western digital corp. - WDC

WDC

Close Chg Chg %
161.00 8.15 5.06%

Open Market

169.15

+8.15 (5.06%)

Volume: 2.90M

Last Updated:

Dec 5, 2025, 1:24 PM EDT

Company Overview: western digital corp. - WDC

WDC Key Data

Open

$162.00

Day Range

162.00 - 169.32

52 Week Range

28.83 - 178.05

Market Cap

$55.05B

Shares Outstanding

341.90M

Public Float

338.94M

Beta

1.83

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

22.69

EPS

$7.25

Yield

12.85%

Dividend

$0.13

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Dec 4, 2025

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

8.49M

 

WDC Performance

1 Week
 
-1.43%
 
1 Month
 
-1.20%
 
3 Months
 
74.92%
 
1 Year
 
201.40%
 
5 Years
 
313.93%
 

WDC Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 30
Full Ratings ➔

About western digital corp. - WDC

Western Digital Corp. engages in the development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of data storage devices and 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 9.52B
Industry Computer Peripherals Net Income 1.75B
Sector Electronic Technology Employees 40,000
Fiscal Year-end 06 / 2026
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WDC Valuation

P/E Current 22.686
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 13.118
Price to Sales Ratio 2.387
Price to Book Ratio 4.135
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 12.18
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 9.695
Enterprise Value to Sales 2.661
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.201

WDC Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 238,000.00
Income Per Employee 43,700.00
Receivables Turnover 6.406
Total Asset Turnover 0.499

WDC Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.081
Quick Ratio 0.843
Cash Ratio 0.456

WDC Profitability

Gross Margin 40.347
Operating Margin 23.939
Pretax Margin 11.87
Net Margin 18.361
Return on Assets 8.458
Return on Equity 20.026
Return on Total Capital 15.541
Return on Invested Capital 12.831

WDC Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 95.669
Total Debt to Total Capital 48.893
Total Debt to Total Assets 36.288
Long-Term Debt to Equity 53.173
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 27.175
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Annual Financials for Western Digital Corp. - WDC

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
18.79B 12.32B 13.00B 9.52B
Sales Growth
+11.06% -34.45% +5.56% -26.79%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
12.62B 10.07B 9.81B 5.68B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
929.00M 828.00M 568.00M 334.00M
Depreciation
708.00M 695.00M 565.00M 334.00M
Amortization of Intangibles
- 221.00M 133.00M 3.00M
COGS Growth
+2.43% -20.23% -2.54% -42.13%
Gross Income
6.17B 2.25B 3.19B 3.84B
Gross Income Growth
+34.17% -63.56% +41.86% +20.45%
Gross Profit Margin
+32.83% +18.25% +24.53% +40.35%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
3.44B 2.98B 2.73B 1.56B
Research & Development
2.32B 2.01B 1.91B 994.00M
Other SG&A
1.12B 970.00M 828.00M 568.00M
SGA Growth
+2.75% -13.40% -8.19% -42.89%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
291.00M 193.00M 527.00M 668.00M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
2.44B (924.00M) (73.00M) 1.61B
Non Operating Income/Expense
(136.00M) (314.00M) (171.00M) (124.00M)
Non-Operating Interest Income
6.00M 24.00M 39.00M 45.00M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
179.00M 322.00M 417.00M 357.00M
Interest Expense Growth
-35.14% +79.89% +29.50% -14.39%
Gross Interest Expense
179.00M 322.00M 417.00M 357.00M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
2.12B (1.56B) (661.00M) 1.13B
Pretax Income Growth
+129.02% -173.48% +57.63% +270.95%
Pretax Margin
+11.30% -12.66% -5.08% +11.87%
Income Tax
623.00M 146.00M 137.00M (513.00M)
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
366.00M 27.00M 38.00M 89.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
143.00M 153.00M 260.00M 213.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
87.00M (42.00M) (174.00M) (814.00M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
27.00M 8.00M 13.00M (1.00M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - (28.00M)
-
Consolidated Net Income
1.50B (1.71B) (798.00M) 1.61B
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
1.50B (1.71B) (798.00M) 1.61B
Net Income Growth
+82.70% -213.73% +53.22% +302.38%
Net Margin Growth
+7.98% -13.85% -6.14% +16.96%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - 133.00M
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - 133.00M
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
1.50B (1.71B) (798.00M) 1.75B
Preferred Dividends
- 24.00M 54.00M 17.00M
Net Income Available to Common
1.50B (1.73B) (852.00M) 1.73B
EPS (Basic)
4.8077 -5.4402 -2.6135 4.9885
EPS (Basic) Growth
+78.61% -213.16% +51.96% +290.87%
Basic Shares Outstanding
312.00M 318.00M 326.00M 347.00M
EPS (Diluted)
4.7468 -5.4402 -2.6135 4.8245
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+78.65% -214.61% +51.96% +284.60%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
316.00M 318.00M 326.00M 359.00M
EBITDA
3.66B 97.00M 1.02B 2.61B
EBITDA Growth
+48.58% -97.35% +953.61% +155.68%
EBITDA Margin
+19.46% +0.79% +7.86% +27.45%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 180.167
Number of Ratings 31 Current Quarters Estimate 1.903
FY Report Date 12 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 7.633
Last Quarter’s Earnings 1.78 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 4.93 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 9.258
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 23 23 27 25
Mean Estimate 1.90 1.90 7.63 9.26
High Estimates 1.97 2.10 8.58 11.45
Low Estimate 1.82 1.70 6.16 6.87
Coefficient of Variance 1.75 4.45 5.39 13.09

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 19 18 17
OVERWEIGHT 5 5 4
HOLD 6 6 5
UNDERWEIGHT 1 1 1
SELL 0 0 1
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 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
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 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 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 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 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

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