WDCWestern Digital
$291.40-6.37%Delayed market dataStorage hardwareHardware & networking · 12 peers →Key levels and trade conditions
Delayed quotes · Technical conditionsShowing the near-term range, based on the latest 5 completed sessions and updated after each close.
Hold and monitor; no addition yet
Signals require closing-price and volume confirmation; review the company research below before acting.
When does defense take priority?
Close beyond this level with session volume ≥ 1.5× the previous 20 completed sessions’ average.
Confirmed close below $258.61 → consider reducing
When to consider adding?
Close beyond this level with session volume ≥ 1.5× the previous 20 completed sessions’ average.
Confirmed close above $319.00 → consider a staged addition
01Newstock overall assessment
The conclusion first, followed by the evidence that matters most.
Watch — await combined confirmation. An entry assessment has not yet been established.
02What happened recently
Company events, industry developments and market conditions — facts separated from possible explanations.
US 10Y yield 5.13%2026-11-13T17:56:24.000Z
VIX 19.682026-11-13T17:56:16.000Z
Dollar index 103.402026-11-13T18:01:25.000Z
Market and sector reference
WDC -6.54%
2026-11-13T16:58:06.000Z · Yahoo · Aligned-session reference, not a causal attribution.
Related news and impact paths
Recent news related to this stock
6 direct · 12 2nd-order · 0 thematicRanked by model assessment and recency. Labels use the original model impact, not expected returns. Impact percentages are model estimates, not observed price changes, probabilities or guaranteed returns.
Declining flash prices pressure Western Digital’s storage revenue, inventory valuation, and overall profitability across its mixed storage portfolio.
Also named: MU · AMKR · STX · SK HYNIX · LRCX · AMAT
Stronger NAND pricing typically flows through to flash makers’ earnings expectations, and Western Digital also benefits from the broader recovery in enterprise and consumer storage demand.
Also named: MU · STX · 005930.KS
- #3Impact4.1%Favorable2nd-orderMicron and Sandisk Hit Record Memory Margins. There's One Clear Winner.20d ago
Rising NAND prices typically lift peers’ profitability in tandem, and Western Digital benefits through pricing improvement across enterprise and consumer NAND.
Also named: MU · SNDK · STX · AMAT · LRCX · KLAC
- #4Impact4.7%AdverseDirectSanDisk Slides 7%, Micron and Western Digital Fall 5% as Lawmaker's Call for AI Pause Extends Memory Rout8d ago
Western Digital’s HDD and SSD businesses are tied to data-center capex, and an AI slowdown would pressure enterprise storage demand and channel replenishment.
Also named: SNDK · MU · STX · AMAT · LRCX · KLAC
Stabilizing and rising NAND prices improve inventory and earnings expectations for storage vendors, and Western Digital benefits alongside the group.
Also named: MU · 000660.KS · NVDA · AMAT · LRCX · KLAC
AI data-center buildout directly lifts demand for high-capacity storage, and WDC's recent revenue growth and margin profile suggest the cycle remains on the upswing.
Also named: META · SNAP · STX · NTAP · BE · PLUG
If memory capex reaccelerates, NAND supply discipline and demand expectations improve, supporting pricing for peer memory makers.
Also named: ASML · AMAT · LRCX · KLAC · MU · STX
- #8Impact3.9%AdverseDirectSanDisk Slides 5%, Micron and Western Digital Fall 3% as Election and Memory Price Worries Weigh9d ago
Western Digital is also exposed to NAND pricing and storage demand cycles, so rising price concerns would lead investors to trim assumptions for revenue and cash flow over the next few quarters.
Also named: MU · SNDK · AMAT · LRCX · GLD · BTC
An improving memory cycle helps repair NAND-related inventory and pricing expectations, with spillover sentiment also reaching HDD and storage-solution names.
