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 1.2× larger than Western Digital by market cap; Western Digital trades at the lower P/E (16.6 vs 56.8); year to date, Western Digital leads (+152.7% vs +36.9%).
Side by side
| ADI | WDC | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $188B | $157B |
| Price | $373.66 | $450.75 |
| Today | +0.7% | +3.5% |
| Return YTD | +36.9% | +152.7% |
| Return 1Y | +47.2% | +465.6% |
| P/E | 56.8 | 16.6 |
| P/S | 14.8 | 12.1 |
| P/B | 5.6 | 17.7 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
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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