Western Digital

American computer storage corporation
Organization business Q738770
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 9 annual filings
Revenue
$9.52B
▲ 50.7% YoY FY2025
Net Income
$1.89B
▲ 336.7% YoY FY2025
Assets
$14.00B
▼ 42.1% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$5.12
▲ 296.2% YoY FY2025
$0.00$5.68B$11.36B$17.03B$22.71B FY2017: $19.09B · NI $397.00M (2.1% margin)FY2018: $20.65B · NI $675.00M (3.3% margin)FY2019: $16.57B · NI -$754.00M (-4.6% margin)FY2020: $16.74B · NI -$250.00M (-1.5% margin)FY2021: $16.92B · NI $821.00M (4.9% margin)FY2022: $18.79B · NI $1.55B (8.2% margin)FY2023: $6.25B · NI -$1.68B (-26.9% margin)FY2024: $6.32B · NI -$798.00M (-12.6% margin)FY2025: $9.52B · NI $1.89B (19.8% margin) '17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Revenue Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2025-06-27 · accession 0000106040-25-000038

Western Digital

Summary

Western Digital is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,217 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Western Digital was a member of iRODS Consortium[3].
  • Western Digital was a member of Linux Foundation[4].
  • Western Digital is in the country of United States[5].
  • Western Digital is in the country of US[6].
  • Western Digital's instance of is recorded as business[7].
  • Western Digital's instance of is recorded as enterprise[8].
  • Western Digital's instance of is recorded as public company[9].
  • Western Digital's headquarters location is recorded as San Jose[10].
  • Western Digital's child organization or unit is recorded as Western Digital (Netherlands)[11].
  • Western Digital's child organization or unit is recorded as Western Digital (Israel)[12].
  • Western Digital's child organization or unit is recorded as Western Digital (China)[13].
  • Western Digital's child organization or unit is recorded as Western Digital (Japan)[14].
  • Western Digital's child organization or unit is recorded as SanDisk[15].
  • Western Digital is part of S&P 500[16].
  • Western Digital is part of Nasdaq-100[17].
  • Western Digital's Commons category is recorded as Western Digital[18].
  • Western Digital's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[19].
  • Western Digital's industry is recorded as computer storage media[20].
  • April 23, 1970 marks the founding of Western Digital[21].
  • 1970 marks the founding of Western Digital[22].
  • 2000-10-26 marks the founding of Western Digital[23].
  • Western Digital's official website is recorded as https://www.westerndigital.com[24].
  • Western Digital's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Western Digital[25].
  • Western Digital's product or material produced is recorded as hard disk drive platter[26].
  • Western Digital's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+76449'}[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include April 23, 1970[21], 1970[22], and 2000-10-26[23].

Identity

Western Digital's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it Corporation'}[28]. Part of include S&P 500[16], a stock market index[29], in United States[30] and Nasdaq-100[17], a stock market index[31], in United States[32].

Operations

Western Digital's headquarters location is recorded as San Jose[10]. Subsidiaries include it (Netherlands)[11]; it (Israel)[12]; it (China)[13]; it (Japan)[14], a business[33], in Japan[34], headquartered in Tokyo[35]; and SanDisk[15], a business[36], in United States[37], founded in 1988[38], headquartered in Milpitas[39].

Industry

Western Digital's industry is recorded as computer storage media[20].

Ownership

Western Digital's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[19]. Its product or material produced is recorded as hard disk drive platter[26].

Why It Matters

Western Digital ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,217 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . lobbyfacts.eu. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [10] . westerndigital.com. Retrieved . westerndigital.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . Polygon.io. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] . irods.org. Retrieved . irods.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [4] . linuxfoundation.org. Retrieved . linuxfoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . mordorintelligence.com. Retrieved . mordorintelligence.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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