Sharemaestro company-news research for Western Digital Corporation (WDC), showing current tone, evidence confidence, direct company coverage, sector and industry context, completed price response and the source headlines used on the page. Scores describe published news evidence. Confidence describes the amount, freshness, source breadth and direct company relevance of that evidence. Price context is shown separately.

NASDAQ United States Provisional evidence

Company news sentiment

WDC news sentiment

Western Digital Corporation

Company headlines from the last 30 days, weighted by freshness, relevance, publisher quality and the strength of the wording. Price is shown separately.

Full chart Weekly report Factor research Options activity RSS feed
30-day score55Neutral is 50
Early balanced news score 31/100 evidence confidence 82% direct company focus 14 current stories across 9 publishers
Latest weekly closeUSD 434.30week of 7 Aug 2026
Main news subjectMarket update80/100 share of current news
News data statusHealthy33 duplicate stories removed

Current company news

Early balanced news score

14 company-specific stories are available, but there are not yet enough fresh stories from separate publishers for a firm reading.

Observed headline tone66/100 Published 30-day score55/100

Older, less relevant and less reliable stories count for less. Confidence is shown separately.

Latest source headline Western Digital (WDC) Stock Gets Fair Value Boost As AI Storage Demand Lifts Outlook finance.yahoo.com · 12 Aug 2026 21:13

What supports the score

Direct evidence

14 current stories are mapped specifically to WDC.

Source breadth

The score uses 9 publishers rather than depending on one outlet.

What limits the score

Too little evidence

The stories agree, but freshness-weighted evidence is only 0.435.

Confidence

Confidence is 31/100, below the threshold for a firm score.

55/100
News scoreEarly balanced news score
31/100
Confidencethin evidence
82%/100
Company news14 company stories
92/100
Story agreement8/100 difference

News history

Daily score and story count over 30 days

Daily weighted evidence
18 Jul: 2 stories22 Jul: 1 stories23 Jul: 1 stories24 Jul: 1 stories28 Jul: 1 stories02 Aug: 2 stories04 Aug: 1 stories06 Aug: 1 stories08 Aug: 1 stories10 Aug: 1 stories12 Aug: 2 stories 18 Jul: tone 50, 2 stories22 Jul: tone 50, 1 stories23 Jul: tone 60, 1 stories24 Jul: tone 50, 1 stories28 Jul: tone 41, 1 stories02 Aug: tone 50, 2 stories04 Aug: tone 41, 1 stories06 Aug: tone 66, 1 stories08 Aug: tone 58, 1 stories10 Aug: tone 66, 1 stories12 Aug: tone 69, 2 stories 95505
16 Jul31 Jul14 Aug
News scoreStory count50 baseline

Confidence

How reliable the score is

Separate from direction

Confidence uses the amount of news, separate publishers, direct company relevance, freshness and agreement. A high or low score is not automatically reliable.

Amount of evidence9
0.435 after freshness weighting
Source breadth100
9 independent publishers
Company relevance82
share tied directly to this company
Freshness60
recency-weighted evidence
Agreement92
how closely stories agree
Publisher mix29
less reliance on one publisher

Price and news history

News score and weekly price over 26 weeks

Early company-news score

Company-specific news is present, but the evidence has not yet earned enough independent, fresh information weight for price confirmation to be treated as a firm signal.

One scoring method across the chart.Stored company headlines are recalculated at each weekly point with the current 30-day freshness weighting. Old published snapshots are left unchanged.
13 Feb 2026: close 281.36, indexed 100.020 Feb 2026: close 285.3, indexed 101.427 Feb 2026: close 279.48, indexed 99.306 Mar 2026: close 245.18, indexed 87.113 Mar 2026: close 272.21, indexed 96.720 Mar 2026: close 293.01, indexed 104.127 Mar 2026: close 275.26, indexed 97.803 Apr 2026: close 294.88, indexed 104.810 Apr 2026: close 343.33, indexed 122.017 Apr 2026: close 372.41, indexed 132.424 Apr 2026: close 403.88, indexed 143.501 May 2026: close 431.39, indexed 153.308 May 2026: close 479.86, indexed 170.515 May 2026: close 481.88, indexed 171.322 May 2026: close 484.14, indexed 172.129 May 2026: close 531.05, indexed 188.705 Jun 2026: close 511.72, indexed 181.912 Jun 2026: close 562.92, indexed 200.119 Jun 2026: close 746.23, indexed 265.226 Jun 2026: close 586.45, indexed 208.403 Jul 2026: close 539.0, indexed 191.610 Jul 2026: close 582.59, indexed 207.117 Jul 2026: close 477.22, indexed 169.624 Jul 2026: close 519.8, indexed 184.731 Jul 2026: close 544.84, indexed 193.607 Aug 2026: close 434.3, indexed 154.4 26 Jun 2026: news score 52, close 586.45, 19 stories5203 Jul 2026: news score 51, close 539.0, 28 stories5110 Jul 2026: news score 51, close 582.59, 34 stories5117 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 477.22, 35 stories5024 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 519.8, 27 stories5031 Jul 2026: news score 50, close 544.84, 17 stories5007 Aug 2026: news score 51, close 434.3, 16 stories51
13 Feb15 May07 Aug
Weekly close, indexedSentiment score
26-week price+54.4%latest close 434.3
News score change-1first to latest comparable week
One-week response-20.3%Price reacting lower
Fair-value position+235.8%Materially above fair value
WeekNews scoreCloseWeekly move
07 Aug 202651USD 434.3-20.3%
31 Jul 202650USD 544.84+4.8%
24 Jul 202650USD 519.8+8.9%
17 Jul 202650USD 477.22-18.1%
10 Jul 202651USD 582.59+8.1%
03 Jul 202651USD 539.0-8.1%
26 Jun 202652USD 586.45-21.4%
Provisional evidence

