Western Digital (0QZF) Stock Overview

Develops, manufactures, and sells data storage devices and solutions based on hard disk drive (HDD) technology in the United States, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. More details

0QZF fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	5/6
Past Performance	5/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	0/6

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Trading at 48.3% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 17.83% per year

Earnings grew by 461.5% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Highly volatile share price over the past 3 months compared to the UK market

High level of non-cash earnings

Significant insider selling over the past 3 months

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Western Digital
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$529.59
52 Week High	US$799.90
52 Week Low	US$63.90
Beta	2.17
1 Month Change	0.99%
3 Month Change	80.30%
1 Year Change	702.23%
3 Year Change	1,291.10%
5 Year Change	656.23%
Change since IPO	452.63%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	0QZF	GB Tech	GB Market
7D	-9.3%	1.2%	1.6%
1Y	702.2%	9.1%	19.7%

Return vs Industry: 0QZF exceeded the UK Tech industry which returned 9.1% over the past year.

Return vs Market: 0QZF exceeded the UK Market which returned 19.7% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is 0QZF's price volatile compared to industry and market?
0QZF volatility
0QZF Average Weekly Movement	12.5%
Tech Industry Average Movement	6.2%
Market Average Movement	5.3%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market	10.8%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market	2.9%

Stable Share Price: 0QZF's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the UK market.

Volatility Over Time: 0QZF's weekly volatility (13%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of UK stocks.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1970	40,000	Irving Tan	www.westerndigital.com

Western Digital Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells data storage devices and solutions based on hard disk drive (HDD) technology in the United States, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers internal HDDs, data center drives, data center platforms, external drives, portable drives, NAS for home and office, and accessories. It sells its data storage devices and solutions through its computer manufacturers, sales personnel, dealers, distributors, and retailers.

Western Digital Corporation Fundamentals Summary

How do Western Digital's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
0QZF fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$185.78b
Earnings (TTM)	US$6.35b
Revenue (TTM)	US$11.78b

29.3x

P/E Ratio

15.8x

P/S Ratio

Is 0QZF overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
0QZF income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$11.78b
Cost of Revenue	US$6.43b
Gross Profit	US$5.35b
Other Expenses	-US$1.00b
Earnings	US$6.35b

Last Reported Earnings

Apr 03, 2026

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	18.42
Gross Margin	45.43%
Net Profit Margin	53.92%
Debt/Equity Ratio	16.3%

How did 0QZF perform over the long term?

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Dividends

0.1%

Current Dividend Yield

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/07/05 17:50
End of Day Share Price	2026/07/02 00:00
Earnings	2026/04/03
Annual Earnings	2025/06/27

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.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
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

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

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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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.

Analyst	Institution
James Fontanelli	Arete Research Services LLP
Brett Simpson	Arete Research Services LLP
James Kelleher	Argus Research Company

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Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 17%

Western Digital Corporation(NasdaqGS:WDC) dropped from Russell 3000E Value Benchmark

Now 22% undervalued

New major risk - Share price stability

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 16%

Key Executive recently sold US$1.4m worth of stock

Recent updates

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 17%

Western Digital Corporation(NasdaqGS:WDC) dropped from Russell 3000E Value Benchmark

Now 22% undervalued

New major risk - Share price stability

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 16%

Key Executive recently sold US$1.4m worth of stock

Western Digital Corporation Demonstrates Storage Innovations and Platforms for Scaling Persistent Ai Workloads

Upcoming dividend of US$0.15 per share

Western Digital Corporation Announces Appointment of Manuvir Das to Board of Directors, Effective May 26, 2026

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 15%

Western Digital Corporation Advances Next-Generation Trusted Infrastructure With Industry’s First Post-Quantum Cryptography Hard Drives

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 18%

Third quarter dividend of US$0.15 announced

Key Executive recently sold US$2.1m worth of stock

Third quarter 2026 earnings released: EPS: US$9.26 (vs US$2.18 in 3Q 2025)

Western Digital Corporation Announces Increase Quarterly Cash Dividend on Common Stock, Payable on June 17, 2026

Western Digital Corporation to Report Q3, 2026 Results on Apr 30, 2026

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 16%

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Now 21% overvalued after recent price rise

Key Executive recently sold US$2.2m worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.13 per share

Western Digital Corporation Unifies Its Professional Content Creator Storage Portfolio Under the G-DRIVE®? Brand

Executive VP recently sold US$1.8m worth of stock

Western Digital Unveils New Customer-Centric Storage Roadmap and Introduces Next-Generation Hard Drives and Platform Innovations for AI

Second quarter dividend of US$0.13 announced

Now 20% undervalued

Western Digital Corporation Provides Revenue Guidance for Third Quarter 2026

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 15%

Western Digital Corporation to Report Q2, 2026 Results on Jan 29, 2026

New major risk - Share price stability

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 15%

Now 20% undervalued

Now 20% undervalued

Key Executive recently sold US$3.7m worth of stock

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 16%

Upcoming dividend of US$0.13 per share

Western Digital Showcases Next-Gen Innovation At Supercomputing 2025

Western Digital Corporation Announces Executive Changes, Effective November 14, 2025

First quarter 2026 earnings released: EPS: US$3.43 (vs US$1.40 in 1Q 2025)

Western Digital Corporation Declares Increased Quarterly Cash Dividend on Common Stock, Payable on December 18, 2025

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 19%

Now 22% overvalued after recent price rise

Western Digital Corporation to Report Q1, 2026 Results on Oct 30, 2025

Western Digital Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Nov 20, 2025

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 21%

Chief of Global Operations recently sold US$1.0m worth of stock

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 15%

Now 21% undervalued

Upcoming dividend of US$0.10 per share

Full year 2025 earnings released: EPS: US$4.74 (vs US$2.61 loss in FY 2024)

Western Digital Corporation Declares Cash Dividend, Payable on September 18, 2025

Western Digital Corporation to Report Q4, 2025 Results on Jul 30, 2025

Now 20% undervalued

Upcoming dividend of US$0.10 per share

Western Digital Advances Ecosystem Collaboration, Innovation for Ai Acceleration, Disaggregated Storage and Sds At Computex 2025

Western Digital Corporation Hires Kris Sennesael as Chief Financial Officer, Effective May 12, 2025

New minor risk - Earnings quality

Third quarter 2025 earnings released: EPS: US$2.17 (vs US$0.35 in 3Q 2024)

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Western Digital Corporation Authorizes the Adoption of Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on June 18, 2025

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