Mizuho raised the firm’s price target on Western Digital (WDC) to $160 from $120 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The firm upped price targets in the storage group saying artificial intelligence demand continues to accelerate due to expanding multimodal models and longer context windows. NAND spot pricing is up 7% week-over-week and is expected to rise 11%-13% quarter-over-quarter through the first half of 2026, with suppliers prioritizing technology transitions over capacity expansions, the analyst tells investors in a research note.
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