Western Digital filings document material events for an operating storage company whose common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under WDC. Recent 8-K disclosures record quarterly operating and financial results, dividend and capital-structure matters, shareholder voting and governance items, and material agreements.
The filing record also describes security-structure changes, including the mandatory conversion of Series A Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock into common stock, the Certificate of Elimination for that preferred series, and redemptions or discharge of senior-note obligations. These documents frame WD's public-company reporting around results, debt and equity instruments, governance, and corporate actions following the completed Flash business separation.
FMR LLC filed an amended Schedule 13G reporting beneficial ownership of COMMON STOCK of Western Digital Corp. FMR LLC reports beneficial ownership of 26,361,315.39 shares, representing 7.2% of the outstanding common stock, with sole dispositive power over the same amount and no shared dispositive power.
FMR LLC reports sole voting power over 24,378,437.91 shares and no shared voting power. Abigail P. Johnson is reported as having sole dispositive power over 26,361,315.39 shares but no voting power, reflecting her position related to FMR LLC. One or more other persons have the right to receive dividends or sale proceeds from these securities, but no such person holds more than five percent of Western Digital’s common stock.
Western Digital Corporation reported very strong results for the fiscal fourth quarter and year ended July 3, 2026. Q4 revenue was $3.75 billion, up 44% year-over-year, with GAAP gross margin of 54.1% and GAAP operating margin of 41.7%. GAAP diluted EPS rose to $8.21 from $0.67 a year earlier; non-GAAP diluted EPS was $3.56.
For fiscal 2026, revenue reached $12,919 million, a 36% increase, while GAAP diluted EPS climbed to $24.28 and non-GAAP diluted EPS to $10.22. Cash flow from operations in Q4 was $1,389 million, with free cash flow of $1,281 million. The balance sheet showed total assets of $13,861 million, long-term debt reduced to zero from $2,485 million, and shareholders’ equity of $8,864 million.
Management expects continued momentum in the fiscal first quarter of 2027, guiding to revenue of $4.1 billion +/- $100 million, non-GAAP gross margin of 55%–56%, and non-GAAP EPS of $4.00 +/- $0.15. The board declared a cash dividend of $0.15 per share, payable September 17, 2026 to shareholders of record on September 8, 2026.
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC filed an amended Schedule 13G reporting beneficial ownership of 13,196,274 shares of Western Digital Corp common stock. This represents 3.6% of the company’s outstanding common shares as of June 30, 2026.
Vanguard reports sole voting power over 86,800 shares and sole dispositive power over 13,196,274 shares, with no shared voting or dispositive power. The position reflects holdings managed by Vanguard Portfolio Management and specified affiliates for Vanguard funds and other clients, and no other individual person has an interest in more than 5% of the class through these holdings.
Western Digital Corp director Cole Martin I reported selling 192 shares of common stock on July 28, 2026, in two transactions at weighted average prices of $462.3013 for 160 shares and $465.1231 for 32 shares. The sales were effected under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on March 5, 2026, and this report is a continuation of another Form 4 filed for the same date.
Cole Martin I, a director of Western Digital, sold 3,808 shares of common stock on July 28, 2026 in 30 open-market or private transactions. The trades occurred at weighted-average prices within ranges from $423.42 to $461.89 per share under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted March 5, 2026.
Cynthia L. Tregillis, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary of Western Digital, reported several equity transactions. On July 20, dividend equivalent rights tied to restricted stock units converted into 13 common shares, with 1,309 shares withheld to cover taxes. On July 21, she sold 808 common shares at $529.63 per share under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on March 6, 2026.
Western Digital insider Cynthia Lock Tregillis filed a notice of intent to sell 808 shares of common stock through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC’s Executive Financial Services, with a proposed sale date of July 21, 2026 on NASDAQ. The shares are reported as Restricted Stock issued by the company. The filing also lists prior sales of Western Digital common stock over the past three months, including transactions on May 21, May 22, May 27, and June 5, 2026, each with specified share counts and dollar values.
Tregillis Cynthia L reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Western Digital Corp Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary Cynthia L. Tregillis reported a routine compensation-related transaction. She received 18.6375 Dividend Equivalent Rights tied to previously awarded restricted stock units. Each right represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock or its cash value as the related RSUs vest.
Following this grant, Tregillis holds a total of 323.0011 Dividend Equivalent Rights, all reported as directly owned. These awards do not reflect an open-market purchase or sale, but rather standard equity compensation that vests proportionately with the underlying RSUs.
Western Digital Corp Chief Executive Officer Irving Tan reported routine equity compensation activity rather than open-market trading. On June 20, 2026, 1,090 shares of common stock were withheld to cover tax obligations tied to vesting awards, leaving him with 595,966 directly held shares. The filing also shows dividend equivalent rights converting into 52.1114 shares of common stock and a separate grant of 56.5009 new dividend equivalent rights, which track previously awarded restricted stock units and pay out one share of common stock, or its cash value, per right as those units vest.