WESTERN DIGITAL
Ticker
Exchange
Industry
Type
WDC
NYSE
COMP-STORAGE DV
Mid
Shares/ Outstanding
Institutions
Insiders
94.0 MM
66%
1%
WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. currently designs, manufactures and sells hard drives for the personal computer market. Company is
one of the three largest independent manufacturers of hard drives. Co.'s principal drive products are 3.5-inch form factor hard
drives for the desktop PC market with storage capacities from 850 megabytes to 3.1 gigabytes, including the Caviar AC33100, a 3.1
GB drive which began initial volume shipments in August 1996. These hard drives utilize the enhanced integrated drive electronics
interface.
Rec Price
P/E
Mkt Cap
Div Rate
Yield
Sales (12Mo)
Sls Gr
EPS Gr
Div Gr
Zacks Rank
$23.63
7.4
$2222 MM
$0.00
0.0%
$4385 MM
35%
45%
Strong Sell
Price/Volume Data
52 Week High
$54.00
52 Week Low
$23.63
Price Change-Year To Date
-17%
Year To Date(Relative To S & P 500)
-34%
Average Daily Volume
2428 000s
Beta
0.23
Wall Street Recommendations
Natl Retail Broker
Inst Broker
Reg Broker
Total
Z Indicator
Strong Buy
1
0
1
2
0
Strong Buy Changes:
increase, 1 week
Moderate Buy
1
6
3
10
0
Mod Buy Changes:
increase, 1 week
decrease, 1 week
Hold
2
2
2
6
0
Hold Changes:
increase, 1 week
decrease, 1 week
1
1
Moderate Sell
0
0
0
0
0
Mod Sell Changes:
increase, 1 week
decrease, 1 week
Strong Sell
0
0
0
0
1
Strong Sell Changes:
decrease, 1 week
Estimates and actuals are both eps before extras and other non-recurring items
DISTRIBUTION OF EPS ESTIMATES
HISTOGRAM AS OF 11/ 9/97
WESTERN DIGITAL
FY1 - 9806 FY2 - 9906
18 ESTS. 7 ESTS.
X
X X
X XX
O XX XX O
O OXX XX X O X X OO X
!-----!-----!-----!-----! !-----!-----!-----!-----!
3.15 3.40 3.65 3.90 4.15 3.81 3.96 4.11 4.26 4.41
"X" = EPS ESTIMATE ($) "O" = THREE MOST RECENT ESTS.
12/97 QTR: WESTERN DIGITAL 3/98 QTR:
EXP.REPT: 1/13/98 EXP.REPT: 4/10/98
O
O O
X C O
XX X O
OXX X X O
X XXX X X XOO X XX X
!-----!-----!-----!-----! !-----!-----!-----!-----!
0.76 0.86 0.96 1.06 1.16 0.82 0.92 1.02 1.12 1.22
MEAN 0.85 (17) MEAN 0.91 (12)
MOST ACC 0.83 ( 3) MOST ACC 0.89 ( 6)
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Current EPS Estimates
Period
Ending
Mean Est.
($/SH)
High Est.
($/SH)
Low Est.
($/SH)
Number Ests.
Mean Change, Last Month ($)
Year Ending
06/99
4.10
4.32
3.83
7
-0.15
Year Ending
06/98
3.39
3.95
3.15
18
-0.04
VS Actual
06/97
2.86
Quarter End
12/97
0.85
1.06
0.76
17
-0.01
VS Actual
12/96
0.68
Quarter End
03/98
0.91
1.04
0.82
12
-0.01
VS Actual
03/97
0.88
Next 5 Year Growth (%)
19.00
25.00
15.00
7
0.14
Surprise History
Quarter End
% Surprise
Actual
Estimate
Std Dev
# Analysts
12/97
N/A
N/A
0.85
0.06
17
09/97
1.71
0.67
0.66
0.05
16
06/97
-0.63
0.95
0.96
0.02
15
Financial History
Year End
Sales
Net Income
EPS ex NRI
EPS Reported |
