Insider trade

Officer sold ~$2.07M of WDC shares in the open market

Traded May 4, 2026 · Filed May 5, 2026

Western DigitalWDC

~$2.07M
Reported value · 4,674 sh @ $443.185: 90K
Holds after · shares reported: +4.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +6.4%, $442.36 → $462.56 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Western Digital's Chief of Global Operations sold $2.07M of Western Digital shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: May 4, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: May 5, 2026

Officer$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$2,071,447

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

4 days after results of Apr 30, 2026, 93 days before results of Aug 5, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $442.36 on May 4, 2026, at its 52-week high, after a 51% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $44.10 (May 9, 2025) to $442.36 (May 4, 2026), 100% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $293.10 on Mar 20, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+2.3%	+1.2%	+1.1%
30 days	+5.9%	+0.5%	+5.4%
90 days	+13.5%	+5.1%	+8.4%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001266824-26-000084
Filed / recorded: May 5, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:29 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: WESTERN DIGITAL CORP
Issuer CIK: 106040
Ticker: WDC
Reporting person: Vidyadhara K Gubbi
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Chief of Global Operations
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: May 4, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 4,674
Price per share: $443.185
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 90,041
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

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