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Description
Western Digital Corporation operates as a leading developer, manufacturer and provider of data storage devices and solutions based on hard disk drive (HDD) technology.
HDDs are critical components in the worldwide data infrastructure market, powerin…
Analysis
Hope premium
Western Digital Corporation carries what we call a hope premium: an average business trading at an ambitious price. One caution: reported profits have recently run ahead of actual cash, which we track closely.
The price is expensive. You pay 28.5× its owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year, which is in the historically expensive zone. At today's price, the market is assuming roughly 11% yearly growth; analysts expect 62%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.
The trajectory is solid and accelerating and the balance sheet is adequate. The company scores 20/20 on our value-creation score: strong value creator.
What to watch: Reported profits have run ahead of actual cash for several periods. As always: this describes the company's numbers; it is not a recommendation.
360° rank · history
1007550250
Jan 202355
77
2023202420252026
All-time high
87
Oct 2025
All-time low
30
Jan 2024
Average rank
60
across all years
Detailed & Historical Ranks
Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.
Current202520242023
Price/Sales
14
61
72
76
Price/Earnings
19
82
74
97
Price/Book
14
69
71
63
Dividend Yield
65
53
1
1
Value (overall)
25
33
57
48
Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.