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Western Digital Corp. (WDC) stock price history
Every Nasdaq trading session of Western Digital Corp. from Oct 31, 1978 to Sep 28, 2026: 12,075 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Jul 13, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.
WDC adjusted close, 1978 to 2026
- $746.23
- All time high, 2026
- $799.87
- 52 week high, $111.66 low
- 12,075
- Daily sessions since 1978
Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1978 to 2026 series and minute bars.
WDC key facts
- Western Digital Corp. (WDC) closed at $453.23 on Sep 28, 2026 on Nasdaq.
- WDC's all time high close is $746.23, set on Jun 18, 2026; its all time low close is $0.4153 on Dec 18, 1978.
- WDC's 52 week range is $111.66 to $799.87.
- WDC returned +324.7% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +932.9% over five years.
- Over ten years WDC returned +1,067%, +27.9% a year compounded.
- WDC's deepest drawdown was -96.2% from Aug 20, 1997 to Sep 27, 2001.
- DataCedar holds 12,075 daily sessions of WDC history from Oct 31, 1978 and minute bars from Jul 13, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
WDC price chart, 1978 to 2026
WDC returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 28, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | -1.4% |
| 3 months | -22.7% |
| 6 months | +64.7% |
| Year to date | +157.6% |
| 1 year | +324.7% |
| 3 years | +1,215% |
| 5 years | +932.9% |
| 10 years | +1,067% |
| Since Oct 31, 1978 | +66,597% |
| Compound annual growth, 47.9 years | +14.5% |
WDC records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- $746.23 on Jun 18, 2026
- All time low close
- $0.4153 on Dec 18, 1978
- 52 week high
- $799.87 on Jun 18, 2026
- 52 week low
- $111.66 on Sep 29, 2025
- Deepest drawdown
- -96.2% from Aug 20, 1997 to Sep 27, 2001, recovered Apr 10, 2013
- Best single session
- +39.8% on Mar 13, 2000
- Worst single session
- -32.1% on Dec 4, 2000
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 79.9%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 57%
- Growth of 1 since 1978
- 667×
- Best calendar year
- 2009, +286%
- Worst calendar year
- 1999, -72%
WDC price history by year
Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 1978 starts on Oct 31, 1978; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $177.07 | $799.87 | $176.57 | $453.23 | +163.3% | 1.6B | 185 |
| 2025 | $45.04 | $188.63 | $28.70 | $172.14 | +283.7% | 2.1B | 250 |
| 2024 | $38.94 | $61.36 | $36.84 | $44.87 | +13.9% | 2B | 252 |
| 2023 | $24.02 | $40.04 | $23.29 | $39.40 | +66.0% | 1.4B | 250 |
| 2022 | $49.47 | $52.19 | $22.37 | $23.74 | -51.6% | 1.4B | 251 |
| 2021 | $41.35 | $58.83 | $36.58 | $49.06 | +17.7% | 1.4B | 252 |
| 2020 | $47.68 | $53.47 | $20.35 | $41.68 | -10.9% | 2B | 253 |
| 2019 | $25.82 | $47.70 | $25.01 | $46.77 | +77.1% | 2B | 252 |
| 2018 | $55.57 | $73.82 | $23.83 | $26.40 | -51.9% | 1.5B | 251 |
| 2017 | $46.48 | $65.32 | $46.23 | $54.89 | +19.8% | 1.4B | 251 |
| 2016 | $38.52 | $48.20 | $22.96 | $45.81 | +17.5% | 1.8B | 252 |
| 2015 | $70.66 | $71.97 | $37.31 | $38.99 | -44.3% | 898M | 252 |
| 2014 | $52.14 | $72.23 | $50.31 | $69.96 | +34.0% | 648.6M | 252 |
| 2013 | $26.63 | $52.52 | $25.47 | $52.21 | +100.8% | 858.6M | 252 |
| 2012 | $18.95 | $27.75 | $17.10 | $26.00 | +39.1% | 1.4B | 250 |
