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Valued at $95.6 billion by market cap, Western Digital Corporation (WDC) is a major data storage technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets a wide range of digital storage devices and solutions globally. The San Jose, California-based company is one of the world’s largest producers of hard disk drives (HDDs) and plays a significant role in supporting data-intensive applications such as cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI).
The HDD giant has been on a clear winning streak, comfortably outpacing both the broader market and its sector peers. WDC stock prices have soared a whopping 491.1% over the past 52 weeks, notably outpacing the S&P 500 Index’s ($SPX) 15.4% gains. Over the past six months, WDC shares have climbed 294.3%, surpassing $SPX’s 9.4% rally.