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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000106040-24-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WDC"
cik: "0000106040"
company_name: "WESTERN DIGITAL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-10-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T10:19:38.203890+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Western Digital Q1 rev $4.1B, GAAP EPS $1.35, non-GAAP $1.78; guides Q2 $4.2-4.4B

## Summary
- Revenue $4,095M, up 9% QoQ and 49% YoY; GAAP diluted EPS $1.35 vs $0.08 prior Q.
- Non-GAAP diluted EPS $1.78 vs $1.44 prior Q; non-GAAP operating income $884M vs $666M.
- Cloud revenue $2,208M (+17% QoQ, +153% YoY) driven by nearline HDD and enterprise SSD.
- Q2 FY2025 guidance: revenue $4.2-4.4B, non-GAAP EPS $1.75-2.05.
- On Oct 18, jury returned $316M patent verdict against Western Digital; company contests, expects to prevail; accounting assessment pending.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000106040-24-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WDC
- cik: 0000106040
- company_name: WESTERN DIGITAL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000010604024000037/0000106040-24-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106040/000010604024000037/wdc-20241024.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000106040-24-000037.txt

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