Western Digital Corp. (WDC): Price and Financial Metrics

WDC POWR Grades

• WDC scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 96.1% of US stocks.
• WDC's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving up over the last 26 weeks.
• WDC's current lowest rank is in the Sentiment metric (where it is better than 12.38% of US stocks).

WDC Stock Summary

• WESTERN DIGITAL CORP's stock had its IPO on January 2, 1987, making it an older stock than 92.18% of US equities in our set.
• In terms of twelve month growth in earnings before interest and taxes, WESTERN DIGITAL CORP is reporting a growth rate of -210.4%; that's higher than merely 6.21% of US stocks.
• Revenue growth over the past 12 months for WESTERN DIGITAL CORP comes in at -35.16%, a number that bests merely 7.8% of the US stocks we're tracking.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to WDC, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are BPMC, SPCE, INO, SWKS, and SRZN.
• Visit WDC's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.westerndigital.com.

WDC Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Technology stock, WDC's price/sales ratio is 48.15% lower, now standing at 1.4.
• Over the past 243 months, WDC's price/earnings ratio has gone down 19.7.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for WDC.

WDC Growth Metrics

The 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -47.93%.
• The 3 year price growth rate now stands at 33.15%.
• The year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 424.78%.

WDC's revenue has moved down $331,000,000 over the prior 34 months.

The table below shows WDC's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	15,752	734	-93
2022-09-30	17,478	1,365	917
2022-06-30	18,793	1,880	1,500
2022-03-31	19,185	2,579	1,821
2021-12-31	18,941	2,297	1,993
2021-09-30	18,051	2,056	1,491

WDC's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• WDC has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 60.29% of graded US stocks.
• WDC's asset turnover comes in at 0.66 -- ranking 44th of 83 Computers stocks.
• BRQS, LTRX, and CSCO are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with WDC.

The table below shows WDC's key quality metrics over time.