profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Western Digital
$295.65-5.00% today
+88.1% in 1 year
1-year low $139.191-year high $746.23
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $11.74 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Western Digital sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $6.26 billion in 2023 to $12.9 billion in 2026, with $9.42 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Western Digital handed back 79% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $2.6B
Free cash flow 2026$3.5B
Bought back its own shares$2.6B
Paid as dividends$174M
Cash vs. debt$1.6B vs. $1.1B
Western Digital vs. similar companies
Western Digital grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital | 11.7× · Cheap | ||
 Arista Networks | 71.0× · Very expensive | ||
 Dell Technologies | 36.9× · Expensive | ||
 Sandisk | 11.0× · Cheap | ||
 Seagate Technology Holdings | 38.1× · Expensive |
Compare Western Digital with Apple · Adobe · Applied Materials · Arista Networks · Broadcom · Cadence Design Systems · Fortinet · Intuit
AI analysis
Western Digital trades like a fast grower after a turnaround
Read the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16,922 | 18,793 | 6,255 | 6,317 | 9,520 | 12,919 | |
| 4,521 | 5,874 | 1,391 | 1,773 | 3,692 | 6,311 | |
| – | 2,434 | -402 | 97 | 2,130 | – | |
| 2,465 | 3,404 | 289 | 243 | 1,938 | 10,445 | |
| 821 | 1,546 | -1,684 | -798 | 1,861 | 9,424 | |
| 2.66 | 4.75 | -5.44 | -1.72 | 5.14 | 24.28 | |
| 26.7% | 31.3% | 22.2% | 28.1% | 38.8% | 48.9% | |
| – | 13.0% | -6.4% | 1.5% | 22.4% | – | |
| 4.9% | 8.2% | -26.9% | -12.6% | 19.5% | 72.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 26,132 | 26,259 | 24,546 | 24,188 | 14,002 | 13,861 |
| Cash | 3,370 | 2,327 | 2,023 | 1,551 | 2,114 | 1,579 |
| Total debt | 8,725 | 7,022 | 7,070 | 7,434 | 4,711 | 1,052 |
| Total liabilities | 15,411 | 14,038 | 12,706 | 13,141 | 8,462 | 4,997 |
| 10,800 | 12,221 | 11,840 | 11,047 | 5,540 | 8,864 | |
| 309 | 316 | 318 | 326 | 359 | 383 | |
| 5.1% | 10.2% | -2.3% | -1.4% | 11.5% | 80.2% | |
| 7.6% | 12.7% | -14.2% | -7.2% | 33.6% | 106.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,898 | 1,880 | -408 | -294 | 1,691 | 3,929 | |
| 1,146 | 1,122 | 821 | 487 | 412 | 418 | |
| 752 | 758 | -1,229 | -781 | 1,279 | 3,511 | |
| Dividends paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 174 |
| 0 | – | 0 | 5 | 149 | 2,592 | |
| 318 | 326 | 318 | 295 | 265 | 204 |
Valuation
- 11.7×
- 30.4×
- 0.21
- 11.3×
- 8.6×
- 31.5×
- 10.5×
- 3.2%
- 8.5%
- 0.1%
Profitability
- 48.9%
- 35.6%
- 72.9%
- 45.3%
- 82.3%
- 22.6%
- 91.9%
- 43.1%
- 34.8%
- 9.7%
Growth
- −5.3%
- +55.6%
- +264.4%
- −15.5%
- +6.4%
Financial health
- -0.1×
- 0.12
- 11.5%
- 61.0×
- 1.33
- 1.20
- 0.78
How it ranks in Technology
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 1%of 973
Top 3%of 979
Top 8%of 746
Bottom 11%of 979
Top 39%of 981
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $418.31
- Range
- $250.00 – $660.00
- 14 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 2.72 | 2.39 | +13.8% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | 2.13 | 1.93 | +10.4% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 1.78 | 1.59 | +11.9% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 1.66 | 1.48 | +12.2% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 1.36 | 1.12 | +21.4% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | 1.77 | 1.35 | +31.1% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 1.78 | 1.72 | +3.5% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 1.44 | 0.89 | +61.4% |
0.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$1a year at today's yield, before tax
−15.5%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.51 in 2015 → $0.33 in 2025
How safe it looks
1.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 5.0%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
6/7Passes 6 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
67Pass
Benjamin Graham
53No pass
Philip Fisher
78Pass
Peter Lynch
93Pass
Joel Greenblatt
90Pass
Charlie Munger
86Pass
Terry Smith
74Pass
Questions about Western Digital
Is Western Digital a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. 6 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Western Digital AI analysis
What does Western Digital do?
Western Digital Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of data storage devices and solutions based on hard disk drive (HDD) technology in the United States, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It is in Computer Hardware, based in San Jose, CA, United States, with 40,000 employees.
Does Western Digital pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.1% a year, about 2% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out $174 million in dividends.
Is Western Digital stock halal?
Yes. Western Digital passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 1.0% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Western Digital stock done over the past year?
Up 88.1% over the past twelve months, to $295.65. It traded between $139.19 and $746.23 and is 60.4% below its high.
Who are Western Digital's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Arista Networks, Dell Technologies, Sandisk and Seagate Technology Holdings. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Western Digital's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.