Western Digital Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

DB:WDC Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
29 Oct 24	Sell€1,937,254	Robert Soderbery	Individual	30,767	€62.97
28 Oct 24	Sell€128,769	Gene Zamiska	Individual	1,993	€64.61
05 Aug 24	Sell€632,384	Robert Soderbery	Individual	12,154	€52.03
04 Jun 24	Sell€1,813,384	Robert Soderbery	Individual	26,853	€67.53

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: WDC insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of WDC?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
State or Government	362,988	0.105%
Individual Insiders	1,251,374	0.362%
General Public	12,985,219	3.76%
Institutions	331,108,872	95.8%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 6.6%.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 64.51% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
11.9%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	41,020,618	€2.5b	5.65%	0.04%
8.21%	BlackRock, Inc.	28,392,693	€1.7b	1.1%	0.03%
5.4%	FMR LLC	18,665,350	€1.1b	-8.32%	0.07%
4.09%	JP Morgan Asset Management	14,124,518	€865.6m	-3.99%	0.1%
3.93%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	13,572,686	€831.8m	-0.39%	0.03%
3.45%	T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	11,941,935	€731.9m	-20.3%	0.07%
3.18%	Managed Account Advisors LLC	11,002,886	€674.3m	-2.12%	0.14%
3.07%	DNB Asset Management AS	10,609,872	€650.2m	35%	2.23%
2.9%	UBS Asset Management AG	10,024,479	€614.3m	6.22%	0.06%
2.29%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	7,921,608	€485.5m	0.98%	0.03%
1.89%	Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC	6,545,207	€401.1m	18.4%	0.09%
1.85%	Slate Path Capital LP	6,412,703	€393.0m	68.7%	6.58%
1.7%	Norges Bank Investment Management	5,872,063	€359.9m	0%	0.03%
0.99%	AllianceBernstein L.P.	3,439,550	€210.8m	-20.6%	0.06%
0.98%	Legal & General Investment Management Limited	3,392,783	€207.9m	9.7%	0.04%
0.96%	Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund	3,331,802	€204.2m	-1.87%	0.05%
0.95%	Maple Rock Capital Partners Inc.	3,287,400	€201.5m	13.2%	12.21%
0.94%	Invesco Capital Management LLC	3,242,503	€198.7m	14.6%	0.08%
0.93%	59 North Capital Management, LP	3,220,044	€197.3m	7.33%	9.33%
0.92%	Holocene Advisors, LP	3,192,762	€195.7m	25.7%	0.81%
0.84%	Northern Trust Global Investments	2,919,402	€178.9m	-2.98%	0.03%
0.84%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	2,899,585	€177.7m	0.62%	0.03%
0.79%	Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments	2,721,494	€166.8m	-67.2%	0.02%
0.76%	Two Sigma Advisers, LP	2,638,800	€161.7m	-28.6%	0.38%
0.76%	Millennium Management LLC	2,629,951	€161.2m	-50.5%	0.14%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/19 00:45
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/19 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/27
Annual Earnings	2024/06/28

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Western Digital Corporation is covered by 69 analysts. 22 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Nam Hyung Kim	Arete Research Services LLP
James Kelleher	Argus Research Company
Phillip Alling	Atlantic Equities LLP