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How Western Digital Corporation makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$12.9B · 100%Cost of revenue$6.6B · 51%Gross profit$6.3B · 49%Operating income$4.5B · 34%Income before tax$9.9B · 77%Income tax$481M · 4%Net income$9.4B · 73%As of 2026-07-03 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$12.9B100%
Cost of revenue$6.6B51%
$6.3B49%
$4.5B34%
Income before tax$9.9B77%
Income tax$481M4%
$9.4B73%
Source: · event Jul 3, 2026 · retrieved Oct 17, 2026 · annual-row source set
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