WDC (WDC) Stock

About WDC

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

WDC stock trades at $450.22 with a market capitalization of $155.18B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 17.26, price-to-book of 18.25, price-to-sales of 12.51. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $77.90 and $799.87, and currently trades 43.7% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.13%.

On profitability, WDC generates a return on equity (ROE) of 118.65% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, 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, WDC reported annual revenue of $12.9B, net profit of $9.4B, revenue has compounded at -5.3% a year over the last five years, profit at 62.9% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 1.08, total assets of $13.9B, $1.6B in cash and equivalents.

WDC has a beta of 2.22 (more volatile than the overall market).