Manish Bhatia - Western Digital Executive Vice President - Silicon Operations

WDC Stock  USD 71.36  1.92  2.76%   

President

Mr. Manish H. Bhatia is Executive Vice President Silicon Operations of the Company, since May 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Bhatia served as SanDisks executive vice president, worldwide operations, from April 2016 until our acquisition of SanDisk in May 2016, senior vice president, worldwide operations, from March 2012 to April 2016, vice president, worldwide operations, from March 2010 to March 2012, vice president of the strategic program office from March 2009 to March 2010, senior director of the strategic program office from March 2008 to March 2009, senior director of silicon procurement from January 2007 to January 2008, and director of silicon procurement from January 2006 to January 2007 since 2016.
Age 45
Tenure 8 years
Address 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, CA, United States, 95119
Phone408-801-1000
Webhttps://www.westerndigital.com
Bhatia previously served as director of operations for Matrix Semiconductor, Inc. from August 2000 until it was acquired by SanDisk in January 2006. Prior to Matrix Semiconductor, he held positions at McKinsey & Company and Saint Gobain Corporationrationrationration.

Western Digital Management Efficiency

The company has Return on Asset of (0.0239) % which means that on every $100 spent on assets, it lost $0.0239. This is way below average. In the same way, it shows a return on shareholders' equity (ROE) of (0.1335) %, meaning that it generated no profit with money invested by stockholders. Western Digital's management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Western Digital manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities. The current year's Return On Tangible Assets is expected to grow to -0.1. The current year's Return On Capital Employed is expected to grow to -0.06. At present, Western Digital's Non Current Assets Total are projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Non Currrent Assets Other is expected to grow to about 3.4 B, whereas Intangible Assets are forecasted to decline to about 87.4 M.
The company has 7.07 B in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 0.61, which is OK given its current industry classification. Western Digital has a current ratio of 1.79, which is typical for the industry and considered as normal. Debt can assist Western Digital until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, Western Digital's shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like Western Digital sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for Western to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about Western Digital's use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity.

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Western Digital Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells data storage devices and solutions in the United States, China, Hong Kong, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, rest of Asia, and internationally. Western Digital Corporation was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. Western Digital operates under Computer Hardware classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. It employs 65000 people. Western Digital (WDC) is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in USA. It is located in 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, CA, United States, 95119 and employs 53,000 people. Western Digital is listed under Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals category by Fama And French industry classification.

Management Performance

Western Digital Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Western Digital's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Western Digital inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Western. The board's role is to monitor Western Digital's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Western Digital's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Western Digital's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Michael Ray, Senior Vice President General Counsel, Secretary
David Goeckeler, CEO Director
Gene Zamiska, Senior Officer
Mark Long, Executive Vice President - Strategy & Corporate Development
Stephen Milligan, CEO, Director and Chairman of Executive Committee
Paula Price, Independent Director
Jacqueline DeMaria, Chief Human Resource Officer, Executive Vice President
Robert Soderbery, Executive Business
Len Lauer, Independent Director
Martin Cole, Director
James Murphy, President of the Western Digital
Michael Cordano, Pres and COO
Steven Campbell, CTO and Executive VP
Scott Davis, Senior Sales
Kathleen Cote, Independent Director
Stephanie Streeter, Director
Wissam Jabre, Executive CFO
Sanjay Mehrotra, Director
Martin Fink, CTO
Michael Lambert, Independent Director
Kimberly Alexy, Director
Lori Sundberg, Chief Human Resource Officer
David Tang, Senior Marketing
Tunc Doluca, Independent Director
Manish Bhatia, Executive Vice President - Silicon Operations
Matthew Massengill, Independent Director
Olivier Leonetti, CFO and Executive VP
Henry DeNero, Independent Director
Sivaram Srinivasan, Pres Strategy
Christine Bastian, Executive Officer
Donald Robertson, Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President - Finance
Robert Eulau, CFO, Executive Vice President
Srinivasan Sivaram, Executive Vice President - Memory Technology
Tiang Tan, Executive Operations
Peter Andrew, Vice Relations
C Scott, Chief Officer
Cynthia Tregillis, Assistant VP

Western Stock Performance Indicators

The ability to make a profit is the ultimate goal of any investor. But to identify the right stock is not an easy task. Is Western Digital a good investment? Although profit is still the single most important financial element of any organization, multiple performance indicators can help investors identify the equity that they will appreciate over time.

Western Digital Investors Sentiment

The influence of Western Digital's investor sentiment on the probability of its price appreciation or decline could be a good factor in your decision-making process regarding taking a position in Western. The overall investor sentiment generally increases the direction of a stock movement in a one-year investment horizon. However, the impact of investor sentiment on the entire stock market does not have solid backing from leading economists and market statisticians.
Investor biases related to Western Digital's public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in Western. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding Western can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around Western Digital. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.
Western Digital's market sentiment shows the aggregated news analyzed to detect positive and negative mentions from the text and comments. The data is normalized to provide daily scores for Western Digital's and other traded tickers. The bigger the bubble, the more accurate is the estimated score. Higher bars for a given day show more participation in the average Western Digital's news discussions. The higher the estimated score, the more favorable is the investor's outlook on Western Digital.

Western Digital Implied Volatility

    
  49.39  
Western Digital's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Western Digital stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Western Digital's implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that Western Digital stock will not fluctuate a lot when Western Digital's options are near their expiration.
Some investors attempt to determine whether the market's mood is bullish or bearish by monitoring changes in market sentiment. Unlike more traditional methods such as technical analysis, investor sentiment usually refers to the aggregate attitude towards Western Digital in the overall investment community. So, suppose investors can accurately measure the market's sentiment. In that case, they can use it for their benefit. For example, some tools to gauge market sentiment could be utilized using contrarian indexes, Western Digital's short interest history, or implied volatility extrapolated from Western Digital options trading.

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Is Western Digital's industry expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Western Digital. If investors know Western will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Western Digital listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.96)
Earnings Share
(7.26)
Revenue Per Share
36.933
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.41)
Return On Assets
(0.02)
The market value of Western Digital is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Western that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Western Digital's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Western Digital's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Western Digital's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Western Digital's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Western Digital's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Western Digital is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Western Digital's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.