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Technology - Computer Hardware - NASDAQ - US
$ 62.8
-0.664 %
$ 21.7 B
Market Cap
68.26
P/E
1. INTRINSIC VALUE

Western Digital Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells data storage devices and solutions in the United States, China, Hong Kong, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, rest of Asia, and internationally. It offers client devices, including hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs) for computing devices, such as desktop and notebook personal computers (PCs), smart video systems, gaming consoles, and set top boxes; flash-based embedded storage products for mobile phones, tablets, notebook PCs, and other portable and wearable devices, as well as automotive, Internet of Things, industrial, and connected home applications; and flash-based memory wafers. The company also provides data center devices and solutions comprising enterprise helium hard drives; enterprise SSDs consisting of flash-based SSDs and software solutions for use in enterprise servers, online transactions, data analysis, and other enterprise applications; data center solutions for data storage systems and tiered storage models; and data storage platforms.[ Read More ]

The intrinsic value of one WDC stock under the base case scenario is HIDDEN Compared to the current market price of 62.8 USD, Western Digital Corporation is HIDDEN

2. FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS

Price Chart WDC

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FINANCIALS
13 B REVENUE
5.56%
-317 M OPERATING INCOME
75.33%
-798 M NET INCOME
53.22%
-294 M OPERATING CASH FLOW
27.94%
-27 M INVESTING CASH FLOW
96.46%
187 M FINANCING CASH FLOW
-78.63%
4.1 B REVENUE
8.79%
742 M OPERATING INCOME
-25.05%
493 M NET INCOME
49.39%
34 M OPERATING CASH FLOW
-90.71%
-45 M INVESTING CASH FLOW
22.41%
-102 M FINANCING CASH FLOW
68.03%
Balance Sheet Decomposition Western Digital Corporation
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Current Assets 8.06 B
Cash & Short-Term Investments 1.88 B
Receivables 2.17 B
Other Current Assets 4.02 B
Non-Current Assets 16.1 B
Long-Term Investments 991 M
PP&E 3.49 B
Other Non-Current Assets 11.6 B
Current Liabilities 6.09 B
Accounts Payable 1.72 B
Short-Term Debt 1.79 B
Other Current Liabilities 2.57 B
Non-Current Liabilities 7.05 B
Long-Term Debt 5.99 B
Other Non-Current Liabilities 1.06 B
EFFICIENCY
Earnings Waterfall Western Digital Corporation
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Revenue 13 B
Cost Of Revenue 10.1 B
Gross Profit 2.94 B
Operating Expenses 3.26 B
Operating Income -317 M
Other Expenses 481 M
Net Income -798 M
RATIOS
22.65% GROSS MARGIN
22.65%
-2.44% OPERATING MARGIN
-2.44%
-6.14% NET MARGIN
-6.14%
-7.38% ROE
-7.38%
-3.30% ROA
-3.30%
-2.10% ROIC
-2.10%
FREE CASH FLOW ANALYSIS
Free Cash Flow Analysis Western Digital Corporation
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Net Income -798 M
Depreciation & Amortization 568 M
Capital Expenditures -487 M
Stock-Based Compensation 295 M
Change in Working Capital -307 M
Others -251 M
Free Cash Flow -781 M
3. WALL STREET ANALYSTS ESTIMATES
Wall Street Analysts Price Targets Western Digital Corporation
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Wall Street analysts predict an average 1-year price target for WDC of $83.3 , with forecasts ranging from a low of $65 to a high of $115 .
WDC Lowest Price Target Wall Street Target
65 USD 3.50%
WDC Average Price Target Wall Street Target
83.3 USD 32.70%
WDC Highest Price Target Wall Street Target
115 USD 83.12%
4. DIVIDEND ANALYSIS
0.00% DIVIDEND YIELD
0.5 USD DIVIDEND PER SHARE
5. COMPETITION
6. Ownership
Insider Ownership Western Digital Corporation
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Sold
0-3 MONTHS
13.3 M USD 3
3-6 MONTHS
2.71 M USD 2
6-9 MONTHS
1.07 M USD 2
9-12 MONTHS
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0 USD 0
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3-6 MONTHS
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Date Value Insider Amount Avg Price
2 weeks ago
Oct 29, 2024
Sell 2.09 M USD
SODERBERY ROBERT
EVP & GM, Flash Business
- 30767
68.0118 USD
2 weeks ago
Oct 28, 2024
Sell 139 K USD
Zamiska Gene M.
SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer
- 1993
69.94 USD
3 weeks ago
Oct 25, 2024
Sell 5.44 M USD
Goeckeler David
Chief Executive Officer
- 75000
72.585 USD
1 month ago
Sep 26, 2024
Sell 5.27 M USD
Goeckeler David
Chief Executive Officer
- 75000
70.32 USD
2 months ago
Sep 04, 2024
Sell 134 K USD
Zamiska Gene M.
SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer
- 2169
61.96 USD
2 months ago
Aug 29, 2024
Sell 19.9 K USD
Zamiska Gene M.
SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer
- 315
63.32 USD
2 months ago
Aug 27, 2024
Sell 178 K USD
Zamiska Gene M.
SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer
- 2900
61.4784 USD
2 months ago
Aug 21, 2024
Sell 27.1 K USD