News subjects

What is shaping the score

Market update
Market update458 stories · 57%
Earnings624 stories · 29%
Guidance751 stories · 7%
Deals and strategy501 stories · 7%

Source mix

Where the evidence comes from

29/100 independence
finance.yahoo.com674 stories · 29%
GuruFocus412 stories · 14%
Motley Fool502 stories · 14%
GuruFocus.com661 stories · 7%
TIKR.com601 stories · 7%
Simply Wall St501 stories · 7%
TradingKey501 stories · 7%

Recurring subjects

Subjects appearing most often

Current evidence
AI4Earnings3EARNINGS3STORAGE1SEMICONDUCTORS1Ratings1Price Target1Memory1MEMORY1Intrinsic Value1

Earlier readings

How the score has changed

37 comparable readings · 54 days
Past and present use the same method.Each point recalculates the previous 30 days of stored company headlines with today's scoring rules. The original stored snapshots remain unchanged.
Comparable move+1650 to 66 · Strengthening
Observed range49–6650 is the neutral baseline
Evidence depth47stories at latest stored reading · +46
Confidence57/100Measured · +28
20 Jun50 neutral14 Aug 05:01
ConstructiveBalanced or withheldCautious

Changes in the stored score

Scores are rebuilt from stored headlines with the current 30-day method. Days with no change are collapsed.

ObservedScoreMoveConfidenceStoriesStatus
14 Aug 05:0166+057/100 (-1)47 (0)Measured
13 Aug 23:5966+058/100 (-1)47 (+5)Measured
12 Aug 23:5966+859/100 (+10)42 (+11)Measured
11 Aug 23:5958+049/100 (+7)31 (+6)Measured
10 Aug 23:5958+142/100 (+4)25 (+4)Measured
09 Aug 23:5957+138/100 (-2)21 (+1)Measured
08 Aug 23:5956+540/100 (+9)20 (+4)Measured
07 Aug 23:5951-131/100 (+3)16 (+1)Provisional

Source headlines

The news behind the score

Showing 1-14 of 14

Only company-specific stories enter this score. The latest 30 days are shown newest first, with newer stories weighted more heavily and duplicate coverage combined.

#175Tone
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverage

Western Digital (WDC) Stock Gets Fair Value Boost As AI Storage Demand Lifts Outlook

Never miss an important update on your stock portfolio and cut through the noise. Over 7 million investors trust Simply Wall St to stay informed where it matters for FREE. The latest valuation work on Western Digital lifts fair value from US$584.79 to US$662.13, signaling a higher assessed intrinsic value for the stock based on refreshed inputs. This move comes as analysts weigh strong AI driven storage demand and firmer pricing in hard disk drives and NAND against execution questions around technology transitions and future margins. As you read on, you will see how these shifting price target

AIBalance SheetCloud StorageIntrinsic ValuePrice TargetRatings
Published
12 Aug 2026 21:13
News subject
Guidance
Why this score
Guidance raised
Company focus
Shared story · 78%
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
High · 37.9% · 1.3d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated
#257Tone
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverage

SK Hynix and SanDisk Climb 8%, Western Digital Gains 4% as Memory Shortage Deepens

Quick Read SK Hynix (SKHY) and SanDisk (SNDK) each surged 8% Wednesday after Temasek announced direct investments and Micron's CBO warned 2027 supply will be even tighter. Micron (MU) jumped 6% and the Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAM) rose 8%, yet both trade below 21x earnings despite revenue surging over 345% year over year. Micron Chief Business Officer Sumit Sadana's "even tighter" 2027 outlook suggests today's move could mark a genuine sector re-rating rather than a one-day reaction to fresh catalysts. Act now: the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks — and Western

AIEARNINGSEarningsMEMORYMemorySEMICONDUCTORS
Published
12 Aug 2026 15:01
News subject
Earnings
Why this score
Positive financial language
Company focus
Shared story · 78%
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Medium · 16.8% · 1.6d old
Duplicates
2 consolidated
#366Tone
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverage

Western Digital (WDC) Is Down 17.6% After AI-Fueled Earnings Surge And Dividend Boost - Has The Bull Case Changed?

