77/100B263.63
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Q2 FY2027 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 5.88Revenue estimate 5.13B
Q2 FY2027 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 5.88Revenue estimate 5.13B
If you had invested in Western Digital ago, it would be worth $7,166 today, against $4,128 in SPY and $6,186 in QQQ.
Arincen ScoreWhat is the Arincen Score? The Arincen Score grades a company out of 100 from 30 checks on its own reported figures, five checks in each of six parts.Beta
77/100
Six parts of the company, five checks each, from its own reported figures. A part scores the checks it passes out of 10; the score is their average out of 100.
Profitability8
Plus shows the checks behind each part of the score, what passed, what failed and the figure it read, for every stock.
Cash6
Plus shows the checks behind each part of the score, what passed, what failed and the figure it read, for every stock.
Valuation8
Plus shows the checks behind each part of the score, what passed, what failed and the figure it read, for every stock.
Growth8
Plus shows the checks behind each part of the score, what passed, what failed and the figure it read, for every stock.
Financial strength10
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Shareholders6
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Figures to FY2026; the price as of today.
Western Digital key facts
- StyleWhat does a stock's style mean? The style label sorts a stock as growth, value, dividend, blend or speculative, with a 1 to 10 meter showing how strongly it fits.
- Growth stock · 10.0/10Growth 10.0 · Value 8.3 · Dividend 1.0
- Day range
- 258.65 – 286.40
- 52-week range
- 132.43 – 799.87
- Market capitalizationWhat is market capitalization? Market cap is what the stock market values a whole company at: its share price times the number of its shares outstanding.
- 98.68B USD
- P/EWhat is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- 9.19
- PEG ratioWhat is the PEG ratio? The PEG ratio divides the P/E by the yearly earnings growth analysts expect, to show how much you pay for each point of growth.
- 0.30
- EPSWhat is EPS (earnings per share)? EPS (earnings per share) is a company's net income divided by its number of shares: the profit that belongs to each share over a period.
- 28.68
- Div YieldWhat is dividend yield? Dividend yield is a year of dividends as a percentage of the share price: the income a shareholder receives for each dollar invested at today's price.
- 0.27%
- EPS growth forecast (FY2027)
- +142.7%
- Volume
- 62
- BetaWhat is beta in stocks? Beta measures how much a stock tends to move when the whole market moves: 1 moves with it, under 1 is calmer, over 1 swings more.
- 2.28
- ESG scoreWhat is an ESG score? An ESG score rates how a company handles the environment, its people and its governance, out of 100. Higher is better.
- 71.1/100Environment 71 · Social 71 · Governance 71
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Computer Hardware
- CEO
- Tiang Yew Tan
- Employees
- 40K
- Website
- westerndigital.com
- IPO date
- 31 Oct 1978
Western Digital earningsWhat is an earnings surprise? An earnings surprise is how far a company's reported EPS or revenue came above or below the analysts' average estimate, in percent.
Next earnings · Q2 FY2027
EPS estimate
5.88 USD
Revenue estimate
5.13B USD
Last quarter · Q1 FY2027
EPS4.64Beat +12.9%Revenue4.38BBeat +5.7%
Revenue
ReportedEstimate
EPS
ReportedEstimate
| Period | Report date | EPS estimate | Reported EPS | Surprise | EPS growth | Revenue estimate | Reported revenue | Surprise | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 FY2028 | 10.48 | — | — | — | 7.56B | — | — | — | |
| Q2 FY2028 | 9.46 | — | — | +60.88% | 7.08B | — | — | +38.07% | |
| Q1 FY2028 | 8.40 | — | — | +81.12% | 6.48B | — | — | +47.83% | |
| Q2 FY2027 | 5.88 | — | — | +176.06% | 5.13B | — | — | +69.94% | |
| Q1 FY2027 | 4.11 | 4.64 | +12.90% | +160.67% | 4.14B | 4.38B | +5.72% | +55.46% | |
| Q4 FY2026 | 3.31 | 3.56 | +7.55% | +114.46% | 3.70B | 3.75B | +1.27% | +43.84% | |
| Q3 FY2026 | 2.39 | 2.72 | +13.81% | +100.00% | 3.25B | 3.34B | +2.79% | +45.47% | |
| Q2 FY2026 | 1.93 | 2.13 | +10.36% | +20.34% | 2.93B | 3.02B | +2.99% | -29.59% | |
| Q1 FY2026 | 1.59 | 1.78 | +11.95% | 0.00% | 2.73B | 2.82B | +3.21% | +27.40% | |
| Q4 FY2025 | 1.48 | 1.66 | +12.16% | +15.28% | 2.47B | 2.61B | +5.38% | +29.99% |
| Period | EPS estimate | Reported EPS | Surprise | EPS growth | Revenue estimate | Reported revenue | Surprise | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2029 | 54.03 | — | — | +33.63% | 36.59B | — | — | +21.08% |
| FY2028 | 40.43 | — | — | +63.45% | 30.22B | — | — | +42.25% |
| FY2027 | 24.73 | — | — | +142.73% | 21.24B | — | — | +64.44% |
| FY2026 | 9.99 | 10.19 | +1.97% | +55.10% | 12.87B | 12.92B | +0.39% | +13.36% |
| FY2025 | 4.84 | 6.57 | +35.86% | — | 9.39B | 11.40B | +21.32% | +19.48% |
| FY2024 | 3.60 | -0.38 | -110.56% | — | 15.60B | 9.54B | -38.86% | -22.57% |
| FY2023 | -2.73 | -3.57 | -30.93% | -143.43% | 12.17B | 12.32B | +1.20% | -34.45% |
Western Digital analyst forecastWhat is the analyst rating? The analyst rating sums up what the analysts covering a stock recommend, from strong buy to strong sell, by the share of them rating it a buy.
