Western Digital (WDC) Jumps 10% Ahead of Earnings

Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ:WDC) is one of the 10 Stocks Outperforming Wall Street with Outsized Gains.

Western Digital soared by 10.07 percent on Wednesday to close at $297.73 apiece, as investors began positioning portfolios ahead of the results of its earnings performance for the third quarter of fiscal year 2026.

Based on its historical earnings reporting dates, Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ:WDC) would release its financial and operating highlights for the said period on April 30, 2026.

For the said period, Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ:WDC) is expected to report $3.2 billion in revenues, plus or minus $100 million. If realized, this would mark a 40 percent jump from the $2.29 billion revenue registered in the same quarter a year earlier.

Western Digital (WDC) Jumps 10% Ahead of Earnings

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Gross margin is targeted at 47 percent to 48 percent, while diluted net income per share is pegged at $2.30, plus or minus $0.15.

In other news, Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ:WDC) earlier this year re-launched its G-Drive brand as the unified identity for its content creator and creative professional external storage product portfolio.

The brand consolidation brings together high-capacity, high-performance storage solutions under a single name brand, G-DRIVE, known for its quality, performance, and reliability.

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