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Western Digital (LTS:0QZF) Shiller PE Ratio : 56.30 (As of May. 04, 2025)


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What is Western Digital Shiller PE Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-04), Western Digital's current share price is $45.04. Western Digital's E10 for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.80. Western Digital's Shiller PE Ratio for today is 56.30.

The historical rank and industry rank for Western Digital's Shiller PE Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LTS:0QZF' s Shiller PE Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.77   Med: 13.17   Max: 58.98
Current: 54.87

During the past years, Western Digital's highest Shiller PE Ratio was 58.98. The lowest was 5.77. And the median was 13.17.

LTS:0QZF's Shiller PE Ratio is ranked worse than
80.35% of 1323 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 23.58 vs LTS:0QZF: 54.87

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years.

Western Digital's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $1.420. Add all the adjusted EPS for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our E10, which is $0.80 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Western Digital Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Western Digital's Shiller PE Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Western Digital Shiller PE Ratio Chart

Western Digital Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Shiller PE Ratio
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Western Digital Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Shiller PE Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 45.27 54.03 53.46 51.09 49.64

Competitive Comparison of Western Digital's Shiller PE Ratio

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Western Digital's Shiller PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Shiller PE Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Western Digital's Shiller PE Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Western Digital's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Western Digital's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.


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Western Digital Shiller PE Ratio Calculation

For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.

Western Digital's Shiller PE Ratio for today is calculated as

Shiller PE Ratio=Share Price/ E10
=45.04/0.80
=56.30

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Western Digital's E10 for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Western Digital's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_EPS=Earnings per Share (Diluted)/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=1.42/134.9266*134.9266
=1.420

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Western Digital Quarterly Data

Earnings per Share (Diluted) CPI Adj_EPS
201506 0.940 100.684 1.260
201509 1.210 100.392 1.626
201512 1.070 99.792 1.447
201603 0.320 100.470 0.430
201606 -1.340 101.688 -1.778
201609 -1.280 101.861 -1.696
201612 0.800 101.863 1.060
201703 0.830 102.862 1.089
201706 0.930 103.349 1.214
201709 2.230 104.136 2.889
201712 -2.780 104.011 -3.606
201803 0.200 105.290 0.256
201806 2.460 106.317 3.122
201809 1.710 106.507 2.166
201812 -1.680 105.998 -2.139
201903 -1.990 107.251 -2.504
201906 -0.670 108.070 -0.837
201909 -0.930 108.329 -1.158
201912 -0.470 108.420 -0.585
202003 0.060 108.902 0.074
202006 0.490 108.767 0.608
202009 -0.200 109.815 -0.246
202012 0.200 109.897 0.246
202103 0.630 111.754 0.761
202106 1.970 114.631 2.319
202109 1.930 115.734 2.250
202112 1.790 117.630 2.053
202203 0.080 121.301 0.089
202206 0.950 125.017 1.025
202209 0.080 125.227 0.086
202212 -1.420 125.222 -1.530
202303 -1.820 127.348 -1.928
202306 -2.270 128.729 -2.379
202309 -2.170 129.860 -2.255
202312 -0.930 129.419 -0.970
202403 0.340 131.776 0.348
202406 0.880 132.554 0.896
202409 1.350 133.029 1.369
202412 1.630 133.157 1.652
202503 1.420 134.927 1.420

Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Western Digital  (LTS:0QZF) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.

Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.


Be Aware

Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.


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Western Digital Business Description

Address
5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, CA, USA, 95119
Western Digital is a leading, vertically integrated supplier of hard disk drives. The HDD market is a practical duopoly with, Western Digital and Seagate being the two largest players. Western Digital designs and manufacturers its HDDs, with much of the manufacturing and workforce located in Asia. The primary consumers of HDDs are data centers.

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