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WDC — Western Digital Share Price
- $13.60bn
- $18.25bn
- $16.92bn
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- 94
- 71
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Momentum
Growth & Value
12m Forecast Rolling | Industry | Market | |
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PE Ratio (f) | 4.88 | ||
PEG Ratio (f) | 0.62 | ||
EPS Growth (f) | 8.5% | ||
Dividend Yield (f) | n/a |
Valuation (ttm) | Industry | Market | |
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Price to Book Value | 1.13 | ||
Price to Tang. Book | 8.14 | ||
Price to Free Cashflow | 9.64 | ||
Price to Sales | 0.71 | ||
EV to EBITDA | 5.27 |
Shareholder Activity
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Guru Screens
Quality
Name | Industry | Market | |
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Return on Capital | 11.75% | ||
Return on Equity | 16.7% | ||
Operating Margin | 13.05% |
Financial Summary
Year End 2nd Jul | Unit | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022E | 2023E | CAGR / Avg |
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Total Revenue | $m | 19,093 | 20,647 | 16,569 | 16,736 | 16,922 | 18,864.05 | 20,160.44 | 5.42% |
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EPS Growth | % | -9.38 | +332.81 | n/a | n/a | n/a | +207.23 | +8.5 | n/a |
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Health Trend(F-Score)
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Recent History
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Profile Summary
Western Digital Corporation is a developer of data storage devices and solutions. The Company develops, manufactures, markets, and sells data storage devices and solutions in the United States and in foreign countries through its sales personnel, dealers, distributors, retailers, and subsidiaries. The Company offers a broad line of data storage solutions including Client Devices, Data Center Devices and Solutions, and Client Solutions. The Client Devices consist of 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. Data Center Devices and Solutions consist of high-capacity enterprise HDDs and high-performance enterprise SSDs, and platforms. Client Solutions consist of HDDs and SSDs embedded into external storage products and removable flash-based products, which include cards, universal serial bus (USB) flash drives and wireless drives.
Directors
- Matthew Massengill NEC (60)
- David Goeckeler CEO (59)
- Wissam Jabre CFO (52)
- Srinivasan Sivaram CEX (61)
- Robert Soderbery EVP (55)
- Michael Ray EVP (54)
- Kimberly Alexy IND
- Thomas Caulfield IND (62)
- Martin Cole IND (65)
- Tunc Doluca IND (63)
- Paula Price IND (60)
- Stephanie Streeter IND (64)
- Miyuki Suzuki IND (61)
- Last Annual
- July 2nd, 2021
- Last Interim
- April 1st, 2022
- Incorporated
- October 26th, 2000
- Public Since
- January 31st, 1991
- No. of Shareholders
- 893
- No. of Employees
- 65,600
- Sector
- Computers, Phones & Household Electronics
- Industry
- Technology
- Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select Market
- Shares in Issue
- 313,167,818

- Address
- 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, SAN JOSE, 95119
- Web
- https://www.westerndigital.com/
- Phone
- +1 9496727000
- Auditors
- KPMG LLP
Upcoming Events for WDC
Q4 2022 Western Digital Corp Earnings Release
Q1 2023 Western Digital Corp Earnings Release
Western Digital Corp Annual Shareholders Meeting
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FAQ
As of Today at 07:24 UTC, shares in Western Digital are trading at $43.42. This share price information is delayed by 15 minutes.
Shares in Western Digital last closed at $43.42 and the price had moved by -38.72% over the past 365 days. In terms of relative price strength the Western Digital share price has underperformed the S&P500 Index by -30.28% over the past year.
The overall consensus recommendation for Western Digital is Buy. You can view the full broker recommendation list by unlocking its StockReport.
Western Digital does not currently pay a dividend.
Western Digital does not currently pay a dividend.
Western Digital does not currently pay a dividend.
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As of the previous close price of $43.42, shares in Western Digital had a market capitalisation of $13.60bn.
Here are the trading details for Western Digital:
- Country of listing: United States
- Exchange: NSQ
- Ticker Symbol: WDC
Based on an overall assessment of its quality, value and momentum Western Digital is currently classified as a Super Stock. The classification is based on a composite score that examines a wide range of fundamental and technical measures. Stock are classified on the the following spectrum: Super Stocks, High Flyers, Contrarians, Turnarounds, Neutral, Value Traps, Momentum Traps, Falling Stars, and Sucker Stocks. For more information, learn about our StockRank Styles.
The analyst consensus target price for shares in Western Digital is $69.53. That is 60.13% above the last closing price of $43.42.
Analysts covering Western Digital currently have a consensus Earnings Per Share (EPS) forecast of $8.21 for the next financial year.
An important predictor of whether a stock price will go up is its track record of momentum. Price trends tend to persist, so it's worth looking at them when it comes to a share like Western Digital. Over the past six months, its share price has underperformed the S&P500 Index by -16.51%.
As of the last closing price of $43.42, shares in Western Digital were trading -21.16% below their 200 day moving average. You can read more about the power of momentum in assessing share price movements on Stockopedia.
The Western Digital PE ratio based on its reported earnings over the past 12 months is 4.88. The shares last closed at $43.42.
The PE ratio (or price-to-earnings ratio) is the one of the most popular valuation measures used by stock market investors. It is calculated by dividing a company's price per share by its earnings per share.
The PE ratio can be seen as being expressed in years, in the sense that it shows the number of years of earnings which would be required to pay back the purchase price, ignoring inflation. So in general terms, the higher the PE, the more expensive the stock is.
Western Digital's management team is headed by:
- Matthew Massengill - NEC
- David Goeckeler - CEO
- Wissam Jabre - CFO
- Srinivasan Sivaram - CEX
- Robert Soderbery - EVP
- Michael Ray - EVP
- Kimberly Alexy - IND
- Thomas Caulfield - IND
- Martin Cole - IND
- Tunc Doluca - IND
- Paula Price - IND
- Stephanie Streeter - IND
- Miyuki Suzuki - IND