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WDC Western Digital

technology · 2026-09-23

N/A
too hard · 36
Owner-earnings value$119.67
Price$464.60
Margin of safety -74.2%

Quality gate · 36/100

Returns on capital 0.6/30
Consistency 5.0/22
Margins / pricing power 12.2/16
Balance sheet 14.8/16
Cash conversion 2.0/10
Capital allocation 0.9/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 6% < 9%) · unprofitable in too many years

Median ROIC6.2%
Gross margin48.9%
Net debt / EBITDA-0.1x
FCF conversion32%
Share count / yr+3.9%
Profitable years2/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)3.51B
Owner-earnings yield2.1%
Free-cash-flow yield2.1%
Growth used (normalized)10.0%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)25.0%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)14.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
13.83B 10.0%3.36B
24.19B 9.2%3.22B
34.54B 8.4%3.07B
44.89B 7.7%2.90B
55.23B 6.9%2.72B
65.55B 6.1%2.53B
75.84B 5.3%2.34B
86.11B 4.6%2.15B
96.34B 3.8%1.96B
106.53B 3.0%1.77B

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⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Net cash 0.5B credited to value (interest stripped from owner earnings to avoid double-counting). · Price pays for ~25%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 10%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-09-23 36 $464.60 $119.67 -74.2% N/A
2026-08-12 32 $437.93 $72.43 -83.5% N/A
2026-07-02 32 $598.37 $73.84 -87.7% N/A
2026-06-25 32 $643.83 $74.34 -88.5% N/A
2026-06-23 32 $670.75 $73.71 -89.0% N/A