Also named: MU · 000021.SZ · 2353.TW · ASML · AMAT · LRCX
- #10Impact1.3%Favorable2nd-orderMicron and Sandisk Have a History of Cyclicality. Is This Time Different?28d ago
A firmer NAND supply-demand backdrop would also improve earnings leverage for peers like Western Digital, a second-order transmission of the sector’s improved sentiment.
Also named: MU · SNDK · STX · AMAT · LRCX · ASML
The rest, archived by time · 8
03Is the company worth considering?
Business quality, financials, valuation and analyst disagreements.
🏛️ Company factsSEC filings + FINRA official data
Annual revenue $12.9B · latest quarter up 55.5% YoY · reported FY net income of $9.4B · short-sale volume share below its recent available-day average.
FY revenue
$12.9B
2026-07
Latest Q YoY
+55.5%
Gross margin
48.9%
FY net income
$9.4B
Diluted EPS
$26.92
Short-sale volume share
23.9%
2026-11-05 · Recent available-day avg 38.3% · below recent average
Short-sale volume as a share of trades covered by the FINRA file, not all market trading or outstanding short positions. Changes do not establish that short sellers are adding or covering positions.
🐋 Ownership filings (last 180 days)
Recent 13D/13G beneficial ownership filings, which may include amendments. A filing does not establish a recent purchase or a current holding, and its form type alone does not establish investment intent. Read the original filing for details.
- 2026-11-05SCHEDULE 13G/AFMR LLC
- 2026-07-31SCHEDULE 13G/AVANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC
Historical results versus analyst expectations
🎯 Market expectations
Estimate context score Medium · 66/100Nasdaq analyst consensus · currently available data
- Sep 2026$4.43 vs $3.99+11.03%
- Jun 2026$3.47 vs $3.24+7.1%
- Mar 2026$2.62 vs $2.28+14.91%
- Dec 2025$1.99 vs $1.83+8.74%
The takeaway
EPS exceeded the corresponding consensus estimates by an average of 10.4% in the quarters shown. This is not a hurdle for the next report or a forecast of the stock's reaction. Analysts made 4 upward revisions over the past four weeks.
Analyst estimates, not our forecast · not investment advice
Analyst consensus and disagreement
Target-price summary $405.00–$900.00 · Consensus $579.29
Buy / hold / sell 14 / 3 / 0
Nasdaq · Retrieved 2026-11-13T18:14:53.922Z · The aggregate does not provide individual report dates or original theses. It does not establish undervaluation; no analyst rationale is inferred. Targets are not guaranteed outcomes.
Next-quarter EPS estimate (Dec 2026) $5.63 · $5.59–$5.68 · 4 analysts
Four-week estimate revisions: up / down 4 / 0
Estimate dispersion 1.6%
Nasdaq EPS forecasts · retrieved 2026-11-13T18:14:53.808Z04Is now a good time?
Trend, moving averages, volume and key price levels — not the decline alone.
Technical structure · Downtrend structure
MA5 $293.46
MA10 $311.08
MA20 $338.23
MA60 $404.78
Last completed-session close $311.21 (-0.67%) · Volume / prior 20-session average 0.56×
Prior 20-session range $258.61–$402.23 · MA20 change over five sessions -5.82% · CMF20 -0.11
- Distribution-like weak closes (inference)
Confirmation to watch: a close above $402.23 with volume at least 1.5× the prior 20-session average. A heavy-volume break below $258.61 weakens the setup.
Completed daily candles only. Daily OHLCV cannot establish accumulation, shakeout or manipulation intent; CMF is a price/volume proxy, not actual fund flows. Thresholds are research rules, not validated success probabilities. Yahoo · 2026-11-12
Price and news
Historical prices and volume. Drag to pan; scroll to zoom.
Related news
05What would change our assessment?
Conditions for reconsidering entry and developments that invalidate the thesis.
Complete the company and technical cross-check before defining entry and invalidation conditions.
Additional risk evidence and model detail
Market View
Crowding
Risk temperature
Tail risk
Triggers
Price and volume
Insider signals
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