Western Digital Corporation

WDC

Computer Hardware · Technology

Price

$477.22

+10.41 (+2.23%)

Market Cap

$164.49B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+16.2% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 309.0M (2021) → 359.0M (2025)

Western Digital Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells data storage devices and solutions in the United States, China, Hong Kong, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, rest of Asia, and internationally. It offers client devices, including hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs) for computing devices, such as desktop and notebook personal computers (PCs), smart video systems, gaming consoles, and set top boxes; flash-based embedded storage products for mobile phones, tablets, note

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+45.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+536.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$994M/ year

→ Flat (+5% vs prior year)

10.4% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

0.9%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$2.0B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

Western Digital Corporation grew revenue 45% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

50.2%

Healthy — 50.2% gross margin

Operating Margin

35.7%

Excellent — 35.7% operating margin

ROCE

10.6%

Below par — 10.6% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+3.6%

Slow sales growth (3.6% YoY)

EPS YoY

+208.0%

Earnings growing fast (208.0% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

54%

Weak — only 54% of profit becomes cash

FCF Margin

23.9%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (23.9%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.16

Conservative — low debt load (0.16)

Interest Cover

0.93x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.9x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

28.4x

Growth-priced — P/E 28.4

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+6.5

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (28.4 → 21.9)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

0.08%

Small dividend — 0.08% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

-68.8%

Dividend cut (-68.8% YoY) — warning sign

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