Western Digital Corporation
- Industry
- AI Storage
- Exchange
- US
- Country
- USA
- IPO date
- Jan 2, 1987
- Employees
- 40,000
- Website
- www.westerndigital.com
Composite valuation range · conservative $110–$160 / fair $160–$240 / optimistic $240–$340. At $497.92, Above the optimistic ceiling · future growth overdrawn.
At publication $455.8 (May 20, 2026)
Data from EODHD, shown in the reporting currency; for reference only, not investment advice.
Western Digital Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells data storage devices and solutions based on hard disk drive (HDD) technology in the United States, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers internal HDDs, data center drives, data center platforms, external drives, portable drives, NAS for home and office, and accessories. It sells its data storage devices and solutions through its computer manufacturers, sales personnel, dealers, distributors, and retailers. The company has a collaboration with Open Quantum Design for the development of quantum error correction technology and related systems to advance reliable quantum computing. Western Digital Corporation was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
History
Western Digital Corporation was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in San Jose, California, going public on January 2, 1987. The company develops, manufactures, and sells data storage devices and solutions based on hard disk drive (HDD) technology. On February 21, 2025, it completed the spin-off of Sandisk, after which it reports a single segment, HDD, organized around Cloud, Client, and Consumer end markets. It employs about 40,000 people.
Industry position
Western Digital is one of only three major global HDD makers, alongside Seagate and Toshiba, in a highly concentrated industry. In FY2025 it shipped 696 exabytes, compared with Seagate's 595 exabytes. The company holds about 4,500 active patents and develops and manufactures most of the recording heads and media used in its drives, with technologies including ePMR, UltraSMR, and HAMR; its 2026 Innovation Day roadmap runs from 40TB ePMR toward 100TB+ HAMR by 2029. In FY2025 its top ten customers accounted for 68% of revenue.