UI vs. WDC: Ubiquiti vs. Western Digital Stock Comparison

Company Profile

Ubiquiti (UI) and Western Digital (WDC) both fall under the Technology Hardware & Equipment industry group, but UI is classified in Communications Equipment while WDC is classified in Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals.

Price Performance

Cumulative Growth

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Performance Metrics

Risk Profile

Drawdown History

Return Distribution

Risk Metrics

Western Digital (WDC) carries a highly aggressive beta of 2.35, indicating much higher sensitivity to broad-market moves, whereas Ubiquiti (UI) is closer to market-like at 1.29 — a noticeable difference in market-sensitivity profile.

Risk-Adjusted Performance

Risk-Return Positioning

Risk-Adjusted Metrics

Profitability

Both Ubiquiti (UI) at 91.09% and Western Digital (WDC) at 129.60% turn shareholders’ equity into profit at rates above their industry benchmark ranges for ROE. That is a strong capital-efficiency signal, though leverage and the equity base still matter.

Both Ubiquiti (UI) at 29.33% and Western Digital (WDC) at 69.20% keep an unusually large share of revenue as bottom-line profit — each net margin clears its industry’s benchmark range.

Western Digital (WDC) at 47.68% shows unusually strong operating efficiency — above its industry’s operating margin range — and Ubiquiti (UI) at 36.27% also operates in the top quartile.

Profitability Metrics

Growth

Western Digital (WDC) at 35.70% sits in the top revenue growth quartile, while Ubiquiti (UI) at 27.22% is closer to the peer norm — faster top-line expansion for WDC.

Western Digital (WDC) at 372.38% clears its industry range for EPS growth, a much stronger earnings trajectory than Ubiquiti (UI) at 34.78%, which is closer to a typical peer reading.

Growth Metrics

Financial Strength

Both Ubiquiti (UI) at 2.93 and Western Digital (WDC) at 1.43 carry current ratio within their industries’ typical mid-ranges, suggesting balanced short-term liquidity relative to peers.

Both Ubiquiti (UI) at 0.06 and Western Digital (WDC) at 0.10 fund their balance sheets with roughly industry-typical debt-to-equity mixes.

Financial Strength Metrics

Dividends

Ubiquiti (UI) pays no dividend (yield 0.00%) — it may be reinvesting, using buybacks, or simply not returning cash through dividends. Meanwhile Western Digital (WDC) reports a yield of 0.21%, ranking against industry peers normally.

Western Digital (WDC) at 1.93% pays out a band-typical share of earnings, while Ubiquiti (UI) at 20.19% distributes more than its industry norm — less retained, thinner cover.

Dividend Metrics

Valuation

Western Digital (WDC) at 9.28 sits in the cheaper P/E ratio quartile, while Ubiquiti (UI) at 33.47 is closer to its industry’s usual earnings multiple — a discount for WDC, though growth and earnings durability still matter.

Both Ubiquiti (UI) at 10.95 and Western Digital (WDC) at 6.82 command a richer price per dollar of sales than most peers, sitting in the upper P/S ratio quartile of their industries.

Both look rich against book: Western Digital (WDC) at 10.55 sits in the upper P/B ratio quartile, and Ubiquiti (UI) at 24.91 prices even higher, above its industry range.

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