Western Digital Corporation
WDC
NASDAQ42.25
Western Digital Corporation
NASDAQ:WDC
RECENT
PRICE
42.25
P/E
RATIO
14.82
(PEG:0.19)
P/E RATIO
RELATIVE
TO S&P
0.67
DIV
YLD
0.00%
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Legends
Stock price
1.55 Beta (1.0 Market)
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% total return 02/23:
Stock
S&P
1y.
0
0
3y.
0
0
5y.
0
0
0
Percent shares traded:
0
0
0
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
TTM
Fiscal year
24.96
2.58
1.34
- -
36.53
3.92
3.55
- -
33.57
2.12
3.54
- -
43.20
6.06
5.29
- -
41.24
3.14
3.80
- -
51.78
6.69
9.75
- -
63.70
4.07
8.99
0.75
64.38
6.88
9.31
1.10
62.81
6.31
7.03
1.71
54.37
1.01
5.85
1.94
66.30
1.38
9.93
1.99
69.52
2.27
11.35
2.00
56.74
(2.58)
2.30
2.00
56.16
(0.84)
0.59
2.00
55.48
2.69
2.47
- -
60.23
4.81
2.48
- -
49.97
(0.27)
(1.31)
- -
Revenue per share
Earnings per share
Free Cash Flow per sh
Dividends per share
1.48
7.84
2.78
12.20
2.34
14.38
3.23
20.65
3.37
23.76
2.98
31.82
3.95
32.75
2.67
37.63
2.64
39.74
2.44
46.63
2.01
39.65
2.81
38.82
3.00
34.13
2.17
32.05
3.76
35.15
3.55
39.17
3.64
38.40
CAPEX per share
Book Value per share
219
221
222
228
231
241
241
235
232
239
288
297
292
298
305
312
315
Comm.Shares outs.(m)
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30.6
1.2
2.9%
(19.7)
(0.8)
3.9%
(55.3)
(1.5)
4.3%
23.6
0.8
- -
9.7
0.5
- -
14.8
0.7
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Avg. annual P/E ratio
P/E relative to S&P500
Avg. annual div. yield
Capital Structure (30/12/22 | Q2)
Total liabilities
$12,932 m.
Total assets
$25,047 m.
Long-term debt
$7,033 m.
Cash and equiv.
$1,871 m.
Goodwill $10,041 m.
Retained earnings $8,711 m.
Common stock 318 m. shares
Market Capitalisation
$13,492 m. (as of 7/2/23)
12,478
14.2%
15,351
8.2%
15,130
11.8%
14,572
11.1%
12,994
3.6%
19,093
10.2%
20,647
17.5%
16,569
0.5%
16,736
2.0%
16,922
7.2%
18,793
12.7%
15,752
3.4%
Revenue (m)
Operating margin
825
1,612
1,233
980
1,244
1,617
1,114
1,465
1,154
242
2,128
397
2,056
675
1,812
(754)
1,566
(250)
1,212
821
929
1,500
867
(93)
Depreciation (m)
Net profit (m)
8.3%
12.9%
19.8%
6.4%
7.7%
10.7%
7.1%
10.1%
(58.2)%
1.9%
48.4%
2.1%
67.6%
3.3%
(162.7)%
(4.6)%
(443.5)%
(1.5)%
11.4%
4.9%
29.3%
8.0%
45.9%
(1.6)%
Income tax rate
Net profit margin
3,109
1,955
7,669
3,625
1,725
7,893
4,875
2,313
8,842
5,275
2,156
9,219
5,635
13,660
11,145
6,712
12,918
11,418
6,182
10,993
11,531
4,660
10,246
9,967
4,642
9,289
9,551
4,887
8,474
10,721
4,216
7,022
12,221
3,999
7,033
12,115
Working capital (m)
Long-term debt (m)
Equity (m)
15.7%
12.3%
21.0%
9.4%
8.4%
12.4%
13.6%
11.1%
18.3%
12.0%
10.2%
15.9%
2.6%
1.3%
2.2%
3.3%
5.4%
3.5%
3.6%
9.4%
5.9%
2.1%
0.7%
(7.6)%
(10.9)%
(1.7)%
(2.6)%
5.2%
4.8%
7.7%
8.0%
9.1%
12.3%
1.9%
2.9%
(0.8)%
ROIC
Return on capital
Return on equity
Working Capital
2020
2021
2022
Cash assets
3,048
3,370
2,327
Receivables
2,379
2,257
2,804
Inventory
3,070
3,616
3,638
Other
551
514
684
Current assets
9,048
9,757
9,453
Acc. Payable
2,352
2,332
1,902
Debt due
286
251
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Other
1,768
2,287
3,335
Current liab.
