80$2.00$2.00$2.00$2.00$1.50————$0.100$0.500—
Dividend per share growth—————+44.0%+11.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%−25.0%—————+400.0%—
Dividends paid——0181259396464574593584595000044174196
Share buybacks—5060484281697060059156300—001492,5923,040
Dividends ÷ net income——0.0%18.5%16.0%27.0%191.7%144.6%87.9%——0.0%0.0%——2.3%1.8%2.0%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow——0.0%8.4%11.8%24.3%33.2%20.1%17.6%87.0%336.2%0.0%0.0%——3.4%5.0%4.6%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Western Digital's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 24, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Western Digital.