Chips · Stock report · Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC)
Western Digital — last of 86 chip stocks over one month, and now under its 200-day average
The Closelooknet read
Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) ranks last, 86th of the 86 stocks in our chip section, on one-month move: it lost 18.45% while its storage peers fell less. Our money-flow reading (a gauge of net buying pressure) stands at 117.2 and is still positive but slowing, down 46.5 points over the past month. On Thursday 8 October the stock closed at $393.31, under the average close of the last 200 sessions, $400.27. What we watch: whether it reclaims $400.27 on a closing basis, or stays under it while the money-flow reading keeps falling.
Where Western Digital stands among our chip stocks
Western Digital is 86th of 86 on one-month move in our chip section, ahead of nobody. Its storage peers also fell, but less. SanDisk (SNDK) lost 8.77% over the month and sits 31.07% below its 25 June high. Kioxia (285A.T, Tokyo) lost 1.4% and sits 50.6% below its 22 June high. Western Digital lost 18.45% and is 47.29% below its 18 June closing high of $746.23. All three still show large gains for the year to date.
Our money-flow and quality readings
Our money-flow reading is 117.2, labelled warm. It fell 12.2 points over five sessions and 46.5 over the past month. On our scores Western Digital rates 60 of 100 overall: growth 89, quality 84, balance sheet 72. Held back by momentum (44), capital allocation (43), valuation (41) and cash quality (37). The Piotroski score, a check of financial health, is 6 of 8.
Price trend
The close of $393.31 is 1.74% below the average close of the last 200 sessions ($400.27) and 14.56% below the 50-day average ($460.32). The stock fell 2.99% on the day, 14.97% over five sessions and 32.49% over three months, yet is up 128.31% this year and 199.64% over twelve months. Its typical daily swing is about 5.08%. The 52-week low close was $113.13 on 14 October 2025.
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