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 $397.28 with a market capitalization of $136.94B. 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 50.3% 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% — 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, Western Digital Corporation 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 2.18 (more volatile than the overall market).