With 13.87 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 6.91 million shares. During the session, the Computer Hardware company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $71.78 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $66.985. The 52-week range on WDC shows that it touched its highest point at $76.92 and its lowest point at $32.01 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $88.27. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.53.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of WDC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 8.04%, but this was up by 5.50% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 22.55% while six-month performance rose 69.18%. The stock gained 118.36% in the past year, while it has gained 36.26% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WDC yields -5.03 with Next year EPS estimates of 7.80. For the next quarter, that number is 1.13. This implies an EPS growth rate of 79.06% for this year and 1137.20% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 322.00 million WDC shares are outstanding with a float of 321.68 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-04-15, short shares totaled 18.94 million, which was 580.0000200000001 higher than short shares on 1710460800. In addition to Mr. Wissam G. Jabre as the firm’s Executive VP & CFO, Mr. Robert W. Soderbery serves as its Executive VP & GM of Flash Business.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.95372003 of WDC’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2021-10-01, WDC reported revenue of $3032000000.0 and operating income of -$150000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $52000000.0 and diluted EPS was -$0.93.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for WDC since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
Dividends & Yield:
In terms of dividends, WDC has a current ratio of $–, which is $– over the trailing 12-months, while a dividend of $– is likely to be paid on average over the next five years. Dividend yield is another indicator that appeals to many investors, and WDC currently yields $0.00. In the past year, WDC’s dividend yield has been $0.00, but when looking at the stock over the past five years, its yield has been $–. Accordingly, WDC has a current buyback yield of $–. This was $– for the TTM, and it was $– for the past five years.