Zamiska Gene M.
SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer
- 417
64.89 USD
3 months ago
Aug 05, 2024
Sell 694 K USD
SODERBERY ROBERT
EVP & GM, Flash Business
- 12154
57.089 USD
5 months ago
Jun 17, 2024
Sell 17.1 K USD
Zamiska Gene M.
SVP, Global Accounting & Chief
- 219
78 USD
5 months ago
Jun 04, 2024
Sell 1.97 M USD
SODERBERY ROBERT
EVP & GM, Flash Business
- 26853
73.4821 USD
5 months ago
May 21, 2024
Sell 29.9 K USD
Zamiska Gene M.
SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer
- 416
71.88 USD
7 months ago
Apr 08, 2024
Sell 33.2 K USD
Zamiska Gene M.
SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer
- 443
75 USD
7 months ago
Apr 01, 2024
Sell 185 K USD
Alexy Kimberly
Director
- 2648
69.95 USD
8 months ago
Mar 01, 2024
Sell 468 K USD
Zamiska Gene M.
SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer
- 7677
61 USD
8 months ago
Mar 01, 2024
Sell 174 K USD
Zamiska Gene M.
SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer
- 2807
62 USD
8 months ago
Mar 01, 2024
Sell 17.9 K USD
Zamiska Gene M.
SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer
- 284
63 USD
8 months ago
Mar 01, 2024
Sell 91.5 K USD
Alexy Kimberly
Director
- 1500
61 USD
8 months ago
Mar 01, 2024
Sell 96.8 K USD
Alexy Kimberly
Director
- 1500
64.5 USD
1 year ago
Nov 02, 2023
Sell 850 K USD
SODERBERY ROBERT
EVP & GM, Flash Business
- 20000
42.4878 USD
1 year ago
Nov 03, 2023
Sell 1.96 M USD
SODERBERY ROBERT
EVP & GM, Flash Business
- 45461
43.1116 USD
1 year ago
Sep 06, 2023
Sell 98.5 K USD
Zamiska Gene M.
SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer
- 2169
45.42 USD
2 years ago
Sep 07, 2022
Sell 88.7 K USD
Zamiska Gene M.
SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer
- 2169
40.9 USD
2 years ago
May 04, 2022
Sell 301 K USD
Zamiska Gene M.
SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer
- 4776
63 USD
2 years ago
Feb 15, 2022
Sell 607 K USD
Sivaram Srinivasan
President, Tech & Strategy
- 11380
53.373 USD
2 years ago
Jan 31, 2022
Sell 215 K USD
Price Paula A
Director
- 4150
51.8203 USD
3 years ago
Nov 02, 2021
Sell 143 K USD
Zamiska Gene M.
SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer
- 2607
55 USD
3 years ago
Aug 06, 2021
Sell 230 K USD
Sundberg Lori S
EVP & Chief Human Res Officer
- 3380
67.9201 USD
3 years ago
Jan 29, 2021
Sell 1.36 M USD
RAY MICHAEL CHARLES
EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Sec
- 22735
59.9151 USD
4 years ago
Jun 03, 2020
Sell 59.4 K USD
Sundberg Lori S
EVP & Chief Human Res Officer
- 1300
45.655 USD
4 years ago
Feb 12, 2020
Sell 671 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 9516
70.491 USD
4 years ago
Feb 12, 2020
Sell 21.4 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 300
71.2033 USD
4 years ago
Feb 05, 2020
Sell 14 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 200
70.16 USD
4 years ago
Feb 04, 2020
Sell 303 K USD
RAY MICHAEL CHARLES
EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Sec
- 4387
69 USD
4 years ago
Jan 31, 2020
Sell 387 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 5897
65.6789 USD
4 years ago
Jan 31, 2020
Sell 193 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 2900
66.6748 USD
4 years ago
Jan 31, 2020
Sell 61.1 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 900
67.9444 USD
4 years ago
Jan 31, 2020
Sell 21.8 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 318
68.6294 USD
4 years ago
Jan 23, 2020
Sell 910 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 12872
70.6882 USD
4 years ago
Jan 23, 2020
Sell 131 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 1834
71.5597 USD
4 years ago
Jan 14, 2020
Sell 143 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 2034
70.1481 USD
4 years ago
Jan 07, 2020
Sell 315 K USD
MILLIGAN STEPHEN D
Chief Executive Officer
- 4629
67.97 USD
4 years ago
Jan 08, 2020
Sell 490 K USD
MILLIGAN STEPHEN D
Chief Executive Officer
- 7156
68.5408 USD
4 years ago
Dec 20, 2019
Sell 279 K USD
RAY MICHAEL CHARLES
EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Sec
- 4663
59.793 USD
4 years ago
Dec 13, 2019
Sell 72.8 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 1320
55.1243 USD
4 years ago
Dec 16, 2019
Sell 214 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 3769
56.6777 USD
4 years ago
Dec 16, 2019
Sell 150 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 2595
57.6528 USD
5 years ago
Nov 08, 2019
Sell 149 K USD
MASSENGILL MATTHEW E
Director
- 2867
52.1175 USD
5 years ago
Nov 08, 2019
Sell 12.8 K USD
MASSENGILL MATTHEW E
Director
- 243
52.7307 USD
5 years ago
Nov 05, 2019
Sell 16.5 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 300
55.0864 USD
5 years ago
Oct 31, 2019
Sell 27.6 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 531
51.944 USD
5 years ago
Oct 31, 2019
Sell 31.9 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 598
53.3691 USD
5 years ago
Oct 31, 2019
Sell 8.13 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 150
54.1857 USD
5 years ago
