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Western Digital

387.98 USD
-9.30
2.34%
At close Updated Oct 12, 1:10 PM EDT
1 day
-2.34%
5 days
-9.05%
1 month
-9.13%
3 months
-30.16%
6 months
10.8%
Year to date
106.7%
1 year
226.42%
5 years
846.99%
10 years
809.68%
 

About: Western Digital is a leading vertically integrated supplier of hard disk drives. The HDD market is a practical duopoly, with Western Digital and Seagate being the two largest players. Western Digital designs and manufactures its HDDs, with much of the manufacturing and workforce located in Asia. The primary consumers of HDDs are data centers.

Employees: 40,000

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Sentiment 3-Months
Positive 55.6%
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Zacks Investment Research
1 hour ago
Can Western Digital Sustain 44% Revenue Growth in Fiscal 2027?
WDC's 44% revenue surge, fueled by cloud demand, AI-driven storage needs and favorable pricing, raises questions about growth sustainability in FY27.
Can Western Digital Sustain 44% Revenue Growth in Fiscal 2027?
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24/7 Wall Street
2 hours ago
Memory Stocks Slide as China's CXMT Flags Denser Chip Design: Micron and SK Hynix Fall 4%, Western Digital Drops 2%
Memory stocks are falling as a Chinese rival flagged progress on a denser server chip design that targets the most profitable corner of the industry. Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU | MU Price Prediction) stock trades at $984.
Memory Stocks Slide as China's CXMT Flags Denser Chip Design: Micron and SK Hynix Fall 4%, Western Digital Drops 2%
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Zacks Investment Research
2 days ago
Western Digital (WDC) Outperforms Broader Market: What You Need to Know
Western Digital (WDC) closed at $397.28 in the latest trading session, marking a +1.01% move from the prior day.
Western Digital (WDC) Outperforms Broader Market: What You Need to Know
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Benzinga
2 days ago
Benzinga's 'Stock Whisper' Index: Five Stocks Investors Secretly Monitor But Don't Talk About Yet
Each week, Benzinga's Stock Whisper Index uses a combination of proprietary data and pattern recognition to showcase five stocks that are just under the surface and deserve attention.
Benzinga's 'Stock Whisper' Index: Five Stocks Investors Secretly Monitor But Don't Talk About Yet
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Seeking Alpha
3 days ago
Buy Any Of 15 Ideal 'Safer' October Dogs Tenured Over 10 Years
I analyze 84 top Ten-Year tenured dividend dogs, focusing on yield-based selection and free cash flow safety for October 2026. Chimera Investment, Mach Natural Resources, and Matthews International lead projected net gains, with average estimated returns of 48.6% on $10k invested. Fifteen of thirty-six 'safer' dividend dogs meet the IDEAL standard, with annual dividends from $1k invested exceeding their share price.
Buy Any Of 15 Ideal 'Safer' October Dogs Tenured Over 10 Years
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Zacks Investment Research
3 days ago
Western Digital (WDC) Sees a More Significant Dip Than Broader Market: Some Facts to Know
Western Digital (WDC) closed the most recent trading day at $393.31, moving 2.99% from the previous trading session.
Western Digital (WDC) Sees a More Significant Dip Than Broader Market: Some Facts to Know
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Schwab Network
3 days ago
Ways AI Data Center Capacity Will Reach 90GW by 2027 & How AMD, WDC Benefit
Goldman Sachs raised its 2026 U.S. data center capacity by 5 gigawatts to 64GW in 2026 while lowering its 2027 forecast by 5GW to 90GW. As Lisa Martin explains, the data center boom is broadening and becoming more physical.
Ways AI Data Center Capacity Will Reach 90GW by 2027 & How AMD, WDC Benefit
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24/7 Wall Street
4 days ago
Western Digital Crushed the S&P 500 Over 10 Years. Now AI Is Changing Everything
Western Digital survived two brutal price halvings, a five-year dividend blackout, and an activist breakup campaign before AI storage demand rewrote the story. Whether that rewrite holds depends on one unpredictable customer group controlling 89% of revenue.
Western Digital Crushed the S&P 500 Over 10 Years. Now AI Is Changing Everything
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Business Wire
4 days ago
WD to Announce First Quarter Fiscal Year 2027 Financial Results on October 22, 2026
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Western Digital Corporation (Nasdaq: WDC) plans to announce its first quarter fiscal year 2027 financial results after the market closes on Thursday, October 22, 2026. The company will host a conference call with the investment community to discuss these results on October 22, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. Pacific / 4:30 p.m. Eastern. A live audio webcast and a webcast replay of the conference call will be available at investor.wdc.com. About WD WD, also known as Western.
WD to Announce First Quarter Fiscal Year 2027 Financial Results on October 22, 2026
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24/7 Wall Street
5 days ago
SanDisk and Micron Rise 3% as Tight Memory Supply Outruns a Softer Tech Tape; Western Digital Lags
Memory chip makers that sell their output years in advance are pulling away from a softer technology market, and the gap is widest in shares of SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK | SNDK Price Prediction) and Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU).
SanDisk and Micron Rise 3% as Tight Memory Supply Outruns a Softer Tech Tape; Western Digital Lags
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