$36.44 0.14 (+0.39%)
11/6/2009 4:00 PM

Western Digital Corp. (WDC)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

The Company designs, develops, manufactures and sells hard drives.

Current Price $36.44 Mkt Cap $8.21B
Open $35.93 P/E Ratio 14.82
Prev. Close $36.30 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $35.77 - $36.74 Volume 2,994,750
52-Wk Range $9.48 - $38.55 Avg. Daily Vol. 4,184,000

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All Members

889 Outperform
51 Underperform
 

All-Star Members

240 Outperform
11 Underperform
 

Wall Street

16 Outperform
1 Underperform
 

Top WDC Bull/Bear Pitches

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FoolSolo (89.53)
Submitted January 21, 2009

WDC is a value leader in virtually every screen I run. They have a pile of cash, they generate a lot of cash, they have minimal and easily servicable debt, and they sport a PE of just 2.7. This is just unexplainable given profit margings of 12%, ROE… More

ryanstarks (21.09)
Submitted January 02, 2007

insider selling

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Recent Community Commentary

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Member Avatar amyers1 (70.48) Submitted: 11/5/2009 2:06:58 PM : Outperform Start Price: $36.21 WDC Score: -0.07

sales growth P/E

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Member Avatar marc64 (97.60) Submitted: 10/30/2009 2:03:47 PM : Outperform Start Price: $33.99 WDC Score: +4.58

Digital data are increasingly critical, and folk will spend what it takes to keep their expanding digital lives safe and accessible. IMHO, WD sells the best value/quality consumer grade hard drives. They are truly a global company, with market reach into anywhere computers exist, so, the company is a market leader and an exporting hedge against whatever might affect the US dollar.

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Member Avatar acts412 (72.52) Submitted: 10/28/2009 12:35:54 PM : Outperform Start Price: $33.98 WDC Score: +5.36

positive independent ratings. increasing EPS est. low debt.

Leaderboard

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Score Leader

MeatHead11

MeatHead11 (97.66) Score: +207.69

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in WDC.

Top
Pick
Member Name Member
Rating
Start
Date
Call Time
Frame
Start
Price
Stock
Gain
S&P
Gain
Score Commentary
MeatHead11 97.66 11/24/2008 Outperform 1Y $10.67 +241.52% +33.82% +207.69
CNBCPC 98.22 12/26/2008 Outperform NS $11.20 +225.36% +25.64% +199.72
matteo32 76.25 1/2/2009 Outperform 3M $11.60 +214.14% +20.54% +193.60
hnrsoftware 96.36 12/24/2008 Outperform NS $11.41 +219.37% +26.12% +193.25
ImN2Stocks3 82.05 11/20/2008 Outperform NS $11.09 +228.58% +37.17% +191.42
j1e1k1 97.67 11/20/2008 Outperform 3Y $11.09 +228.58% +37.17% +191.42
truparad0x 75.12 11/24/2008 9/22/2009 Outperform 3M $11.41 +219.37% +28.04% +191.33
This player feels very strongly about this pick and has marked it a Top Pick. Top Picks do not affect a player’s score. tradingfool1 99.10 12/23/2008 Outperform NS $11.58 +214.68% +24.18% +190.50
tarheels09 93.00 12/5/2008 Outperform NS $11.50 +216.87% +31.50% +185.37
EpsomNH 98.06 1/5/2009 Outperform NS $12.10 +201.16% +17.78% +183.37

Wall Street

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Member Name Member
Rating
Start
Date
Call Time
Frame
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Price
Stock
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S&P
Gain
Score End Date Commentary
TrackCarisandCo 78.62 4/24/2009 Outperform NS $22.25 +63.78% +25.89% +37.88
TrackStifel 94.70 3/25/2009 Outperform NS $19.84 +85.79% +34.09% +51.70 10/15/2009 @ $36.86
TrackEinhorn 99.31 2/25/2009 Outperform 1Y $14.28 +129.20% +35.87% +93.33 8/25/2009 @ $32.73 1 Comment
TrackSnow 94.97 2/20/2009 Outperform 5Y $14.20 +156.62% +42.13% +114.49 3 Comments
TrackRWBaird 85.02 2/10/2009 Outperform NS $17.44 +71.33% +12.81% +58.52 7/29/2009 @ $29.88
TrackCollinsStew 68.32 12/23/2008 Outperform NS $11.58 +214.68% +24.42% +190.26
TrackStandpoint 95.65 11/17/2008 Outperform NS $13.01 +71.71% +3.35% +68.37 4/29/2009 @ $22.34
TrackJimCramer < 20 4/8/2008 Underperform 3W $28.28 +28.85% -18.80% -47.65
TrackJPMorgan 78.71 3/3/2008 Underperform NS $30.13 -30.87% -38.05% -7.18 4/8/2009 @ $20.83
TrackCarisandCo 78.62 2/27/2008 Outperform NS $34.35 -19.65% -2.80% -16.85 4/16/2008 @ $27.60
TrackScottBleier 63.76 2/22/2008 Outperform 3M $31.23 +16.68% -17.67% +34.36
TrackDeutscheSec 89.50 1/24/2008 Outperform NS $26.99 +35.01% -16.98% +51.99
TrackDreman 89.07 12/31/2007 Outperform NS $30.21 +20.62% -23.64% +44.26 2 Comments
TrackHeebner 23.58 12/31/2007 Outperform NS $30.21 +20.62% -23.64% +44.26 1 Comment
TrackRichAster 91.10 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $25.32 +43.92% -26.44% +70.35 2 Comments
TrackRodriguez 86.72 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $25.32 +43.92% -26.44% +70.35 3 Comments
TrackBearStearns 86.38 9/11/2007 Outperform NS $23.58 +54.54% -22.89% +77.42
TrackBMOCapital 86.09 8/7/2007 Outperform NS $20.94 +38.83% -11.24% +50.06 3/10/2008 @ $29.07
TrackWRHambrecht 59.03 7/20/2007 Outperform NS $22.20 +64.14% -27.19% +91.34
TrackUBS 86.41 6/11/2007 Outperform NS $20.06 +81.66% -24.96% +106.61
TrackBreanMurray 89.84 4/27/2007 Outperform NS $17.91 +103.46% -24.01% +127.48
TrackCreditSuiss 91.16 4/27/2007 Outperform NS $18.31 +99.02% -24.03% +123.05
TrackCitigroup 21.22 2/23/2007 Outperform NS $19.84 +67.29% -5.87% +73.15 2/28/2008 @ $33.19
TrackNeedham < 20 11/3/2006 Outperform NS $19.00 +91.79% -17.16% +108.95
TrackCarisandCo 78.62 9/19/2006 Outperform NS $16.99 +49.03% +7.85% +41.18 1/8/2008 @ $25.32
TrackAGEdwards 89.12 8/16/2006 Outperform NS $17.20 +111.86% -10.73% +122.59
TrackJimCramer < 20 3/29/2006 Outperform 3W $19.35 +46.15% +4.94% +41.21 4/9/2008 @ $28.28
TrackJimCramer < 20 3/21/2006 Underperform 3W $18.99 +1.90% +0.44% -1.46 3/29/2006 @ $19.35

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