Western Digital (1WDC) Stock Price & Analysis
1WDC Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 302.85 - EUR 319.00
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 115.44 - EUR 696.00
- Previous Close
- EUR 312.60
- Volume
- N/A
- Average Volume (3M)
- 1,352
- Market Cap
- EUR 112.75B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 159.08B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 1.31B
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 789.00M
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 12.1
- Beta
- 1.39
- Next Earnings
- Feb 03, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 5.28
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 0.15%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Cloud And Nearline HDD Demand
Strong cloud exposure links Western Digital to durable data-center capacity needs, while high-capacity nearline HDD adoption supports revenue scale and product relevance. This mix provides a foundation for continued growth as customers expand infrastructure for cloud computing and AI workloads.
Strong Cash Generation And Balance Sheet
Robust operating and free cash flow gives Western Digital resources to fund technology investment, reduce debt and return capital without relying heavily on external financing. The combination of strong cash conversion and materially lower leverage also improves resilience across storage-market cycles.
Technology Road Map And Customer Visibility
Long-term customer planning and a clear capacity roadmap support durable competitive positioning in data-center storage. Continued product transitions, including higher-capacity platforms, can deepen customer relationships, improve economics per drive and sustain relevance as data volumes expand.
Bears Say
Earnings Volatility
The sharp move from losses to exceptional margins reduces confidence that current profitability represents a normalized earnings base. If storage pricing, mix or demand conditions weaken, reported earnings and cash generation could retreat materially, making medium-term performance less predictable.
Input Cost Pressure
Higher component costs can pressure gross-margin expansion and limit the benefit of strong storage pricing until value-engineering actions are qualified. Because management expects the cost-per-terabyte improvement rate to slow near term, profitability may face pressure during the product transition.
Elevated Investment And Qualification Costs
Above-normal investment and qualification spending can weigh on near-term free-cash-flow conversion even while supporting future capacity and technology advances. The burden raises execution requirements, as returns depend on successful ePMR, HAMR and automation transitions.
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Company Description
Western Digital
Western Digital Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets a broad range of data storage devices and software solutions across the United States, China, Hong Kong, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the rest of Asia, serving an international market. The company's product lineup includes client devices such as hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing platforms like desktops, notebooks, smart video systems, gaming consoles, and set-top boxes. They also provide flash-based embedded storage solutions for mobile phones, tablets, laptops, and various portable and wearable technologies, extending into automotive, Internet of Things (IoT), industrial, and connected home applications. Additionally, Western Digital produces flash-based memory wafers. For data centers, their offerings comprise enterprise helium hard drives and sophisticated flash-based SSDs, often bundled with software tailored for enterprise servers, online transaction processing, data analysis, and other business applications. This segment also includes comprehensive data storage systems, tiered storage models, and various data storage platforms. Consumer-oriented client solutions consist of external HDDs in both mobile and desktop configurations, portable SSDs, and removable memory cards compatible with mobile phones, tablets, imaging systems, cameras, and smart video systems. Furthermore, they offer universal serial bus (USB) flash drives for computing and general consumer markets, alongside wireless drive products designed for on-the-go content backup and high-definition streaming of media and documents to tablets, smartphones, and PCs. Western Digital sells its diverse portfolio through original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), distributors, dealers, resellers, and retailers, utilizing its prominent G-Technology, SanDisk, and WD brands. Founded in 1970, the corporation is headquartered in San Jose, California.
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Computer Hardware
- CEO
- Tiang Yew Tan
- Employees
- 40,000
- Website
- www.westerndigital.com
- Address
- 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, CA, 95119, US
Western Digital (1WDC) Earnings & Revenues
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1WDC Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call was strongly positive, with record financial performance, robust customer demand, expanding margins, strong pricing, growing long-term visibility and progress across ePMR, HAMR and high-bandwidth technologies. The main challenges were near-term input cost increases, exabyte growth temporarily below the company's greater than 25% long-term target, higher qualification-related operating expenses and planned CapEx above the historical range. Highlights significantly outweighed lowlights.
View all IT:1WDC earnings summaries1WDC Net sales Breakdown
- 88.94% Cloud
- 5.62% Client
- 5.44% Consumer
1WDC Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| Technical Analysis | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Moving Averages | 0 | 0 | 12 |
