How to buy Western Digital stock in Canada

Western Digital is a computer hardware business based in the US. Western Digital shares (WDC) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $59.62 – a decrease of 8.45% over the previous week. Western Digital employs 51,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $14.3 billion.

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Western Digital stock price (NASDAQ: WDC)

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Western Digital stocks at a glance

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Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$59.62
52-week range	$48.96 - $81.55
50-day moving average more info button	$67.51
200-day moving average more info button	$68.75
Wall St. target price	$89.81
PE ratio more info button	69.8242
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$0.91

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Western Digital price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $59.62 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	-8.45%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-10.25%
3 months (2024-09-20)	-10.68%
6 months (2024-06-21)	-21.31%

1 year (2023-12-22)	13.22%
2 years (2022-12-22)	94.58%
3 years (2021-12-22)	59.79
5 years (2019-12-20)	59.8447

Is Western Digital stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Western Digital stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Western Digital's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Western Digital's P/E ratio

Western Digital's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 70x. In other words, Western Digital shares trade at around 70x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're over-valued.

Western Digital's PEG ratio

Western Digital's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 490.3315. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Western Digital's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Western Digital's EBITDA

Western Digital's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $2.1 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Western Digital's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Western Digital financials

Revenue TTM	$14.3 billion
Operating margin TTM	15.4%
Gross profit TTM	$5.9 billion
Return on assets TTM	4.04%
Return on equity TTM	3.32%
Profit margin	2.65%
Book value	$33.65
Market Capitalization more info button	$22 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Western Digital's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Western Digital.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Western Digital's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 15.25

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Western Digital's overall score of 15.25 (as at 12/31/2018) is excellent – landing it in it in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Western Digital is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Western Digital's environmental score

Environmental score: 4.94/100

Western Digital's environmental score of 4.94 puts it squarely in the 4th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Western Digital is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Western Digital's social score

Social score: 4.09/100

Western Digital's social score of 4.09 puts it squarely in the 4th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Western Digital is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Western Digital's governance score

Governance score: 9.22/100

Western Digital's governance score puts it squarely in the 4th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Western Digital is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Western Digital's controversy score

Controversy score: 1/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Western Digital scored a 1 out of 5 for controversy – the highest score possible, reflecting that Western Digital has managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Western Digital Corporation was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	15.25
Total ESG percentile	6.84
Environmental score	4.94
Environmental score percentile	4
Social score	4.09
Social score percentile	4
Governance score	9.22
Governance score percentile	4
Level of controversy	1

Western Digital stock dividends

We're not expecting Western Digital to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Western Digital's stocks ever split?

Western Digital's stocks were split on a 2:1 basis on 3 June 1997 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Western Digital stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Western Digital stocks, which in turn could have impacted Western Digital's stock price.

Western Digital stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Western Digital's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $48.96 up to $81.55. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Western Digital's is 1.394. This would suggest that Western Digital's stocks are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Western Digital overview

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 desktop and notebook personal computers (PCs), gaming consoles, and set top boxes; and flash-based embedded storage products for mobile phones, tablets, notebook PCs, and other portable and wearable devices, as well as automotive, Internet of Things, industrial, and connected home applications. The company also provides enterprise HDDs; enterprise SSDs consisting of flash-based SSDs and software solutions for use in enterprise servers, online transactions, artificial intelligence-related workloads, data analysis, and other enterprise applications; and data storage platforms. In addition, it offers external HDD storage products in mobile and desktop form; client portable SSDs; removable cards that are used in consumer devices comprising mobile phones, tablets, imaging systems, and cameras and smart video systems; universal serial bus flash drives for use in the computing and consumer markets; and wireless drive products used in-field backup of created content, as well as wireless streaming of high-definition movies, photos, music, documents to tablets, smartphones, and PCs. The company sells its products under the Western Digital, SanDisk, and WD brands to original equipment manufacturers, distributors, dealers, resellers, and retailers. Western Digital Corporation was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in San Jose, California..

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Western Digital is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.321% of Western Digital stocks are held by insiders and 96.171% by institutions. How many people work for Western Digital?
Latest data suggests 51,000 work at Western Digital. When does the fiscal year end for Western Digital?
Western Digital's fiscal year ends in June. Where is Western Digital based?
Western Digital's address is: 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, CA, United States, 95119 What is Western Digital's ISIN number?
Western Digital's international securities identification number is: US9581021055 What is Western Digital's CUSIP number?
Western Digital's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 958102105

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