WDCWestern Digital
$488.18+4.46%Real quote · delayedStorage hardware🏛️ Company factsSEC filings + FINRA official data
Annual revenue $12.9B · latest quarter up 45.5% YoY · profitable (FY net income $9.4B) · short activity within its normal range.
FY revenue
$12.9B
2026-07
Latest Q YoY
+45.5%
Gross margin
48.9%
FY net income
$9.4B
Diluted EPS
$26.92
Short volume
40.9%
20d avg 41.5% · normal
🐋 5%+ ownership filings (last 180d)
The parties below hold over 5% of this company and disclosed it to the SEC (mandatory in US markets). "Activist" filers state an intent to influence the company; "Passive" are pure investment positions.
- 2026-08-06passive (13G)FMR LLC
- 2026-07-31passive (13G)VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC
- 2026-04-30passive (13G)VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
- 2026-03-27passive (13G)VANGUARD GROUP INC
🎯 Market expectations
Expectation reliability Medium · 66/100Nasdaq analyst consensus · the pre-news baseline
- Jun 2026$3.47 vs $3.24+7.1%
- Mar 2026$2.62 vs $2.28+14.91%
- Dec 2025$1.99 vs $1.83+8.74%
- Sep 2025$1.64 vs $1.47+11.56%
The takeaway
This company habitually beats by +10.6% — the next report has to clear that bar to count as good news. Analysts raised estimates 4× in 4 weeks — the bar is rising too.
Analyst estimates, not our forecast · not investment advice
What's moving this stock lately
9 direct · 36 2nd-order · 0 thematicRanked by impact strength · strength = estimated move × freshness decay (shorter-lived effects decay faster)
As a direct NAND peer and SanDisk's former parent, rising flash prices lift its storage volumes, pricing and margins
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- #2▲2.78%2nd-orderCoherent, Sandisk, Lululemon, Zscaler, and More Stocks That Explain Today's Market4d ago
Spun off from the same legacy Western Digital storage business, WDC benefits from the same NAND pricing tailwind read-through to its valuation
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- #3▲2.2%2nd-orderSandisk, Marvell, Robinhood, Novartis, Dell, and More Stocks That Explain Today's Market7d ago
As Sandisk's former parent and a fellow storage pure-play, Western Digital benefits from the same NAND pricing upcycle
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NAND pricing tends to move with the broader memory cycle, benefiting Western Digital as a major NAND supplier.
Also named: MU · 000660.KS · 005930.KS · SMCI · DELL · HPQ
As SanDisk's former parent and a storage peer, reduced industry cyclicality indirectly lifts valuation expectations for its storage business
Also named: SNDK · MU · 000660.KS · AMAT · LRCX · DELL
- #6▲1.76%2nd-orderMicron's Insane Productivity Explosion: Revenue Per Employee Doubled to $1.7 Million in Just 9 Months7d ago
Improving NAND and storage solutions pricing environment provides indirect benefit from the broader industry price upcycle
Also named: MU · 000660.KS · 005930.KS · STX · SMCI · DELL
- #7▲1.36%2nd-orderTim Cook, Elon Musk, Andy Jassy, and Jensen Huang All Just Warned Investors About the Same Thing. Spoiler Alert: It's Fantastic News for Micron and Sandisk.6d ago
As the HDD/enterprise storage entity post-Sandisk spinoff, Western Digital gets an indirect pricing lift from the broader storage scarcity narrative.
Also named: SNDK · MU · 000660.KS · 005930.KS · DELL · AAPL
As a NAND flash supplier, it also benefits from rising memory pricing expectations in this cycle.
Also named: MU · 005930.KS · SNDK · DELL · HPQ · AAPL
Spun off from SanDisk, the storage peer benefits from the NAND upcycle resonating with HDD/enterprise demand.
Also named: SNDK · MU · STX · LULU · NKE · DECK
As a dual HDD/NAND player, Western Digital benefits from the same sector-wide repricing sentiment lifting valuations across storage names.
Also named: MU · SNDK · STX · SSNLF · SKHY · DELL
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