An Evaluation Of Western Digital Corp (NASDAQ: WDC) Prospects

Cody Martinez

After Hours

After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.

Stocks Info

WDC belongs to the Technology sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Computer Hardware industry. The current market capitalization of Western Digital Corp is $55.05B. A total of 6.09 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 9.77M shares.

In the most recent transaction, VIDYADHARA K GUBBI bought 13,877 shares of WDC for 159.94 per share on Dec 04 ’25. In a previous transaction on Dec 04 ’25, KIMBERLY ALEXY bought 2,000 shares at 160.08 per share.

Among the insiders who sold shares, Tregillis Cynthia L disposed of 2,801 shares on Dec 02 ’25 at a per-share price of $160.57. This resulted in the Chief Legal Officer & Corp Sec holding 144,596 shares of WDC after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Cole Martin I sold 6,000 shares at $162.62 per share on Dec 01 ’25. Company shares held by the Director now total 35,433.

Dividend

Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Western Digital Corp pays an annual dividend of $0.33, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.20%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 23.47.

While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, WDC has a high of $178.45 and a low of $28.83.

As of this writing, WDC has an earnings estimate of $1.89 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 21.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $1.96 per share and a lower estimate of $1.75. The company reported an EPS of $1.77 in the last quarter

Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly

An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. WDC’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $2.33B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2022. There were $7.02B in debt and $5.24B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $17.22, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $12.22B.

Analysts Opinion

There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for WDC is Buy with a score of 4.63.

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