Western Digital (WDC) – Research Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC):

• 4/27/2026 – Western Digital was given a new $500.00 price target by UBS Group AG.
• 4/27/2026 – Western Digital had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Cantor Fitzgerald.
• 4/27/2026 – Western Digital had its price target raised by Bank of America Corporation to $495.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/22/2026 – Western Digital had its price target raised by Barclays PLC from $325.00 to $405.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 4/21/2026 – Western Digital had its price target raised by UBS Group AG from $285.00 to $350.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 4/20/2026 – Western Digital had its price target raised by Evercore Inc from $378.00 to $410.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 4/17/2026 – Western Digital had its price target raised by Bank of America Corporation from $375.00 to $415.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/16/2026 – Western Digital had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $320.00 to $400.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 4/13/2026 – Western Digital had its price target raised by Citigroup Inc. to $405.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/12/2026 – Western Digital was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “hold”.
• 4/8/2026 – Western Digital had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Evercore Inc. They now have a $378.00 price target on the stock.
• 4/6/2026 – Western Digital had its price target raised by Morgan Stanley to $380.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 4/4/2026 – Western Digital was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “buy”.
• 3/31/2026 – Western Digital was downgraded by Zacks Research from “strong-buy” to “hold”.
• 3/31/2026 – Western Digital was upgraded by Sanford C. Bernstein from “market perform” to “outperform”. They now have a $340.00 price target on the stock.

Insider Transactions at Western Digital

In other news, insider Vidyadhara K. Gubbi sold 10,148 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $270.31, for a total value of $2,743,105.88. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 107,794 shares in the company, valued at $29,137,796.14. This trade represents a 8.60% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Cynthia L. Tregillis sold 9,324 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $268.27, for a total value of $2,501,349.48. Following the sale, the insider owned 121,682 shares in the company, valued at approximately $32,643,630.14. The trade was a 7.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 92,711 shares of company stock valued at $24,300,404. 0.18% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Western Digital Corporation is a global data storage company that designs, manufactures and sells a broad range of storage devices and systems for personal, enterprise and cloud applications. Headquartered in San Jose, California, the company develops hard disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), NAND flash components and finished storage products used in PCs, external storage, servers, network-attached storage (NAS) and embedded systems.

Its product portfolio spans consumer and commercial markets, including internal and external HDDs and SSDs, removable flash memory products and storage platforms for data center and enterprise environments.