Western Digital (Western Digital) Cash And Cash Equivalents

: $2,481 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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Western Digital's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Jun. 2023 ($2,023.00 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($2,032.00 Mil) and increased from Sep. 2023 ($2,032.00 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($2,481.00 Mil).

Western Digital's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Jun. 2021 ($3,370.00 Mil) to Jun. 2022 ($2,327.00 Mil) and declined from Jun. 2022 ($2,327.00 Mil) to Jun. 2023 ($2,023.00 Mil).

Western Digital Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for Western Digital's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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Western Digital Annual Data

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Jun21

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Jun23

Cash And Cash Equivalents

3,455.00

3,048.00

3,370.00

2,327.00

2,023.00

Western Digital Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Cash And Cash Equivalents																1,871.00	2,220.00	2,023.00	2,032.00	2,481.00

Western Digital Cash And Cash Equivalents Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.

Western Digital (NAS:WDC) Cash And Cash Equivalents Explanation

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.

Be Aware

Depreciation estimates make the calculation of net income susceptible to management's accounting choices. These choices can be either overly aggressive or overly conservative.

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Western Digital (Western Digital) Business Description

Industry

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Address

5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, CA, USA, 95119

Website

https://www.wdc.com

Western Digital is a leading vertically integrated supplier of data storage solutions, spanning both hard disk drives and solid-state drives. In the HDD market it forms a practical duopoly with Seagate, and it is the largest global producer of NAND flash chips for SSDs in a joint venture with competitor Kioxia.

Executives

Robert Soderbery	officer: EVP & GM, Flash Business	C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95119
Gene M. Zamiska	officer: Principal Accounting Officer	C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95119
Reed B Rayman	director	6775 LENOX CENTER COURT, SUITE 400, MEMPHIS TN 38115
David Goeckeler	director, officer: Chief Executive Officer	C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95119
Wissam G Jabre	officer: EVP & CFO	C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95119
Paula A Price	director	ONE CVS DRIVE, WOONSOCKET RI 02895
Miyuki Suzuki	director	C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95119
Thomas Caulfield	director	C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95119
Lori S Sundberg	officer: EVP & Chief Human Res Officer	400 NORTH FIFTH STREET, PHOENIX AZ 85004
Michael Charles Ray	officer: Sr. VP, Gen Cnsl & Secretary	C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95119
Sean Hunkler	officer: EVP, Global Operations	C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95119
Michael D Cordano	officer: President, HGST Subsidiary	C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95119
Stephen D Milligan	officer: Sr. V.P. & CFO	C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95119
Matthew E Massengill	director, officer: Chairman and CEO	C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95119
Robert K Eulau	officer: EVP & CFO	5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95119