Western Digital Corporation

SWX:WDC Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 165.7b

Western Digital Valuation

Is WDC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of WDC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: WDC (CHF449.8) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (CHF991.24)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: WDC is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for WDC?

Key metric: As WDC is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for WDC. This is calculated by dividing WDC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is WDC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio29.3x
EarningsUS$6.35b
Market CapUS$206.25b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does WDC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for WDC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average46.2x
LOGN Logitech International
19.2x5.61%CHF 11.0b
STX Seagate Technology Holdings
78x37.43%US$207.1b
DELL Dell Technologies
30.3x15.76%US$274.8b
SNDK Sandisk
57.3x33.01%US$301.0b
WDC Western Digital
29.3x17.83%CHF 206.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WDC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.3x) compared to the peer average (46.2x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does WDC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Tech Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
WDC 29.3xIndustry Avg. 23.7xNo. of Companies4PE020406080100+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WDC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.3x) compared to the Global Tech industry average (23.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WDC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

WDC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio29.3x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate WDC's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst WDC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF 449.80
CHF 477.42
+6.14%
26.20%CHF 849.83CHF 291.37n/a24
Jun ’27n/a
CHF 410.23
0%
14.90%CHF 519.16CHF 283.18n/a23
May ’27n/a
CHF 366.78
0%
20.53%CHF 515.92CHF 142.27n/a23
Apr ’27n/a
CHF 262.57
0%
15.95%CHF 351.81CHF 145.52n/a23
Mar ’27n/a
CHF 247.23
0%
19.14%CHF 338.89CHF 130.93n/a23
Feb ’27n/a
CHF 216.79
0%
19.85%CHF 266.69CHF 131.41n/a24
Jan ’27n/a
CHF 148.91
0%
14.82%CHF 198.86CHF 107.39n/a24
Dec ’26n/a
CHF 145.81
0%
12.80%CHF 201.89CHF 109.02n/a23
Nov ’26n/a
CHF 132.17
0%
20.40%CHF 160.93CHF 49.89n/a23
Oct ’26n/a
CHF 82.61
0%
24.84%CHF 136.37CHF 49.44n/a22
Sep ’26n/a
CHF 70.79
0%
9.03%CHF 80.66CHF 50.01n/a21
Aug ’26n/a
CHF 68.70
0%
11.64%CHF 80.51CHF 48.31n/a21
Jul ’26n/a
CHF 48.49
0%
17.14%CHF 65.32CHF 32.66CHF 488.7521
Jun ’26n/a
CHF 47.26
0%
14.71%CHF 65.67CHF 32.83n/a21
May ’26n/a
CHF 49.43
0%
25.07%CHF 82.96CHF 31.52n/a21
Apr ’26n/a
CHF 64.81
0%
22.70%CHF 88.04CHF 36.10n/a19
Mar ’26n/a
CHF 70.22
0%
18.64%CHF 89.26CHF 36.59n/a19
Feb ’26n/a
CHF 75.54
0%
12.65%CHF 91.07CHF 47.36n/a20
Jan ’26n/a
CHF 80.11
0%
11.96%CHF 103.27CHF 53.88n/a20
Dec ’25n/a
CHF 77.69
0%
11.72%CHF 99.38CHF 51.85n/a21
Nov ’25n/a
CHF 76.75
0%
13.76%CHF 99.64CHF 51.99n/a21
Oct ’25n/a
CHF 73.45
0%
14.65%CHF 97.56CHF 50.90n/a21
Sep ’25n/a
CHF 76.84
0%
12.72%CHF 99.46CHF 51.89n/a21
Aug ’25n/a
CHF 78.61
0%
12.36%CHF 100.47CHF 52.42n/a21
Jul ’25n/a
CHF 78.69
0%
14.39%CHF 103.23CHF 45.78n/a22
CHF 492.26
Fair Value
8.6% undervalued intrinsic discount
24
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/07/02 05:31
End of Day Share Price 2026/07/02 00:00
Earnings2026/04/03
Annual Earnings2025/06/27

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Western Digital Corporation is covered by 54 analysts. 24 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James FontanelliArete Research Services LLP
Brett SimpsonArete Research Services LLP
James KelleherArgus Research Company