Oct 31, 2019
Sell 93.4 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 1693
55.1822 USD
5 years ago
Oct 31, 2019
Sell 7.23 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 129
56.0375 USD
5 years ago
Oct 31, 2019
Sell 88.5 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 1539
57.5331 USD
5 years ago
Nov 04, 2019
Sell 309 K USD
CORDANO MICHAEL D
President and COO
- 5625
55.0088 USD
5 years ago
Sep 05, 2019
Sell 302 K USD
RAY MICHAEL CHARLES
EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Sec
- 4990
60.51 USD
5 years ago
Sep 04, 2019
Sell 5.22 M USD
RAY MICHAEL CHARLES
EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Sec
- 87053
59.9557 USD
5 years ago
Aug 21, 2019
Sell 196 K USD
Sundberg Lori S
EVP & Chief Human Res Officer
- 3442
56.8201 USD
5 years ago
Mar 11, 2019
Sell 5 K USD
LONG MARK P
Pres WD Capital, CSO & CFO
- 100
50 USD
5 years ago
Mar 12, 2019
Sell 876 K USD
LONG MARK P
Pres WD Capital, CSO & CFO
- 17523
50 USD
7. News
Western Digital Corporation (WDC) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on It Western Digital (WDC) has received quite a bit of attention from Zacks.com users lately. Therefore, it is wise to be aware of the facts that can impact the stock's prospects. zacks.com - 4 days ago
2 Stocks Spinning Off Divisions to Boost Shareholder Value Companies can often boost their stock prices when they decide to spin off different divisions of the business. Oftentimes, this can mean shedding a non-core business or even a money-losing business into a separate entity. marketbeat.com - 1 week ago
Investors Heavily Search Western Digital Corporation (WDC): Here is What You Need to Know Western Digital (WDC) has been one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com users lately. So, it is worth exploring what lies ahead for the stock. zacks.com - 2 weeks ago
Western Digital Shares Jump Despite Revenue Miss, Ready To Spin Off NAND Business: Q4 Guidance 'Much Better Than Feared,' Analyst Says Shares of Western Digital Corp WDC were spiking in early trading on Friday, after the company reported upbeat fiscal first-quarter earnings. benzinga.com - 3 weeks ago
Western Digital Q1 Earnings Beat on Solid Revenue Growth, Stock Jumps WDC's fiscal Q1 2025 performance is driven by continued momentum in the cloud segment amid a slowdown in the consumer business. zacks.com - 3 weeks ago
Western Digital Corporation (WDC) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:WDC ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call October 24, 2024 4:30 PM ET Company Participants Peter Andrew - Vice President of Financial Planning and Analyst and Investor Relations David Goeckeler - Chief Executive Officer Wissam Jabre - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants C.J. Muse - Cantor Fitzgerald Joe Moore - Morgan Stanley Karl Ackerman - BNP Paribas Aaron Rakers - Wells Fargo Timothy Arcuri - UBS Wamsi Mohan - Bank of America Harlan Sur - JPMorgan Krish Sankar - TD Cowen Amit Daryanani - Evercore Thomas O'Malley - Barclays Srini Pajjuri - Raymond James Ananda Baruah - Loop Capital Asiya Merchant - Citigroup Steven Fox - Fox Advisors Vijay Rakesh - Mizuho Matthew Bryson - Wedbush Operator Good afternoon and thank you for standing by. seekingalpha.com - 3 weeks ago
Compared to Estimates, Western Digital (WDC) Q1 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Western Digital (WDC) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended September 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values. zacks.com - 3 weeks ago
Western Digital (WDC) Q1 Earnings Surpass Estimates Western Digital (WDC) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.78 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.74 per share. This compares to loss of $1.76 per share a year ago. zacks.com - 3 weeks ago
Western Digital tops quarterly profit estimates on demand from cloud computing customers Western Digital Corp topped Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit on demand for its data-storage products from cloud service providers, sending its shares up 9% in extended trading on Thursday. reuters.com - 3 weeks ago
Western Digital Stock Jumps On Better-Than-Expected Earnings Western Digital stock jumped late Thursday, after the data storage company reported a September quarter earnings beat. investors.com - 3 weeks ago
Brokers Suggest Investing in Western Digital (WDC): Read This Before Placing a Bet When deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock, investors often rely on analyst recommendations. Media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts often influence a stock's price, but are they really important? zacks.com - 3 weeks ago
Western Digital Gearing Up for Q1 Earnings: Here's What to Expect WDC's fiscal first-quarter top-line performance is likely to have been driven by strength in the cloud segment, especially higher nearline shipments. zacks.com - 3 weeks ago
8. Profile Summary

