Western Digital

Western Digital

https://www.westerndigital.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/western-digital/

Western Digital, a publicly owned company headquartered in the United States, was founded in 1970 and operates with approximately 40,000 employees. The company reported $12.9B in revenue as of 2026. Western Digital specializes in creating data storage solutions, primarily focusing on consumer electronics.

2025 Revenue

Founded

1970

Headcount

40,000

Headquarters

United States

Primary Segment

Consumer electronics

Ownership

Publicly Owned

News Summary:

Market views on Western Digital Corp. on October 8, 2026, revolved around growing demand for AI storage, with accelerated hyperscale data center buildouts supporting the stock until June, though a broad memory and storage selloff subsequently eroded many valuation gains. Earlier the same day, Sandisk stock, which was spun off from Western Digital, began falling amidst market worries about the timing of the memory cycle's end. Western Digital also announced on October 8, 2026, its plan to release first-quarter fiscal year 2027 financial results after market close on Thursday, October 22, 2026, followed by a conference call. This follows the company's decade-long performance, where a $1,000 investment yielded a 918% return, significantly outperforming the S&P 500's 260% gain. After spinning off its flash unit Sandisk in 2025, Western Digital re-emerged as a pure-play HDD company, achieving 36% revenue growth driven by AI storage demand.

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Western Digital offers 3 products in the media and telecoms services and media tech industries. Western Digital's product portfolio comprises of content acquisition, media cloud and storage and consumer electronics.

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Western Digital's revenues were $12.9B in 2026. Caretta Research has split Western Digital's revenue into 3 different product categories, the largest of which is consumer devices, which represents 100% of Western Digital's revenue.

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Oct

17th

2026

14:00

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag, Product Updates

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Oct

16th

2026

16:35

Emerging Tech, Partnerships and Alliances, B2B Tag, Partnerships

Micron and Sandisk Have a History of Cyclicality. Is This Time Different?

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The Motley Fool

Oct

16th

2026

11:15

Emerging Tech, Financial Results, B2B Tag, Financial Performance

Sandisk Just Dipped Below $1400 Which Means a Lot to Certain Investors

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Oct

16th

2026

06:43

Partnerships and Alliances, New Offerings, Emerging Tech, AR/VR, B2B Tag, New Offerings, Partnerships

Sandisk Secures Exclusive Meta VR Deal

Next-generation microSD Express cards and USB-C flash drives joins the ‘Made for Meta’ ecosystem to power expansion of upcoming 2027 headsets Sandisk has been named the sole supplier of next-generation flash storage solutions for Meta Platforms’ upcoming virtual reality (VR) glasses, scheduled for release in Spring 2027.

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Oct

16th

2026

06:30

Capital Investment, Financial Results, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag, Financial Performance, Investments

Transformative Changes in Memory Chip Market Present Investment Opportunities

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Intellectia (ai)

Oct

16th

2026

06:30

Capital Investment, Emerging Tech, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag, Investments

Artificial intelligence: after the euphoria, time to reckon

The jitters are very real: over the course of the week, artificial intelligence-related stocks suffered sharp corrections, particularly in the memory and storage sectors. On Wednesday, Western Digital, SanDisk and Seagate Technology fell more than 5% on Wall Street, while Micron dropped 4.3%.

Oct

16th

2026

04:34

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Why Micron, SanDisk, and SK Hynix Stocks Are Falling in Premarket Today Despite a Rebound in Asian Markets

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Oct

16th

2026

04:33

Procurement and Sales, B2B Tag, Supply Chain and Procurement

When Customer Demand Doubled, How Did We Cut Lead Time from 45 Days to 25? – US Share Markets

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US Share Markets

Oct

16th

2026

04:06

Emerging Tech, Financial Results, B2B Tag, Financial Performance

Why Is Sandisk (SNDK) Beating The Smartphone Slump With Long Term Commitments?

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Simply Wall Street

Oct

16th

2026

02:45

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Sandisk Stock Could Be Worth $4,128 in the Next Year

Key Points Sandisk stock has soared, yet more upside remains possible if AI infrastructure demand continues. CEO David Goeckeler said the company is still in the early innings of growth as data center demand drove a 51% quarter-over-quarter revenue increase.

Oct

15th

2026

22:16

Capital Investment, Financial Results, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag, Financial Performance, Investments

AI rout slows as investors buy the dip on tech

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Oct

15th

2026

16:25

Capital Investment, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag, Investments

Memory Stocks in 2026: Who Supplies the AI Buildout?

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