Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Western Digital Corp shares valued at $1,024,162 were sold by Gubbi Vidyadhara K on Sep 04 ’25. At $90.29 per share, Gubbi Vidyadhara K sold 11,343 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 151,596 shares worth approximately $20.94 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, VIDYADHARA K GUBBI purchased 11,343 shares, netting a total of over 1,024,162 in proceeds.
Before that, Zamiska Gene M. had sold 353 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $28,558, the SVP & Princ. Acctg Officer traded Western Digital Corp shares for $80.90 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 353 shares, worth approximately $3.79 million.
As published in a research note from BofA Securities on October 21, 2025, Western Digital Corp [WDC] has been retained to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $145. Analysts at Rosenblatt resumed the stock at ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late September. As of September 16, 2025, Bernstein has initiated its “Mkt perform” rating for WDC. Earlier on July 31, 2025, TD Cowen resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for WDC stock.
Analyzing WDC Stock Performance
On last trading session, Western Digital Corp [NASDAQ: WDC] plunged -2.30% to $138.13. The stock’s lowest price that day was $135.01, but it reached a high of $141.997 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 9.87%. Over the course of the year, Western Digital Corp shares have jumped approximately 162.23%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $145.68 on 10/29/25 and a 52-week low of $28.83 on 04/07/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Western Digital Corp (WDC)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 134.76, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 131.39. In the upper region, resistance lies at 141.75. The next price resistance is at 145.37. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 66.40 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Western Digital Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Western Digital Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-10-15 dropping by -5.29 million shares to 34.19 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-15 was 39.48 million shares. A decline of -15.48% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.35 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.35.
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In terms of Western Digital Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 155 in the next 12 months, up nearly 9.63% from the previous closing price of $141.38. Analysts anticipate Western Digital Corp stock to reach 190 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 50. In spite of this, 19 analysts ranked Western Digital Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On July 10, 2025, Goldman assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $70.
