WDC
Western Digital
Information Technology · Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals · US
✗ ETHICAL FAIL
STRONG MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics
How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter
Market Cap
$165.4B
Total market value of the company
27.60
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+45.5%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
85.9%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$505.00
-1% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 23 analysts covering this stock
About Western Digital
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. The company has a collaboration with Open Quantum Design for the development of quantum error correction technology and related systems to advance reliable quantum computing. Western Digital Corporation was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
https://www.westerndigital.com
Country: United States Employees: 40,000 Industry: Computer Hardware
Ethical Screening
Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance
Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
33.6% FAIL
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
25.7% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.5% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$435.00
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
-17.6%
Trading above fair value — no margin of safety
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
42.5th
Ranks in the top 58% of our 13,571 screened universe
Trading at $480, 10% above fair value of $435. Strong competitive moat. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 64% of screened stocks.
Quantitative Intelligence
Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data
MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
2.245
Excellent risk-adjusted returns
0.1836
Suggested allocation is meaningful — the edge justifies a position
4.135
Returns exceed worst-case losses — strong risk profile
Annual Return
205.3%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-49.7%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
BULL
Statistical model sees bullish momentum
Days in State
21
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data
Trading characteristics and market positioning
2.16
Significantly more volatile than the market
52W High
$525.15
3% below the year high
52W Low
$49.00
944% above the year low
Avg Volume
8,449,187
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
3.9
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
9.5%
Moderate short interest
13.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$16.70
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health
Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value
0.18
Conservative use of debt — low financial risk
1.49
Adequate but worth monitoring
Quick Ratio
1.11
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
45.4%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
37.0%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$2.1B
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$11.8B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$6.4B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Recent Insider Activity
SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling
55
NEUTRAL
Mixed insider activity. 0 purchases and 0 sales in the last 90 days — no clear directional signal. Politicians have been buying this name.
| Date |
Insider |
Title |
Type |
Shares |
Value |
| 2026-05-15 |
KIDDOO BRUCE E |
Director |
|
100 |
— |
| 2026-05-11 |
DAVIS BRIAN SCOTT |
Officer |
|
10,000 |
$5,006,895 |
| 2026-05-04 |
GUBBI VIDYADHARA K |
Officer |
|
4,674 |
$2,071,447 |
| 2026-05-01 |
TAN IRVING |
Chief Executive Officer |
|
20,000 |
$8,236,864 |
| 2026-04-21 |
TREGILLIS CYNTHIA LOCK |
Officer |
|
363 |
$136,884 |
| 2026-04-20 |
GUBBI VIDYADHARA K |
Officer |
|
34 |
— |
| 2026-04-20 |
TREGILLIS CYNTHIA LOCK |
Officer |
|
12 |
— |
| 2026-03-20 |
TAN IRVING |
Chief Executive Officer |
|
49 |
— |
| 2026-03-20 |
DAVIS BRIAN SCOTT |
Officer |
|
7 |
— |
| 2026-03-17 |
SHIHAB AHMED MOHAMMED |
Officer |
|
196 |
— |
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
Insider Intelligence
Political Trading Activity
Congressional trading disclosures involving this instrument
| Date |
Politician |
Party |
Type |
Amount |
| 2026-04-13 |
Ro Khanna |
Democrat |
Purchase |
1K–15K |
Source: Congressional disclosure filings. View all political trades at
Insider Intelligence
Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2025-06-30