Expand / Collapse search
Watch TV
☰

Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions.  Legal Statement.

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2025 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. FAQ - New Privacy Policy

western digital corp. - WDC

WDC

Close Chg Chg %
44.30 -0.20 -0.45%

Closed Market

44.10

-0.20 (0.45%)

Volume: 4.96M

Last Updated:

May 9, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT

Trade Now

Company Overview: western digital corp. - WDC

WDC Key Data

Open

$44.66

 Day Range

43.88 - 45.23

52 Week Range

28.83 - 81.55

 Market Cap

$15.46B

Shares Outstanding

348.88M

 Public Float

345.66M

Beta

1.43

 Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

8.42

 EPS

$5.44

Yield

0.00%

 Dividend

$0.10

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Jun 4, 2025

 SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

7.56M

  

WDC Performance

1 Week
 
 -1.32%
 
1 Month
 
 28.20%
 
3 Months
 
 -35.52%
 
1 Year
 
 -38.41%
 
5 Years
 
 12.47%
 

WDC Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 25
Full Ratings ➔

About western digital corp. - WDC

Western Digital Corp. engages in the development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of data storage devices and solutions. It operates through the Flash and Hard Disk Drive segments. The Flash segment represents flash-based data storage devices. The Hard Disk Drive segment provides hard disk storage solutions. The company was founded by Alvin B. Phillips in 1970 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

WDC At a Glance

Western Digital Corp.
5601 Great Oaks Parkway
San Jose, California 95119
Phone 1-408-717-6000 Revenue 13.00B
Industry Computer Peripherals Net Income -798,000,000.00
Sector Electronic Technology 2024 Sales Growth 5.561%
Fiscal Year-end 06 / 2025 Employees 51,000
View SEC Filings

WDC Valuation

P/E Current 8.423
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) N/A
Price to Sales Ratio 1.90
Price to Book Ratio 2.402
Price to Cash Flow Ratio N/A
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 30.17
Enterprise Value to Sales 2.371
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.26

WDC Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 254,960.784
Income Per Employee -15,647.059
Receivables Turnover 6.003
Total Asset Turnover 0.535

WDC Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.324
Quick Ratio 0.775
Cash Ratio 0.309

WDC Profitability

Gross Margin 24.525
Operating Margin 3.492
Pretax Margin -5.083
Net Margin -6.137
Return on Assets -3.283
Return on Equity -7.367
Return on Total Capital -4.238
Return on Invested Capital -4.578

WDC Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 74.062
Total Debt to Total Capital 42.549
Total Debt to Total Assets 33.124
Long-Term Debt to Equity 57.497
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 33.032
  • Income Statement
  • Balance Sheet
  • Cash Flow Statement

