XNAS · Computer Hardware
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$441.36+4.13%
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TickerWhale Score
68/100
Positive
Score components
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Western Digital scores 68 out of 100 overall, which we rate positive. Quality & growth is its strongest area and Technical its weakest.
What helps
- Quality & growth
- Valuation
- Risk
What to watch
- Technical
Quality & growth
30%96Strong
- Revenue growth 35.7%
- EPS growth 369.9%
Valuation
25%73Strong
- P/E 18.4
- EV/Sales 13.2
Western Digital is a leading vertically integrated supplier of hard disk drives. The HDD market is a practical duopoly, with Western Digital and Seagate being the two largest players. Western Digital designs and manufactures its HDDs, with much of the manufacturing and workforce located in Asia. The primary consumers of HDDs are data centers.
#73 by market cap in our coverage · ~40,000 employees · Listed 1978-10-31 · www.westerndigital.com
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#22 / 207sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 68 vs sector average 53.5 (+14.5)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 45%
Gross margin (industry)Top 42%
Return on equity (industry)Top 20%
P/E (industry)Cheaper than 67%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
38/100Weak vs universe
Ranks 38th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 41/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Sell
1 buy · 3 sell · 4 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates WDC's technical setup weak — 38th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
2 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+14.4%
- vs 50-day-8.4%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)46 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Mixed
- ADX (14) trend strength15· weak trend
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -0.901)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 2 buy vs 6 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 1 buy · 2 sell · 4 neutral.
Result — 1 buy vs 3 sell of 8 votes = Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)18.4
- P/S (TTM)13.3
- P/B19.3
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales13.2
- PEG—
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin48.9%
- Net margin72.2%
- ROE100.6%
- Debt/Equity0.12
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)35.7%
- EPS growth (YoY)369.9%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $171.2B
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDCCurrentWestern Digital | 68 | 41 | 18.4 | — | 19.3 | 13.2 | $441.36 | +4.13% | +35.7% | ||
| MSFTMicrosoft | 79 | 67 | 27.5 | — | 8.3 | 11.1 | $493.78 | -0.80% | +17.8% | ||
| MUMicron Technology | 77 | 57 | 23.0 | — | 11.5 | 12.7 | $1,015.80 | +3.92% | +167.0% | ||
| NVDANVIDIA | 77 | 68 | 28.0 | — | 23.6 | 17.9 | $222.27 | +1.34% | +83.4% | ||
| NTNXNutanix Inc - | 76 | 73 | 13.6 | — | 29.1 | 7.4 | $69.80 | -0.24% | +12.4% | ||
| DUOLDuolingo Inc - | 75 | 50 | 17.3 | — | 5.0 | 5.2 | $141.90 | -3.54% | +29.4% |
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