Western Digital Announces Financial Results for Third Fiscal Quarter 2017

Western Digital Corp. today reported revenue of $4.6 billion, operating income of $525 million and net income of $248 million, or $0.83 per share, for its third fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2017. The GAAP net income for the period includes charges associated with the company's recent acquisitions. Excluding these charges and after other non-GAAP adjustments, third quarter non-GAAP operating income was $1.0 billion and non-GAAP net income was $716 million, or $2.39 per share. In the year-ago quarter, the company reported revenue of $2.8 billion, operating income of $88 million and net income of $74 million, or $0.32 per share. Non-GAAP operating income in the year-ago quarter was $347 million and non-GAAP net income was $317 million, or $1.35 per share. The company generated $1.0 billion in cash from operations during the third fiscal quarter of 2017, ending with $5.8 billion of total cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities. On Feb. 1, 2017, the company declared a cash dividend of $0.50 per share of its common stock, which was paid to shareholders on April 17, 2017.