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WDC vs. NTAP, SYNA, IMMR, IVAC, STX, PSTG, QMCO, ADSK, TEAM, and CARR

Should you be buying Western Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Digital include NetApp (NTAP), Synaptics (SYNA), Immersion (IMMR), Intevac (IVAC), Seagate Technology (STX), Pure Storage (PSTG), Quantum (QMCO), Autodesk (ADSK), Atlassian (TEAM), and Carrier Global (CARR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Western Digital vs.

NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) and Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

NetApp presently has a consensus target price of $129.07, suggesting a potential upside of 58.15%. Western Digital has a consensus target price of $80.21, suggesting a potential upside of 134.88%. Given Western Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Western Digital is more favorable than NetApp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NetApp
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.35
Western Digital
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

NetApp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Western Digital. Western Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NetApp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NetApp$6.51B2.55$986M$5.4015.11
Western Digital$15.60B0.76-$798M$4.208.13

92.2% of NetApp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Western Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of NetApp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Western Digital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, NetApp had 19 more articles in the media than Western Digital. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for NetApp and 16 mentions for Western Digital. Western Digital's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat NetApp's score of 1.31 indicating that Western Digital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NetApp
29 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Western Digital
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

NetApp has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Digital has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

NetApp pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Western Digital pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. NetApp pays out 38.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Digital pays out 47.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

NetApp has a net margin of 17.78% compared to Western Digital's net margin of 9.95%. NetApp's return on equity of 123.63% beat Western Digital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NetApp17.78% 123.63% 13.03%
Western Digital 9.95%15.68%7.13%

Western Digital received 927 more outperform votes than NetApp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.03% of users gave Western Digital an outperform vote while only 53.45% of users gave NetApp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NetAppOutperform Votes
1145
53.45%
Underperform Votes
997
46.55%
Western DigitalOutperform Votes
2072
74.03%
Underperform Votes
727
25.97%

Summary

NetApp and Western Digital tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WDC vs. The Competition

MetricWestern DigitalComputer storage devices IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$11.88B$11.40B$21.71B$7.50B
Dividend YieldN/A2.88%2.84%4.04%
P/E Ratio8.1328.7239.7218.07
Price / Sales0.761.931,986.8886.83
Price / Cash82.8458.4434.5934.64
Price / Book0.988.475.723.99
Net Income-$798M$108.60M$733.91M$247.18M
7 Day Performance-15.93%-12.54%-3.20%-4.25%
1 Month Performance-23.48%-14.14%49,978.75%-6.87%
1 Year Performance-51.59%-21.67%52,540.26%-3.73%

Western Digital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WDC
Western Digital
4.8662 of 5 stars
$34.15
-18.3%
$80.21
+134.9%
-52.3%$11.88B$15.60B8.1365,000Gap Up
High Trading Volume
NTAP
NetApp
4.9746 of 5 stars
$88.13
-0.3%
$129.07
+46.5%
-23.4%$17.93B$6.51B16.2012,000Positive News
Gap Down
SYNA
Synaptics
4.3203 of 5 stars
$63.90
+1.3%
$95.00
+48.7%
-45.0%$2.51B$1.01B15.121,780Gap Down
IMMR
Immersion
3.4894 of 5 stars
$7.60
-1.4%
$12.25
+61.3%
-1.5%$246.08M$163.13M2.7120Positive News
Gap Down
IVAC
Intevac
1.4048 of 5 stars
$4.00
-0.1%
N/A+5.1%$108.54M$63.98M-12.11170
STX
Seagate Technology
4.8402 of 5 stars
$84.66
-0.3%
$121.00
+42.9%
-21.9%$17.96B$8.04B15.5130,000Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
PSTG
Pure Storage
4.2805 of 5 stars
$44.21
-3.9%
$73.20
+65.6%
-23.8%$14.45B$3.17B116.555,600News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
QMCO
Quantum
2.2861 of 5 stars
$14.28
+0.9%
$19.00
+33.1%
+12.3%$83.31M$285.87M0.00900Gap Down
ADSK
Autodesk
4.6636 of 5 stars
$261.34
-0.1%
$336.29
+28.7%
+4.4%$55.75B$6.13B51.9314,100Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Down
TEAM
Atlassian
4.5052 of 5 stars
$211.23
-3.1%
$314.73
+49.0%
+1.6%$55.35B$4.79B-157.668,810Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
CARR
Carrier Global
4.8749 of 5 stars
$63.47
+0.2%
$82.27
+29.6%
+6.6%$54.80B$22.49B10.1052,000Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:WDC) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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