| 2011 | $20.59 | $25.29 | $13.68 | $18.69 | -8.7% | 1.5B | 252 |
| 2010 | $26.82 | $28.66 | $13.93 | $20.48 | -23.2% | 1.8B | 252 |
| 2009 | $7.01 | $27.16 | $6.94 | $26.67 | +285.6% | 1.6B | 252 |
| 2008 | $17.89 | $24.16 | $5.73 | $6.92 | -62.1% | 1.8B | 253 |
| 2007 | $12.41 | $19.15 | $9.79 | $18.25 | +47.7% | 1.2B | 251 |
| 2006 | $11.26 | $14.92 | $9.60 | $12.36 | +9.9% | 1.2B | 251 |
| 2005 | $6.59 | $11.57 | $5.94 | $11.24 | +71.7% | 1B | 252 |
| 2004 | $7.24 | $8.18 | $3.86 | $6.55 | -8.1% | 895.6M | 252 |
| 2003 | $3.96 | $9.03 | $3.89 | $7.12 | +84.5% | 1.4B | 252 |
| 2002 | $3.85 | $5.41 | $1.80 | $3.86 | +1.9% | 682.9M | 252 |
| 2001 | $1.55 | $4.10 | $1.18 | $3.79 | +157.2% | 415.7M | 248 |
| 2000 | $2.57 | $5.32 | $1.32 | $1.47 | -41.8% | 802.8M | 252 |
| 1999 | $9.14 | $12.95 | $1.66 | $2.53 | -72.2% | 624.2M | 252 |
| 1998 | $9.97 | $13.33 | $4.30 | $9.10 | -5.9% | 562.3M | 252 |
| 1997 | $17.14 | $33.07 | $8.76 | $9.66 | -43.7% | 967.8M | 253 |
| 1996 | $5.40 | $19.14 | $4.87 | $17.18 | +218.2% | 405.6M | 254 |
| 1995 | $5.06 | $6.68 | $3.96 | $5.40 | +6.7% | 489.7M | 252 |
| 1994 | $2.76 | $6.15 | $2.60 | $5.06 | +83.6% | 412M | 252 |
| 1993 | $2.57 | $3.17 | $1.09 | $2.76 | +5.8% | 237.2M | 253 |
| 1992 | $0.7928 | $2.64 | $0.7550 | $2.60 | +228.6% | 135.4M | 254 |
| 1991 | $1.43 | $2.04 | $0.6040 | $0.7928 | -46.2% | 138.3M | 253 |
| 1990 | $2.53 | $4.49 | $1.21 | $1.47 | -41.8% | 123.3M | 253 |
| 1989 | $4.45 | $4.61 | $1.74 | $2.53 | -43.2% | 90.3M | 252 |
| 1988 | $5.06 | $5.40 | $3.32 | $4.45 | -9.2% | 92.8M | 253 |
| 1987 | $5.70 | $9.85 | $3.51 | $4.91 | -12.2% | 176.4M | 253 |
| 1986 | $3.17 | $6.04 | $2.98 | $5.59 | +76.2% | 58.9M | 253 |
| 1985 | $2.60 | $4.57 | $1.89 | $3.17 | +21.7% | 81.8M | 252 |
| 1984 | $2.72 | $3.59 | $1.77 | $2.60 | -4.2% | 51.1M | 253 |
| 1983 | $1.43 | $4.38 | $1.43 | $2.72 | +94.6% | 68.5M | 253 |
| 1982 | $2.00 | $2.60 | $1.06 | $1.40 | -30.2% | 33.4M | 253 |
| 1981 | $3.28 | $4.11 | $1.85 | $2.00 | -32.9% | 33.7M | 253 |
| 1980 | $0.9061 | $4.45 | $0.8305 | $2.98 | +229.2% | 49.3M | 253 |
| 1979 | $0.5663 | $1.21 | $0.5663 | $0.9061 | +60.0% | 9.2M | 253 |
| 1978 | $0.6795 | $1.09 | $0.4153 | $0.5663 | n/a | 625.5K | 42 |
WDC monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | $453.23 | +0.6% |
| August 2026 | $450.41 | -17.3% |
| July 2026 | $544.84 | -14.7% |
| June 2026 | $638.72 | +20.3% |
| May 2026 | $531.07 | +22.3% |
| April 2026 | $434.41 | +60.6% |
| March 2026 | $270.42 | -3.2% |
| February 2026 | $279.49 | +11.8% |
| January 2026 | $250.05 | +45.3% |
| December 2025 | $172.14 | +5.6% |
| November 2025 | $163.08 | +8.7% |
| October 2025 | $149.98 | +25.1% |
About the WDC data
Daily bars. 12,075 sessions from Oct 31, 1978 to Sep 28, 2026, one row per Nasdaq trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.
Minute bars. Stored from Jul 13, 2026 forward, most recent session Sep 28, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.
Time and currency. Session dates are Nasdaq trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in USD. Volume is shares traded on the session.
Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Oct 31, 1978, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.
curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/WDC/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"Nearby on Nasdaq
Common questions
WDC share price history
