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**Company Information**
**Name:** Western Digital Corporation
**Symbol:** WDC
**Exchange:** NASDAQ
**Industry:** Data Storage
**Device HDD**
Western Digital is a leading manufacturer of hard disk drives (HDDs). HDDs are a type of non-volatile storage device that uses rotating disks to store and retrieve data. Western Digital offers a wide range of HDDs for various applications, including:
* Consumer electronics (e.g., laptops, desktops, gaming consoles)
* Enterprise storage systems
* Cloud computing
* Surveillance and security systems
**Earnings and Growth**
**Earnings:**
* Revenue: $19.4 billion in fiscal 2023
* Net income: $3.2 billion in fiscal 2023
**Growth:**
* Revenue growth: 2.3% in fiscal 2023
* Net income growth: 12.7% in fiscal 2023
**Key Financial Metrics**
* Price-to-earnings ratio (P/E): 10.3
* Price-to-book ratio (P/B): 1.7
* Debt-to-equity ratio: 0.5
**Other Notable Information**
* Western Digital is headquartered in San Jose, California.
* The company employs approximately 40,000 people worldwide.
* Western Digital has a strong brand reputation and is known for its high-quality storage products.
* The company faces competition from other HDD manufacturers, such as Seagate Technology and Toshiba.
* Western Digital is also investing in emerging technologies, such as solid-state drives (SSDs) and flash memory.