Western Digital Corp expected to post earnings of $4.07 a share - Earnings Preview

Western Digital

Tue 21:17

Western Digital Corp WDC.OQ WDC.O is expected to  show a rise in quarterly revenue when it reports  results on October 22 for the period ending September 30 2026
The San Jose California-based  company is expected to report a 46.6% increase in revenue to $4.131 billion from $2.82 billion a year ago, according to the mean estimate from 20 analysts, based on LSEG data.The company's guidance on August 5 2026, for the period ended September 30, was for revenue between $4.00 billion and $4.20 billion.
​LSEG's mean analyst estimate for Western Digital Corp is for earnings of $4.07 per share. The company's EPS guidance on August 5 2026, for the period ended September 30, was between $3.85 and $4.15 
The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 20 "strong buy" or "buy," 7 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell."  
The mean earnings estimate of analysts was unchanged in the last three months. ​
Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Western Digital Corp is $625.00, about 77.5% above its last closing price of $352.21
The company's guidance on August 5 2026 for the period ended September 30 was for gross profit margin between USD55% and USD56%.
Previous quarterly performance (using preferred earnings measure in US dollars). ​
QUARTER ENDING
STARMINESMARTESTIMATE®
LSEG IBES ESTIMATE 
ACTUAL
BEAT, MET, MISSED
SURPRISE %
Jun. 30 2026
3.31
3.30
3.56
Beat
8
Mar. 31 2026
2.45
2.39
2.72
Beat
13.8
Dec. 31 2025
1.99
1.92
2.13
Beat
11.1​
Sep. 30 2025
1.59
1.58
1.78
Beat
12.7
​​Jun. 30 2025
1.49
1.48
1.66
Beat
11.9
Mar. 31 2025
1.15
1.12
1.36
Beat
21.1​
Dec. 31 2024
1.76
1.78
1.77
Missed
-0.8
Sep. 30 2024
1.75
1.72
1.78
Beat
3.8
This summary was machine generated October 20 at 20:17 GMT.  All figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated. (For questions concerning the data in this report, contact Estimates.Support@lseg.com. For any other questions or feedback, contact RefinitivNewsSupport@thomsonreuters.com)