12-month price target
617.15 USD
+134.10%
Analysts' 1-year price targets range from 405.00 to 1,050.00, with an average of 617.15.
Past year
1-year forecast
Strong sellStrong buy
Strong buy
18 ratings
| Buy | 15 | |
| Hold | 3 | |
| Sell | 0 |
12-month price target
| Highest target | 1,050.00 |
| Average target | 617.15 |
| Lowest target | 405.00 |
| Current price | 263.63 |
Western Digital valuationWhat is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- Price to earnings ratio (TTM)What is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- 9.19
- Forward P/E (FY2027)What is the forward P/E ratio? Forward P/E divides a share's price by the earnings per share analysts expect in the coming year, rather than last year's actual earnings.
- 10.66
- Price to sales (TTM)What is the P/S ratio? The price-to-sales ratio compares a company's market value with its revenue over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of sales.
- 6.81
- Price to bookWhat is the P/B ratio? The price-to-book ratio compares a company's market value with its book value, the shareholders' equity on its balance sheet.
- 10.56
- EV / EBITDA (TTM)What is EV/EBITDA? EV/EBITDA compares a company's whole value, debt included and cash taken off, with a year of its earnings before interest, tax and depreciation.
- 15.68
Capital structureWhat is enterprise value? Enterprise value is what the whole business costs: the market value of its shares plus its debt minus its cash. It is the price behind EV/EBITDA.
Market capitalization
98.68B USD
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Total debt
789.00M USD
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Cash and short-term investments
1.31B USD
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Enterprise value
98.16B USD
Valuation over time
P/EForward P/EForward P/E · EstimateEstimate
Western Digital against its own historyWhat does "against its own history" show? The company's latest margins, return on equity, growth, debt and P/E against its own last 5 years: the low, the median and the high, and whether this year is better or worse than usual.
Each figure in the latest fiscal year against the same figure from FY2022 to FY2026: the range, its median (the line) and the latest (the dot, green on the good side of the median). The P/E is today's against its daily readings of five years.
Its peers: Sandisk, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Arista Networks, Dell Technologies, NetApp, and Super Micro Computer, the US Computer Hardware companies closest to it in size, each in its own latest fiscal year: their median (the line) and its rank among them, first being the best.
- P/E (today)Lowest in 5 years9.29.239.9
- Gross marginHighest in 5 years48.9%22.2%48.9%Against its peers: 4 of 6Peers' median 64.1%
- Operating marginHighest in 5 years34.5%-8.8%34.5%Against its peers: 3 of 6Peers' median 24.5%
- Net marginHighest in 5 years72.9%-26.9%72.9%Against its peers: 1 of 6Peers' median 18.4%
- Return on equityHighest in 5 years106.3%-15.4%106.3%Against its peers: 1 of 5Peers' median 50.5%
- Free cash flow marginHighest in 5 years27.2%-19.4%27.2%Against its peers: 3 of 6Peers' median 27.0%
- Revenue growthAbove its median35.7%-66.7%50.7%Against its peers: 2 of 6Peers' median 18.8%
- EPS growthHighest in 5 years374.2%-213.1%374.2%Against its peers: 1 of 5Peers' median 17.7%
- Debt to EBITDALowest in 5 years0.21×0.21×847.40×Against its peers: 3 of 6Peers' median 1.42×
- Current ratioAt its median1.331.081.81Against its peers: 4 of 6Peers' median 1.44
Peers: US companies of the same industry (of its sector when the industry has too few) from a tenth to ten times its market value, the six closest in size. Updated weekly.
Western Digital growth and profitabilityWhat are gross, operating and net profit margins? A profit margin is the share of revenue kept as profit: gross margin after the cost of sales, operating margin after running costs, net margin after all costs.
- Revenue (TTM)What does TTM (trailing twelve months) mean? TTM (trailing twelve months) is a figure over the latest twelve months of reports: usually the last four quarters added together.
- 14.48B USD
- Net income (TTM)What is an income statement? The income statement shows a company's revenue, costs and profit over a quarter or a year, from sales at the top to net income at the bottom.
- 10.02B USD
- Gross marginWhat are gross, operating and net profit margins? A profit margin is the share of revenue kept as profit: gross margin after the cost of sales, operating margin after running costs, net margin after all costs.
