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Wall Street says: still room at the table
BofA Securities just gave Western Digital another little push, raising its price target to $415 from $375 while sticking with a Buy rating. That’s not a tiny tweak — it’s basically the analyst version of saying, “Yeah, this thing’s been ripping, but I’m not ready to tap the brakes.”
Why investors care
Western Digital is already trading around $361.69, which is uncomfortably close to its 52-week high of $368.40. And after a jaw-dropping 895% surge over the past year, the stock has moved from “deep value comeback story” to “okay, how much of this future is already priced in?”
The margin magic trick
The headline here is the margin outlook. In plain English: BofA thinks Western Digital can keep making more money on each dollar of sales, which is exactly the kind of thing that makes growth investors and spreadsheet people smile at the same time.
That matters because when a hardware company starts looking less like a commodity and more like a margin-expansion story, the market usually leans in. It’s the difference between “selling more stuff” and “actually keeping more of the cash.”
Big picture
This doesn’t change the whole plot, but it does keep the momentum train rolling. Western Digital is already one of the market’s bigger turnaround winners, and with Wall Street still nudging targets higher, the message is simple: the rally may be hot, but some analysts still think it’s not done cooking.