Valuation
26% of the score
2median 56
Western Digital is valued at 57.6x its operating profit, including debt: a very rich multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
57.6x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
WDCWestern Digital
$453.37+393% 1Y
$453.37
$93.1552 weeks$746.23
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 40 out of 100, Below average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Below average. Western Digital scores higher than 30% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by return on new capital and the balance sheet, held back by valuation and cycle position.
Technology median 48 · all companies 57
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time53
52
26
21
52
40
20212022202320242025today
The biggest move was up 31 points from 2024 to 2025, mostly valuation.
Return on capital
18% of the score
42median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 7.5% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
7.5%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 48%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
100median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 26 cents. It did so while using less capital than before.
-5%
12%
26%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
45median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 4.4% a year over 5 years: new shares
85%
-3%
4.4%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew -12% a year, sales -5.3%
10012%
-2%
-6.7%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
0median 62
Today's operating margin of 34% is 5.80x its normal 5.9%: near a peak, where margins tend to fall back. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
5.8x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 34%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
100median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDAMore cash than debt
100Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 27x
1001.5x
12x
27x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
33median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 0.51x profit over 3 years
00.7x
1x
1.3x
0.5x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsProfit ran ahead of cash by 39.4% of assets
08%
0%
-8%
39%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-3.07
100-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-3.07
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-07-03, latest annual report FY2026.
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