Western Digital Corporation WDC

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COUNTRY US
INDUSTRY Computer Hardware
MARKET CAP $ 21.7 B
Dividend Yield 0.00%
Description Western Digital Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells data storage devices and solutions in the United States, China, Hong Kong, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, rest of Asia, and internationally. It offers client devices, including hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs) for computing devices, such as desktop and notebook personal computers (PCs), smart video systems, gaming consoles, and set top boxes; flash-based embedded storage products for mobile phones, tablets, notebook PCs, and other portable and wearable devices, as well as automotive, Internet of Things, industrial, and connected home applications; and flash-based memory wafers. The company also provides data center devices and solutions comprising enterprise helium hard drives; enterprise SSDs consisting of flash-based SSDs and software solutions for use in enterprise servers, online transactions, data analysis, and other enterprise applications; data center solutions for data storage systems and tiered storage models; and data storage platforms. In addition, it offers client solutions, such as external HDD storage products in mobile and desktop form; client portable SSDs; removable cards that are used in consumer devices comprising mobile phones, tablets, imaging systems, and cameras and smart video systems; universal serial bus flash drives for use in the computing and consumer markets; and wireless drive products used in-field back up of created content, as well as wireless streaming of high-definition movies, photos, music, and documents to tablets, smartphones, and PCs. The company sells its products under the G-Technology, SanDisk, and WD brands to original equipment manufacturers, distributors, dealers, resellers, and retailers. Western Digital Corporation was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Contact 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, CA, 95119 https://www.westerndigital.com
IPO Date Oct. 31, 1978
Employees 51000
Officers Mr. T. Peter Andrew Vice President of Investor Relations Mr. Tiang Yew Tan Chief Executive Officer Mr. Gene M. Zamiska Senior Vice President of Global Accounting & Chief Accounting Officer Mr. Dennis Lee Brown Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations Mr. Scott Davis Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales Mr. Robert W. Soderbery Executive Vice President & GM of Flash Business Ms. Cynthia Lock Tregillis Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary Ms. Christine Bastian Executive Vice President and Chief People & Inclusion Officer Mr. C. Wesley M. Scott Chief Investment Officer Mr. David Tang Senior Vice President of Corporate Marketing