Western Digital reported fourth-quarter 2026 sales of US$3,747 million and net income of US$3,195 million, with full-year sales reaching US$12.92 billion and net income US$9.42 billion, alongside a US$0.15 per-share cash dividend declared for payment in September 2026. Management highlighted that AI customers are already negotiating multi-year storage agreements, suggesting Western Digital is securing longer-term visibility into demand as data-intensive AI workloads expand. We'll now examine how Western Digital's sharply higher earnings and early AI-driven long-term contracts influence the com

AIDIVIDENDSDividendsEARNINGSEarningsINVESTMENT-NARRATIVE
Published
10 Aug 2026 18:13
News subject
Earnings
Why this score
Operating growth
Company focus
Shared story · 78%
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Medium · 18.8% · 3.4d old
Duplicates
2 consolidated
#458Tone
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverage

Western Digital Says AI Customers Are Already Negotiating Storage Deals Through 2031: 'Visibility Remains Very Strong'

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Western Digital Corp. said artificial intelligence (AI) customers are already negotiating long-term storage agreements extending over the next five years, giving the company greater visibility into future demand as hyperscalers continue building AI infrastructure. Customers Seek Storage Agreements Through 2031 During the company's fourth-quarter earnings call, CEO Irving Tan said Western Digital is in discussions with customers to extend long-term agreements beyond the current cycle, reflecting

AIEARNINGSEarningsINFRAInfraSTORAGE
Published
08 Aug 2026 02:30
News subject
Earnings
Why this score
Positive financial language
Company focus
Shared story · 78%
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Medium · 9.4% · 6.1d old
Duplicates
2 consolidated
#850Tone
Simply Wall StDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

Western Digital Stock Leads 3 AI Infrastructure Picks For US Consumer Investors

Published
02 Aug 2026 12:20
News subject
Market update
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
Company focus
Main company · 100%
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Low · 0.2% · 11.7d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated
#1050Tone
TradingKeyDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

WDC|Western Digital Corp|Price:549.600|Chg%:-8.700

Published
24 Jul 2026 14:43
News subject
Market update
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
Company focus
Main company · 100%
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Low · <0.1% · 20.6d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated
#1160Tone
TIKR.comDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

Western Digital Stock Jumped 13% in a Day. Is the Bounce Real?

Published
23 Jul 2026 09:39
News subject
Market update
Why this score
Positive market reaction
Company focus
Main company · 100%
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Low · <0.1% · 21.8d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated
#1350Tone
Simply Wall StreetDirect company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

Western Digital (WDC) Revisits Kioxia Deal Talks, Is The Premium Already Priced In?

Published
18 Jul 2026 20:56
News subject
Deals and strategy
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
Company focus
Main company · 100%
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Low · 1.4% · 26.3d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated
#1450Tone
Trellis Group (formerly GreenBiz)Direct company coverageScored from headlineSource lookup

How Western Digital used AI to boost collection of emissions data

Published
18 Jul 2026 11:39
News subject
Market update
Why this score
No clear positive or negative phrase
Company focus
Main company · 100%
How it is used
Direct company coverage
Weighted influence
Low · <0.1% · 26.7d old
Duplicates
1 consolidated

Earlier company news

WDC news archive

Showing 1-30 of 30 stored headlines

Stored newest first for historical research. It starts after the newest three pages above and then continues through older news. Each archive page is loaded only when it is opened.

Jun 30 2026
BenzingaArchivedLegacy headline · tone unscoredLegacy source lookup

Why Is Western Digital Stock Gaining Tuesday?

Published
30 Jun 2026 19:47
Catalyst
Legacy snapshot
Coverage
Direct company
Duplicates
1 consolidated

Provider matches checked

Provider mentions not used in the score

38 not scored

A news provider linked these stories to WDC, but the headline and available text are not mainly about Western Digital Corporation. They are kept here for transparency and do not affect the score, confidence, history or wider market totals.

Provider mentions are kept separate

Open the list to see which provider matches were checked and left out of WDC sentiment.

Open provider mentions

How the page works

How to read the score

The score shows direction

It describes the weighted balance of qualifying headlines. A score of 50 can mean balanced news or that there is not enough evidence; the status label explains which.

Confidence is separate

Confidence measures depth, source breadth, direct relevance, freshness and agreement. It does not rise merely because the tone is extreme.

Price is confirmation

Weekly price response, trend and fair-value position test whether the market is accepting or rejecting the news. They never rewrite the news score.

What the page does

It measures news already published. It is not a forecast, recommendation or price target.

Evidence context