![Western Digital Corporation Website](https://cdn.finchat.io/314057.png)
Western Digital Corporation
NasdaqGS-WDC
Company Overview
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 data center devices and solutions comprising enterprise helium hard drives; enterprise SSDs consisting of flash-based SSDs and software solutions for use in enterprise servers, online transactions, data analysis, and other enterprise applications; data center solutions 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 G-Technology, 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.
Name
Western Digital Corporation
CEO
Mr. David V. Goeckeler
Website
www.westerndigital.com
Sector
Technology Hardware, Storage and Peripherals
Year Founded
1970
Profile
Market Cap
$20.87B
EV
$27B
Shares Out
343.45M
Revenue
$13B
Employees
51,000
Margins
Gross
22.36%
EBITDA
6.21%
Operating
1.85%
Pre-Tax
-5.08%
Net
-6.14%
FCF
-6.01%
Returns (5Yr Avg)
ROA
-0.82%
ROTA
-1.85%
ROE
-1.63%
ROCE
2.17%
ROIC
1.58%
Valuation (TTM)
P/E
—
P/B
—
EV/Sales
—
EV/EBITDA
—
P/FCF
—
EV/Gross Profit
—
Valuation (NTM)
Price Target
$88.99
P/E
—
PEG
—
EV/Sales
—
EV/EBITDA
—
P/FCF
—
Financial Health
Cash
$1,879M
Net Debt
$5,904M
Debt/Equity
0.7
EBIT/Interest
0.58
Growth (CAGR)
Rev 3Yr
-8.41%
Rev 5Yr
-4.73%
Rev 10Yr
-1.5%
Dil EPS 3Yr
-0.59%
Dil EPS 5Yr
0.24%
Dil EPS 10Yr
-8.96%
Rev Fwd 2Yr
20.8%
EBITDA Fwd 2Yr
109.17%
EPS Fwd 2Yr
-62.02%
EPS LT Growth Est
-10%
Dividends
Yield
—
Payout
—
DPS
—
DPS Growth 3Yr
—
DPS Growth 5Yr
—
DPS Growth 10Yr
—
DPS Growth Fwd 2Yr
-63.39%