WDC (Western Digital) Risk Assessment

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WDC Western Digital Corp WDC
60 GF Score
Price $555.55
GF Value $87.94
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
! 2 Warning Signs
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What is Western Digital Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Western Digital is: Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock.

Western Digital  (NAS:WDC) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

Western Digital Risk Assessment Related Terms

WDC vs STX, ANET, DELL: Risk Assessment Comparison

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Western Digital's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Western Digital Risk Assessment vs Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Western Digital's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Western Digital's Risk Assessment falls into.


WDC
60GF Score
Western Digital Corp WDC
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Is Western Digital (WDC) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Western Digital stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $555.55 is trading 531.7% above its estimated GF Value™ of $87.94. GuruFocus considers Western Digital to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for WDC:

  • Risk Assessment:
  • GF Value™: $87.94 vs. price of $555.55 (531.7% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 60/100 with 2 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the WDC stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Western Digital Business Description

Address 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, CA, USA, 95119
Western Digital is a leading vertically integrated supplier of hard disk drives. The HDD market is a practical duopoly, with Western Digital and Seagate being the two largest players. Western Digital designs and manufactures its HDDs, with much of the manufacturing and workforce located in Asia. The primary consumers of HDDs are data centers.
60GF Score

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$555.55
Price
$87.94
GF Value