- 52.60%
- Operating margin
- 39.41%
- Net margin
- 69.20%
Revenue / Net income
Revenue Net income Net margin
Western Digital revenue breakdown
By product
FY2026
88.9%Cloud5.6%Client Devices5.4%Retail Products
| Segment | Revenue | Share of revenue | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud | 11.49B | 88.9% | +37.8% |
| Client Devices | 726.00M | 5.6% | +30.6% |
| Retail Products | 703.00M | 5.4% | +12.8% |
By region
FY2026
43.7%Americas34.1%Asia17.9%Europe Middle East And Africa4.3%Others
| Region | Revenue | Share of revenue | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americas | 5.17B | 43.7% | +12.6% |
| Asia | 4.03B | 34.1% | +18.8% |
| Europe Middle East And Africa | 2.11B | 17.9% | +37.6% |
| Others | 513.00M | 4.3% | — |
How Western Digital makes its moneyWhat is an income statement? The income statement shows a company's revenue, costs and profit over a quarter or a year, from sales at the top to net income at the bottom.
Cloud11.49B 88.9%
Client Devices726.00M 5.6%
Retail Products703.00M 5.4%
Revenue12.92B 100.0%
Cost of revenue6.61B 51.1%
Gross profit6.31B 48.9%
Research and development1.16B 9.0%
Selling and administration523.00M 4.0%
Other operating expenses174.00M 1.3%
Operating income4.45B 34.5%
Tax481.00M 3.7%
Net income9.42B 72.9%
FY2026, in USD. Each band is as wide as its money; the percentage is its share of revenue.
FY2026, in USD. Each band is as wide as its money; the percentage is its share of revenue.
Western Digital dividendsWhat is dividend yield? Dividend yield is a year of dividends as a percentage of the share price: the income a shareholder receives for each dollar invested at today's price.
- Annual dividend
- 0.70 USD
- Dividend yield (indicated)What is dividend yield? Dividend yield is a year of dividends as a percentage of the share price: the income a shareholder receives for each dollar invested at today's price.
- 0.27%
- Payout ratioWhat is the payout ratio? The payout ratio is the share of a company's earnings paid out as dividends: dividends per share divided by earnings per share (EPS).
- 2.53%
- Years of dividend growthWhat are years of dividend growth? The years in a row a company has raised its dividend per share. 25 years make an S&P 500 company a Dividend Aristocrat; 50 make a Dividend King.
- 1
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Next payment
- 0.18 USD
- Next ex-dividend dateWhat is the ex-dividend date? The ex-dividend date is the first day a stock trades without its next dividend: buy before it to receive the payment; buy on or after it and the seller gets it.
- 4 Dec 2026
- Next payment date
- 17 Dec 2026
Dividends per share
Western Digital financial health
- Cash and short-term investments
- 1.31B USD
- Total debt
- 789.00M USD
- Net cash
- 525.00M USD
- Free cash flow (TTM)What is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks.
- 4.29B USD
- Current ratioWhat is the current ratio? The current ratio is current assets divided by current liabilities: whether what a company will turn into cash within a year covers what it owes within a year.
- 1.43
- Debt to equityWhat is the debt to equity ratio? Debt to equity is a company's total debt divided by its shareholders' equity: how much it has borrowed for each dollar its owners have in the business.
- 0.08
- Piotroski scoreWhat is the Piotroski F-Score? The Piotroski F-Score rates a company's financial strength from 0 to 9: one point for each of nine tests of profit, debt and efficiency it passes.
- 7 / 9
- Altman Z-scoreWhat is the Altman Z-Score? The Altman Z-Score rolls five financial ratios into one number that signals a company's risk of bankruptcy: over 3 is safe, under 1.8 is distress.
- 18.31
Cash, debt and free cash flow
Cash and short-term investments Total debt Free cash flow
Western Digital ownershipWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- InstitutionsWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- 94.31%
- Institutional holders
- 1,961 (+448)
- Free floatWhat is free float? Free float is the part of a company's shares that anyone can buy and sell: all its shares minus those held by insiders, founders and owners of over 5%.
- 99.36%
Who owns the shares
Institutions 94.3% Others 5.7%
As of 30 Jun 2026
Shares free to trade
Free float 371.93M shares ·99.4% Closely held 2.40M shares ·0.6%
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Insider trading
| Quarter | Purchases | Sales | Shares acquired | Shares disposed of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2026 | 0 | 13 | 14.37 | 6.13K |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | 49 | 271.92K | 296.13K |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | 79 | 1.38K | 86.87K |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | 64 | 943.34 | 157.52K |
Shares outstanding
Basic shares Diluted shares Change in diluted shares
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Title: Western Digital Corp
Sector: Technology
Industry: Computer Hardware
Western Digital is a leading vertically integrated supplier of hard disk drives. The HDD market is essentially a duopoly, with Western Digital and Seagate as the two largest players. Western Digital designs and manufactures its HDDs, with much of the manufacturing and workforce located in Asia. Data centers are the primary consumers of HDDs.