All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2024-02-08.
From the record
Western Digital Corporation's filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2024-02-08) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
-4.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 6 of 10.
From the record
Western Digital Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $19 billion in fiscal 2017 to $13 billion in fiscal 2026, down 4.2% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 70% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 6 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 6.4% a year. 56% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 237 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-07-03, Western Digital Corporation's diluted share count grew about 6.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 56% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 237 sales (219 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-30 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 106%: 106¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 36%: owes 36¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-07-03, Western Digital Corporation earned about 106 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 46 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 36 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 6.7% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 6% of 63 in its family; net margin 72.9%.
From the record
Western Digital Corporation's standing among 63 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $13 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 14% by size; a net margin of 72.9% ranks in the top 1%; revenue growth of 27.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 4% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
SI estimate 1.5/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Western Digital Corporation's leadership is put at 1.5 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the bottom 15% of 62 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2025-02-28 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 1.7 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 9% of 63 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Western Digital Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $1.6 billion against debt of $0 thousand leaves 11.4% of its assets as net cash, top 12% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 27.2% of revenue (top 4%); a gross margin of 48.9% (top 10%); research spending of 9% of revenue (top 12%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 36% of 64 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Western Digital Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 27.3% a year over the last three filed years against -4.2% over all 10, speeding up (top 1% of its family); the newest year grew 35.1% (top 7%); research spending grew 5.6% a year (bottom 49%); capital spending grew -20.1% a year (bottom 13%) (its annual reports). Western Digital Corporation reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2026: Cloud at $11 billion (89%), Client Devices at $726 million (6%), Consumer at $703 million (5%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 13% of 62 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Western Digital Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $13 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 9.9% above the $12 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 36% of its family); net income of $9.4 billion against a prior three-year average of $198 million (top 3%); a net margin of 72.9% against -6.6% before (top 1%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made