Western Digital (WDC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) is a data storage technology company that develops and manufactures hard disk drives (HDDs) and related storage solutions. Its products are used in data centers, cloud infrastructure, enterprise systems, personal computers, gaming platforms and external storage devices.

The company offers HDD-based products for business and consumer applications, including high-capacity drives designed for hyperscale and cloud data centers, enterprise storage environments, network-attached storage systems and personal computing. Western Digital also provides branded external storage products and solutions sold under names such as WD and SanDisk; however, its flash-memory business was separated into an independent company, SanDisk Corporation, in 2025.

Western Digital was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. The company serves customers worldwide through its manufacturing, research and development, sales and distribution operations. Following the separation of its flash business, Western Digital is focused primarily on HDD-based data storage technologies. Irving Tan serves as the company’s chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $331.81 to $348.51
• 50-Day Range: $332.00 to $536.01
• 52-Week Range: $117.23 to $799.87
• Volume: 7.97 million shs
• Average Volume: 9.26 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $124.28 billion
• P/E Ratio: 13.71
• Dividend Yield: 0.18%
• Price Target: $608.26
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Western Digital Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Western Digital scored higher than 97% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 40th out of 594 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Western Digital has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.79, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 20 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Western Digital has a consensus price target of $608.26, representing about 83.2% upside from its current price of $332.00.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Western Digital has been the subject of 12 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 73.18%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Western Digital are expected to grow by 73.18% in the coming year, from $19.65 to $34.03 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Western Digital is 13.71, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.31.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Western Digital is 13.71, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 76.58.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Western Digital has a PEG Ratio of 1.41. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Western Digital has a P/B Ratio of 12.91. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.90% of the float of Western Digital has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Western Digital has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.45, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Western Digital has recently increased by 5.86%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Western Digital has a dividend yield of 0.17%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Western Digital does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Western Digital is 2.48%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Western Digital will have a dividend payout ratio of 1.76% next year. This indicates that Western Digital will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.12

News Sentiment

Western Digital has a news sentiment score of 0.12. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.53 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 44 news articles for Western Digital this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

164 people have searched for WDC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 34% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

69 people have added Western Digital to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 156% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Western Digital insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $11,461,345.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.20% of the stock of Western Digital is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

92.51% of the stock of Western Digital is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Record date for 9/17 Dividend: 9/08/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/17 Dividend: 9/08/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/17/2026
• Today: 10/18/2026
• Next Earnings (Confirmed): 10/22/2026
• AGM 2026: 11/20/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 6/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals
• Sub-Industry: Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:WDC
• CIK: 106040
• Web: www.westerndigital.com
• Phone: (408) 717-6000
• Fax: 949-672-5408
• Employees: 40,000
• Year Founded: 1970

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Western Digital: $608.26
• High Price Target: $1,050.00
• Low Price Target: $200.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +83.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.79
• Research Coverage: 28 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $24.21
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.71
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.90
• P/E Growth: 1.41
• Net Income: $9.42 billion
• Net Margins: 72.95%
• Pretax Margin: 76.67%
• Return on Equity: 48.15%
• Return on Assets: 25.79%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.33
• Quick Ratio: 0.97

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $12.92 billion
• Price / Sales: 9.62
• Cash Flow: $12.25 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 27.10
• Book Value: $25.72 per share
• Price / Book: 12.91

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 374,323,000
• Free Float: 373,574,000
• Market Cap: $124.28 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.11