Why Western Digital (WDC) Stock Is Down Today

Western Digital (WDC) is down 7.3% today. Here is some analysis on what might have caused this price movement.

Analysis: The most likely driver appears to be a broader selloff in memory and storage stocks rather than a new company-specific negative announcement. This could be because investors are taking profits and reducing exposure ahead of upcoming earnings after a very strong run in AI-related storage names.

Details:

Western Digital fell alongside other storage and memory names, including Seagate, which points to sector-wide pressure instead of an isolated issue at the company.

Western Digital said on July 13 that it will report fourth-quarter and full-year fiscal 2026 results on August 5, putting investor attention on near-term execution and guidance risk.

In its most recent quarterly release, Western Digital reported fiscal third-quarter revenue of $3.34 billion, up 45% year over year, and guided fiscal fourth-quarter revenue to about $3.65 billion at the midpoint.

Western Digital also noted that AI workloads are driving persistent-storage demand, so the stock may be especially sensitive when sentiment toward AI infrastructure and chip-related trades weakens.

Sources:

Western Digital, SEC, Reuters

Disclaimer: This price movement analysis was generated with the help of AI. Please double-check the information provided for mistakes.

$WDC Insider Trading Activity

$WDC insiders have traded $WDC stock on the open market 125 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 125 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $WDC stock by insiders over the last 6 months:

IRVING TAN (Chief Executive Officer) has made 0 purchases and 26 sales selling 40,000 shares for an estimated $13,345,695.
MATTHEW E MASSENGILL has made 0 purchases and 11 sales selling 36,926 shares for an estimated $9,616,465.
VIDYADHARA K GUBBI (Chief of Global Operations) has made 0 purchases and 5 sales selling 25,815 shares for an estimated $8,366,109.
CYNTHIA L TREGILLIS (Chief Legal Officer & Corp Sec) has made 0 purchases and 12 sales selling 18,626 shares for an estimated $5,309,751.
MARTIN I COLE has made 0 purchases and 58 sales selling 10,000 shares for an estimated $3,692,526.
BRIAN SCOTT DAVIS (Chief Sales & Mrktng Officer) has made 0 purchases and 12 sales selling 10,000 shares for an estimated $2,791,602.
BRUCE E KIDDOO sold 750 shares for an estimated $396,390

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$WDC Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 748 institutional investors add shares of $WDC stock to their portfolio, and 551 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS added 10,816,431 shares (+1017.0%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $2,925,736,421
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ removed 3,555,039 shares (-29.5%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $961,602,499
CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS added 3,309,625 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $895,220,466
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC removed 2,757,892 shares (-32.4%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $745,982,207
FMR LLC removed 2,170,383 shares (-6.4%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $587,066,897
NUVEEN, LLC removed 1,604,231 shares (-35.2%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $433,928,443
VALUE ALIGNED RESEARCH ADVISORS, LLC added 1,295,439 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $350,403,295

To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard. You can access data on hedge funds moves and 13F filings through the Quiver Quantitative API 13F endpoint.

$WDC Analyst Ratings

Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $WDC in the last several months. We have seen 8 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.

Here are some recent analyst ratings:

Rosenblatt issued a "Buy" rating on 05/01/2026
Mizuho issued a "Outperform" rating on 02/04/2026
Wells Fargo issued a "Overweight" rating on 01/30/2026
Cantor Fitzgerald issued a "Overweight" rating on 01/30/2026
Wedbush issued a "Outperform" rating on 01/30/2026
Morgan Stanley issued a "Overweight" rating on 01/22/2026
B of A Securities issued a "Buy" rating on 01/20/2026

To track analyst ratings and price targets for $WDC, check out Quiver Quantitative's $WDC forecast page.

$WDC Price Targets

Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $WDC recently. We have seen 16 analysts offer price targets for $WDC in the last 6 months, with a median target of $575.0.

Here are some recent targets:

Mehdi Hosseini from Susquehanna set a target price of $500.0 on 07/08/2026
Wamsi Mohan from B of A Securities set a target price of $732.0 on 07/01/2026
C.J. Muse from Cantor Fitzgerald set a target price of $900.0 on 06/29/2026
Erik Woodring from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $650.0 on 06/15/2026
Harlan Sur from JP Morgan set a target price of $650.0 on 06/12/2026
Vijay Rakesh from Mizuho set a target price of $685.0 on 06/08/2026
Asiya Merchant from Citigroup set a target price of $685.0 on 06/02/2026

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