Analog Devicesvs.Western Digital
ADI vs WDC · both in Chips & accelerators, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Designs and builds the processors, accelerators and memory that train and run AI.
Analog Devices is about 1.4× larger than Western Digital by market cap; Western Digital trades at the lower P/E (14.6 vs 47.3); year to date, Western Digital leads (+128.3% vs +49.7%).
Side by side
| ADI | WDC | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $195B | $138B |
| Price | $406.19 | $397.28 |
| Today | +0.1% | +1.0% |
| Return YTD | +49.7% | +128.3% |
| Return 1Y | +70.6% | +224.6% |
| Since June 26, 2026 | +5.0% | −32.3% |
| P/E | 47.3 | 14.6 |
| P/S | 14.1 | 10.6 |
| P/B | 5.8 | 15.5 |
Data as of 2026-10-09 · updates daily after U.S. close
Since June 26, 2026: the change in the closing price, from the daily closes Sectivia records itself since that date.
The two companies
Analog DevicesADI
Precision analog and mixed-signal chips, plus DSPs, for industrial equipment, communications, cars and healthcare.
Full ADI profile →Western DigitalWDC
Hard drives for data centres, where AI has pushed demand for cheap bulk capacity to records.
Full WDC profile →More ADI & WDC comparisons
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