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Western Digital's AI storage demand, pricing gains and higher-capacity products support another growth quarter and continued margin expansion.

Aug 6 (Reuters) - The benchmark S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened lower on Thursday, weighed by a drop in technology stocks as strong forecasts from Western Digital and Sandisk failed to impress, while

Wall Street was predicted to see a mixed open on Thursday, as another batch of technology earnings undermines confidence and apparent progress towards an Iran deal raises fears of yet another false dawn. Dow Jones futures were up 57 points, or 0.1%, with the blue-chip index on course to build...

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rises, while tech futures drop as AI stocks Sandisk and Western Digital plunge on earnings.

Investing.com - U.S. stock index futures hovered around the flatline on Thursday as investors awaited developments over a potential agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while renewed concerns over the sustainability of the artificial intelligence spending boom pressured technology shares.

Data storage companies tumbled in premarket trading on Thursday after quarterly results from Sandisk and Western Digital failed to sustain momentum in an ‌industry that has become one of Wall Street's hottest bets this year. Shares of Sandisk ‌lost 9.2% to trade at $1,226.04, while Western Digital shed 14.6% and was last changing hands at $443.3. After the closing bell ​on Wednesday, both Sandisk and Western Digital forecast quarterly revenue that beat estimates compiled by LSEG, but fell short of high market expectations.

Technology shares linked to the artificial intelligence boom came under renewed pressure on Thursday, as another wave of corporate earnings prompted investors to take profits from some of the market’s biggest winners. The weakness spread across Asia before carrying into U.

Aug 6 (Reuters) - S&P 500 and Dow futures were steady on Thursday after this week's record-breaking rally as investors awaited details on a Middle East peace deal, while Nasdaq futures slipped as

Investing.com - A selloff in Asian technology shares gathered pace on Thursday, following sharp losses in SpaceX and Advanced Micro Devices that renewed skepticism over the sustainability of returns from the AI investment boom.

Chip stocks fell in Asia and the U.S. as investors once again grew nervous about the durability of artificial-intelligence spending, while oil held steady in early European trade.

Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) reported fiscal fourth-quarter revenue and earnings above the high end of its guidance, citing strong demand for high-capacity hard disk drives, favorable pricing and growth in cloud storage needs tied to artificial intelligence workloads. For fiscal 2026, the hard driv

Western Digital Corp (WDC) reports a 44% year-over-year revenue surge to $3.75 billion, with EPS more than doubling to $3.56, as AI and cloud demand fuel robust growth and margin expansion.

By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Asian shares took a breather on Thursday after an AI-driven surge the previous day, while oil prices traded in a tight range as markets assessed prospects

Western Digital topped quarterly earnings and revenue estimates, but a cautious outlook appeared to weigh on investor sentiment, sending the stock sharply lower in after-hours trading.

Western Digital stock was down 11% in after-hours trading after the company released its earnings report. It reported a profit of $3.2 billion, compared with $282 million a year earlier. Earnings from continuing operations were $8.

The Dow Jones hit a new high thanks to Nvidia, but Google, SpaceX and AMD weighed on the Nasdaq. Sandisk, Western Digital fell late.

Western Digital forecast quarterly revenue slightly above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, betting ‌on strong AI-driven demand for its hard disk ‌drives. Still, its shares dropped more than 9% in extended trading, after ​the forecast failed to impress investors even though the stock has tripled this year on expectations of sustained AI-driven growth. Memory and storage stocks have soared this year as ‌investors bet data-center ⁠demand will support pricing and fuel growth across the industry.

Investing.com -- Western Digital Corporation reported fourth quarter earnings per share of $3.56 on Wednesday, beating analyst expectations of $3.29 by $0.27. The data storage company posted revenue of $3.75 billion for the quarter, above the consensus estimate of $3.69 billion.

The hard-drive maker reports better-than-expected earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter, but guidance disappoints.

Western Digital reported a more than elevenfold increase in its fourth-quarter profit, driven by continued strong demand for its memory technology.

Western Digital stock slid late Wednesday despite the hard-disk drive maker reporting fiscal fourth-quarter results ahead of estimates. Western Digital said its earnings climbed 109%, to $3.56 per share, for the June quarter. Western Digital and its rival Seagate Technology dominate the hard-disk drive market.

The storage and memory maker is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter financials after the stock market closes on Wednesday.

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Hard drive makers Sandisk and Western Digital are due to report earnings after the closing bell Wednesday.

Anyone who bought a laptop or built a gaming PC this year already felt memory prices climb. DRAM and NAND flash have gotten steadily more expensive as AI data centers absorb nearly every chip factories can produce, according to a Bloomberg analysis. On August 3, SK hynix and Sandisk released the ...

Western Digital will report results for its fiscal fourth quarter after the closing bell on Wednesday, August 5, giving investors another important read on enterprise storage demand and the ongoing AI infrastructure buildout.

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SNDK heads into fiscal Q4 results with AI-fueled SSD demand, firmer NAND pricing and rising TLC and QLC adoption.

Investors are kicking off a new trading month on an upbeat note. But that hasn’t stopped one of July’s most painful trends from carrying into August. Chip stocks and other companies tied to the AI trade are some of the biggest decliners today, with Micron Technology, Sandisk, Intel and Western Digital all down about 3% or more.

Earnings continue to be the market's engine, and a series of results this week from Palantir, SpaceX, and AMD are set to rev up stocks again.