Western Digital Corporation (WDC)

38.57 -0.62  -1.58%  Feb 10, 11:00PM Go Pro
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Western Digital Corporation Return on Equity: 12.46%

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WDC Return on Equity Rankings

Overall 66th percentile 1441 of 4270
Sector 64th percentile 280 of 778 in Technology
Industry 62nd percentile 6 of 16 in Data Storage Devices

WDC Return on Equity Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum -1420.58% Sep 2001
Maximum 1260% Sep 1999
Average 14.06%

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WDC News

$SPY NR7 Day Alerts for the S&amp;P 500 Stocks. $WDC $NFLX $PXD all showing pullbacks from recent uptrends. http://stks.co/2Mf7
about 6 hours ago by tradewithpete
IHS iSuppli: Hard disk drive sales won't grow until Q3
Feb 10, 1:29PM theflyonthewall.com
Western Digital Corporation - Value
Feb 09, 12:00AM Zacks
RT @js_thorne Data storage is where it&#39;s at $WDC $STX $OCZ $FIO $STEC&gt;which one has the worst looking chart?
about 4 days ago by Tradeday
$wdc - http://stks.co/2IYz - Using heat to help speed up hard drives.
about 5 days ago by bobbarlow
Two Hard Drive Manufactures For Big Profits
Feb 07, 6:13PM Motley Fool
$WDC flashing golden cross. Another big tech name. Can bulls break the July highs? $QQQ $QLD http://stks.co/2DxX
about 10 days ago by tradewithpete
Time to Sell Seagate Technology?
Feb 01, 3:50PM Fool
Parity trade based on news: $WDC $38.18 thumbs down, $STX $25.23 thumbs up (Titanic Shift Underway) http://stks.co/2Bu6
about 12 days ago by TwitStocks
$WDC thumbs down, $STX thumbs up (Titanic Shift Underway) http://stks.co/2BsO
about 12 days ago by TwitStocks
Fusion-io Gets Growing Pains
Jan 25, 10:20AM Fool
$WDC http://stks.co/24ua Clean breakout yesterday on heavy volume. Near monopoly. A pullback, then we go to 50.
about 19 days ago by jackdamn
Watchlist: $COH (67,68.25,69), $WDC (37), $PLCM (22,20.80), $CNI, $RIG, $QCOR, $TRV (58), $SWN (31.50), $LIFE (47.10), $MCP
about 19 days ago by TheArmoTrader
Western Digital $WDC flying higher on earnings could set Fusion-IO $FIO up for a colossal earnings ride higher too. I own $FIO.
about 19 days ago by Quaker
A Little Bearish Action Would Be Nice
Jan 24, 10:41AM TheStreet
changed my bias to short $WDC as long as below 37.25 disclosure: short
about 20 days ago by sspencer_smb
$WDC &quot;TBF&quot; and a Float Box Breakout after Earnings http://stks.co/23wT
about 20 days ago by GoofyGolfa
All Working: $WDC $VMW $COH $QSII $RGR
about 20 days ago by Fibline
if it moves i can trade it :) $WDC best price action today so far. disclosure: long
about 20 days ago by sspencer_smb
Bullish: $PLCM $ONTY $WDC $EMC $COH
about 20 days ago by Pristine
Earnings/news gapping higher: $PLCM $VMW $MCD $WDC $TXN $PKG $EMC $HOG $COH $DGX $CNI
about 20 days ago by TER_Intraday
$WDC Needham Upgrades from Hold to Buy
about 20 days ago by Benzinga
$wdc is a short if I have ever seen one. . Buy $ stx ( Seagate) and short western digital
about 20 days ago by slavetrader
$WDC Western Digital, on call, guides Q3 revs of $2.0-2.15 bln vs $2.07 bln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; EPS of $1.15-1.45 vs $0.97
about 20 days ago by trending123
Western Digital $WDC Offers Q3 Outlook on Conference Call: adj-EPS of $1.15-$1.45, vs. cons. $0.91, sales $2-$2.15B, vs. cons. $2.05B
about 20 days ago by Street_Insider
$WDC Western Digital, on call, says it expects suppliers to be back to pre flood levels by the June qtr
about 20 days ago by trending123
$WDC Western Digital says it does not anticipate the HDD retail chanel pipeline will not be refilled until normal levels until 2013
about 20 days ago by trending123
$WDC Says Supply Chain Very Constrained
about 20 days ago by Benzinga
Listen to $WDC Q2 2012 earnings call (EPS 1.51 vs est 0.71) - live at 05:00 PM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/23Ec
about 20 days ago by earningscast
$WDC not a high beta mover though, a 5% move for them is like a 80 dollar move for $AAPL
about 20 days ago by trending123
$WDC blew the roof off......then the walls.......then the windows.......I only see carpet left and a chair.....they killed it
about 20 days ago by trending123

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