Seasonality
WDC seasonality — Western Digital
Over the last 11 years, WDC's strongest month on average has been January (+13.8%) and its weakest October (-4.6%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +13.84% | +10.60% | 90% | +45.2% | -20.7% | 10 |
| Feb | +1.34% | -1.08% | 40% | +21.4% | -15.2% | 10 |
| Mar | -2.93% | -2.56% | 30% | +14.8% | -25.1% | 10 |
| Apr | +8.74% | +6.63% | 80% | +60.6% | -14.6% | 10 |
| May | +5.56% | +6.40% | 80% | +22.2% | -27.2% | 10 |
| Jun | +2.97% | -1.06% | 40% | +27.8% | -26.1% | 10 |
| Jul | +0.74% | -3.15% | 40% | +23.0% | -14.7% | 10 |
| Aug | -3.90% | -2.42% | 40% | +6.3% | -17.3% | 10 |
| Sep | +1.19% | -0.63% | 50% | +49.4% | -23.0% | 10 |
| Oct | -4.57% | -5.86% | 40% | +25.1% | -26.4% | 10 |
| Nov | +7.61% | +8.73% | 78% | +20.3% | -11.7% | 9 |
| Dec | +3.27% | +6.11% | 70% | +26.1% | -18.6% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — WDC
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45.2 | 11.8 | -3.3 | 60.6 | 22.2 | 20.2 | -14.7 | -17.3 | 0.9 | -19.4 | -27.9 | +53.1% | |
| 2025 | 9.2 | -0.6 | -17.4 | 8.5 | 17.5 | 24.1 | 23.0 | 2.1 | 49.4 | 25.1 | 8.7 | 5.5 | +282.2% |
| 2024 | 9.3 | 3.9 | 14.8 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 0.6 | -11.5 | -2.2 | 4.1 | -4.4 | 11.8 | -18.3 | +13.9% |
| 2023 | 39.3 | -12.4 | -2.1 | -8.6 | 12.5 | -2.1 | 12.2 | 5.7 | 1.4 | -12.0 | 20.3 | 8.4 | +66.0% |
| 2022 | -20.7 | -1.6 | -2.5 | 6.9 | 14.4 | -26.1 | 9.5 | -13.9 | -23.0 | 5.6 | 6.9 | -14.2 | -51.6% |
| 2021 | 1.9 | 21.4 | -2.6 | 5.8 | 6.5 | -5.4 | -8.8 | -2.7 | -10.7 | -7.3 | 10.6 | 12.7 | +17.7% |
| 2020 | 3.2 | -15.2 | -25.1 | 10.7 | -3.7 | -0.5 | -2.4 | -10.9 | -4.9 | 3.2 | 18.9 | 23.4 | -12.7% |
| 2019 | 21.7 | 11.8 | -4.5 | 6.4 | -27.2 | 27.8 | 13.3 | 6.3 | 4.1 | -13.4 | -2.6 | 26.1 | +71.7% |
| 2018 | 11.9 | -2.2 | 6.0 | -14.6 | 6.0 | -7.3 | -9.4 | -9.8 | -7.4 | -26.4 | 5.4 | -18.6 | -53.5% |
| 2017 | 17.3 | -3.6 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 1.1 | -1.6 | -3.9 | 3.7 | -2.1 | 3.3 | -11.7 | 0.8 | +17.0% |
| 2016 | 6.7 |