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WDC · WESTERN DIGITAL CORP

Changes to watch · 3 concrete new risks (geopolitics and conflict, regulation, taxation)

10-K 2026-08-14 ↗ compared with the previous 10-K 10-K 2025-08-14 ↗

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Summary

Western Digital adds risks from AI adoption and geopolitical tensions, including potential disruptions to logistics networks and supply chains.

Automatic summary generated from the filing; it may contain inaccuracies.
Concrete new risks
3
Generic new risks
9
Filing
10-K · 2026-08-14

How the stock reacted

After the 10-K1 session5 sessions20 sessions
WDC+4.4%-3.7%-8.2%
Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)-0.1%-2.9%-2.3%
Difference+4.6%-0.9%-5.9%

From the close before the filing. Historical data, not a prediction.

What the concrete new risks are about

Geopolitics and conflict · 1Regulation · 1Taxation · 1

New risks 12

Concrete fact Geopolitics and conflict
Armed conflicts disrupt critical logistics and supply routes

In addition, armed conflicts and heightened geopolitical tensions can result in sanctions, export controls, tariffs and other trade restrictions, limit or restrict our ability to access certain markets and disrupt critical logistics networks, including air and ocean freight routes. For example, the escalation of the conflict involving Iran and heightened tensions in the Middle East could cause disruption to critical logistics and supply routes, which could affect the availability and cost of materials used in our business. Additionally, China has imposed export restrictions on rare earth minerals and related materials critical to semiconductor and hard drive manufacturing. These developments have increased, and could further increase, costs for, or limit the availability of, energy, rare earth minerals, materials, components and transportation, constrain manufacturing capacity and may require us to redesign products or reconfigure aspects of our global supply chain. Geopolitical instability may also elevate cybersecurity risks, including state-sponsored attacks, which could disrupt our operations or those of our suppliers, customers or partners, and further adversely affect demand for our products.

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Key figures quarterly · USD

Revenue (TTM)
$12.9B
YoY growth
+43.8%
Operating margin
41.7%
Cash / debt
$1.6B / $0
Jul 26Apr 26Jan 26Oct 25Jun 25
Revenue$3.7B$3.3B$3.0B$2.8B$2.6B
YoY growth+43.8%+45.5%+25.2%+27.4%+30.0%
Gross margin54.1%50.2%45.7%43.5%41.0%
Operating margin41.7%35.7%30.1%28.1%26.1%
Net income$3.2B$3.2B$1.8B$1.2B$282M
Diluted EPS8.288.204.733.070.75

XBRL data filed with the SEC. The fourth fiscal quarter is calculated as the full year minus the previous three quarters.

Factor profile percentile vs. the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq-100

Momentum
12 months excl. last: +252.6% · 6 months -10.8%
99
Trend quality
R² 0.10 · falling
31
Relative strength
-20.9% vs. the S&P 500 over 6 months
21
Volatility
78% annualised
97
Beta
beta 2.94
97
Distance from high
-55.5% from the 52-week high
2
Extension
-2.1 standard deviations from its 20-day average
7

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Management tone MD&A

+13

More optimistic than in the previous 10-K (2025-08-14: +5, +8 points)

10-K of 2026-08-14 · 19.2% positive sentences, 6.5% negative · 214 sentences analysed

Index from −100 to +100 calculated with FinBERT on the results discussion (MD&A). The change matters more than the level: some sectors always sound more cautious.

Top funds 13F

Bridgewater Associates · Ray Dalio
held since Q3 2025
0.5% $110.1M -31%

Weight in each fund's portfolio and change vs. the previous quarter, from its latest 13F.

Recent material events (8-K)

2026-09-14 Investor communication (Reg FD)Other events 5 sessions: -2.2% vs Nasdaq-100 SEC ↗
2026-08-27 Unregistered sale of shares amendment 5 sessions: -3.9% vs Nasdaq-100 SEC ↗
2026-08-26 Unregistered sale of sharesOther events 5 sessions: +0.4% vs Nasdaq-100 SEC ↗
2026-08-05 Results released 5 sessions: -13.4% vs Nasdaq-100 SEC ↗
2026-06-11 Other events 5 sessions: +37.7% vs Nasdaq-100 SEC ↗
2026-06-08 Unregistered sale of shares amendment 5 sessions: +7.7% vs Nasdaq-100 SEC ↗
2026-06-03 Unregistered sale of sharesOther events 5 sessions: -2.9% vs Nasdaq-100 SEC ↗

All material events for WDC →

Source: SEC EDGAR. Automatic comparison of the risk factors section; it may contain extraction errors. Always check the original document. For information purposes only; not investment advice.