Annual Financials for Western Digital Corp. - WDC

Collapse All in section
All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
16.92B 18.79B 12.32B 13.00B
Sales Growth
+1.11% +11.06% -34.45% +5.56%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
12.32B 12.62B 10.07B 9.81B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
1.21B 929.00M 828.00M 568.00M
Depreciation
726.00M 708.00M 695.00M 565.00M
Amortization of Intangibles
486.00M 221.00M 133.00M 3.00M
COGS Growth
-3.55% +2.43% -20.23% -2.54%
Gross Income
4.60B 6.17B 2.25B 3.19B
Gross Income Growth
+16.14% +34.17% -63.56% +41.86%
Gross Profit Margin
+27.17% +32.83% +18.25% +24.53%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
3.35B 3.44B 2.98B 2.73B
Research & Development
2.24B 2.32B 2.01B 1.91B
Other SG&A
1.10B 1.12B 970.00M 828.00M
SGA Growth
-1.93% +2.75% -13.40% -8.19%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
5.00M 291.00M 193.00M 527.00M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
1.25B 2.44B (924.00M) (73.00M)
Non Operating Income/Expense
(42.00M) (136.00M) (314.00M) (171.00M)
Non-Operating Interest Income
7.00M 6.00M 24.00M 39.00M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
276.00M 179.00M 322.00M 417.00M
Interest Expense Growth
-33.17% -35.14% +79.89% +29.50%
Gross Interest Expense
276.00M 179.00M 322.00M 417.00M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
927.00M 2.12B (1.56B) (661.00M)
Pretax Income Growth
+2,115.22% +129.02% -173.48% +57.63%
Pretax Margin
+5.48% +11.30% -12.66% -5.08%
Income Tax
106.00M 623.00M 146.00M 137.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
153.00M 366.00M 27.00M 38.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
195.00M 143.00M 153.00M 260.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(222.00M) 87.00M (42.00M) (174.00M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(20.00M) 27.00M 8.00M 13.00M
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
821.00M 1.50B (1.71B) (798.00M)
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
821.00M 1.50B (1.71B) (798.00M)
Net Income Growth
+428.40% +82.70% -213.73% +53.22%
Net Margin Growth
+4.85% +7.98% -13.85% -6.14%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
821.00M 1.50B (1.71B) (798.00M)
Preferred Dividends
- - 24.00M 54.00M
-
Net Income Available to Common
821.00M 1.50B (1.73B) (852.00M)
EPS (Basic)
2.6918 4.8077 -5.4402 -2.6135
EPS (Basic) Growth
+420.87% +78.61% -213.16% +51.96%
Basic Shares Outstanding
305.00M 312.00M 318.00M 326.00M
EPS (Diluted)
2.657 4.7468 -5.4402 -2.6135
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+416.72% +78.65% -214.61% +51.96%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
309.00M 316.00M 318.00M 326.00M
EBITDA
2.46B 3.66B 97.00M 1.02B
EBITDA Growth
+16.63% +48.58% -97.35% +953.61%
EBITDA Margin
+14.55% +19.46% +0.79% +7.86%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 56.947
Number of Ratings 25 Current Quarters Estimate 1.443
FY Report Date 06 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 5.032
Last Quarter’s Earnings 1.36 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings -0.151 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 5.433
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 21 18 16 20
Mean Estimate 1.44 1.36 5.03 5.43
High Estimates 1.56 1.59 6.38 7.50
Low Estimate 1.14 1.13 4.70 3.45
Coefficient of Variance 5.51 9.48 10.74 13.86

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 17 17 15
OVERWEIGHT 3 3 3
HOLD 5 5 6
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 1
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Western Digital Corp. - WDC

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Mar 25, 2025 B. Scott Davis Chief Sales & Mrktg Off 143,101 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 24, 2025 Tiang Yew Tan Chief Executive Officer; Director 616,860 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $44.51 per share 27,456,438.60
Mar 11, 2025 Gene M. Zamiska SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer 45,435 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $41.45 per share 1,883,280.75
Mar 11, 2025 Brian Scott Davis Chief Sales & Mrktg Off 141,572 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $41.45 per share 5,868,159.40
Mar 11, 2025 Vidya Gubbi Chief of Global Ops 177,262 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $41.45 per share 7,347,509.90
Mar 11, 2025 Cynthia Lock Tregillis CLO and Corp. Sec. 160,247 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $41.45 per share 6,642,238.15
Mar 11, 2025 Gene M. Zamiska SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer 43,776 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $41.36 per share 1,810,575.36
Mar 11, 2025 Don Bennett Interim CFO 104,554 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $41.45 per share 4,333,763.30
Aug 23, 2024 Robert W. Soderbery EVP & GM, Flash Business 160,658 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Aug 23, 2024 Robert W. Soderbery EVP & GM, Flash Business 195,257 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Aug 23, 2024 David V. Goeckeler Chief Executive Officer; Director 825,836 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $64.42 per share 53,200,355.12
Aug 23, 2024 David V. Goeckeler Chief Executive Officer; Director 925,789 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Aug 23, 2024 David V. Goeckeler Chief Executive Officer; Director 1,095,142 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Aug 23, 2024 Robert W. Soderbery EVP & GM, Flash Business 127,260 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $64.42 per share 8,198,089.20
Aug 23, 2024 Wissam Georges Jabre EVP & CFO 185,443 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $64.42 per share 11,946,238.06
Aug 23, 2024 Wissam Georges Jabre EVP & CFO 218,889 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Aug 23, 2024 Gene M. Zamiska SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer 41,880 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Aug 23, 2024 Gene M. Zamiska SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer 38,834 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

Western Digital Corp. in the News