4,406
4,870
5,237
100.0%
22.6%
81.5%
47.2%
84.0%
49.1%
73.0%
83.8%
(91.7)%
37.5%
(44.6)%
20.1%
12.1%
35.1%
177.5%
- -
338.0%
- -
100.0%
- -
100.0%
- -
100.0%
- -
Plowback ratio
Div.&Repurch. to FCF
Western Digital Corporation (US) started trading on January 4, 1991 (cik: 0000106040), operates in the Technology sector (Computer Hardware industry), has 65,000 full-time employees, and is led by Mr. Stephen Milligan. Western Digital Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells data storage devices and solutions in the United States, China, Hong Kong, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, rest of Asia, and internationally. It offers client devices, including hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs) for computing devices, such as desktop and notebook personal computers (PCs), smart video systems, gaming consoles, and set top boxes; flash-based embedded storage products for mobile phones, tablets, notebook PCs, and other portable and wearable devices, as well as automotive, Internet of Things, industrial, and connected home applications; and flash-based memory wafers. The company also provides enterprise helium hard drives; enterprise SSDs consisting of flash-based SSDs and software solutions for use in enterprise servers, on-line transactions, data analysis, and other enterprise applications; drives are used for data storage systems and tiered storage models; and data storage platforms. In addition, it offers client solutions, such as external HDD storage products in mobile and desktop form; client portable SSDs; removable cards that are used in consumer devices comprising mobile phones, tablets, imaging systems, and cameras and smart video systems; universal serial bus flash drives for use in the computing and consumer markets; and wireless drive products used in-field back up of created content, as well as wireless streaming of high-definition movies, photos, music, and documents to tablets, smartphones, and PCs. The company sells its products under the Western Digital, SanDisk, and WD brands to original equipment manufacturers, distributors, dealers, resellers, and retailers. Western Digital Corporation was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Annual rates
(avg rate of change)
Past
5 y.
Past
10 y.
Revenues
-1.64%
3.62%
Cash flow
43.49%
28.61%
Earnings
-156.06%
-57.56%
Dividends
- -
- -
Book value
2.13%
5.46%
Insider trading
Type
Shares
Date
Rayman Reed B
Award
5,198
01/31/23
Goeckeler David
InKind
2,940
11/27/22
Ray Michael Charles
InKind
535
11/27/22
Sivaram Srinivasan
InKind
918
11/27/22
Soderbery Robert
InKind
870
11/27/22
Fiscal Year Ends
Quarterly Revenue (m)
Full fiscal year
I
II
III
IV
2021
3,922
3,943
4,137
4,920
16,922
2022
5,051
4,833
4,381
4,528
18,793
2023
3,736
3,107
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- -
- -
Fiscal Year Ends
Earnings per share
Full fiscal year
I
II
III
IV
2021
(0.20)
0.20
0.65
2.04
2.69
2022
1.96
1.81
0.08
0.96
4.81
2023
0.09
(1.40)
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- -
Fiscal Year Ends
Quarterly dividends paid
Full fiscal year
I
II
III
IV
2021
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2022
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2023
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06/08/2022
Western Digital Reaches Settlement With Elliott
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05/03/2022
Elliott Pushes Western Digital to Separate Businesses
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02/10/2022
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01/28/2022
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10/21/2021
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08/26/2021
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08/25/2021
Chip Makers in Advanced Talks for $20 Billion-Plus Merger
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04/01/2021
Kioxia is a Must-Have for Both Western Digital and Micron
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04/01/2021
Micron, Western Digital Looking at Possible Deals for Chip Maker Kioxia
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