Western Digital Corporation (WDC) Stock

About Western Digital Corporation

Western Digital Corporation is led by CEO Tiang Yew Tan, employs 40,000 people, headquartered in San Jose, US, publicly traded since 1978.

Western Digital Corporation (WDC) stock trades at $332.00 with a market capitalization of $124.28B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.82, price-to-book of 17.78, price-to-sales of 12.19. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $105.42 and $799.87, and currently trades 58.5% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.13%.

On profitability, Western Digital Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 118.65%, above the typical market range of roughly 12-15%, return on capital employed of 46.86%, an operating margin of 24.52%, a net profit margin of 72.95%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Western Digital Corporation reported annual revenue of $12.9B, net profit of $9.4B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue declined at an average annual rate of 5.3%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 62.9%. Over that span net profit grew faster than revenue, so net margin widened.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12 (debt below half of shareholders' equity), a current ratio of 1.08, total assets of $13.9B, $1.6B in cash and equivalents.

WDC has a beta of 2.18 (historically more volatile than the overall market).