{"id":33889,"date":"2026-06-16T13:59:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/western-digital-wdc-hits-all-time-high-on-morgan-stanley-33-pt-upgrade\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:59:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:59:43","slug":"western-digital-wdc-hits-all-time-high-on-morgan-stanley-33-pt-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/western-digital-wdc-hits-all-time-high-on-morgan-stanley-33-pt-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Digital (WDC) Hits All-Time High on Morgan Stanley 33% PT Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-justify neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ:WDC) is one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidermonkey.com\/blog\/10-stocks-stealing-the-spotlight-from-wall-street-giants-1782260\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-ylk=\"slk:10%20Stocks%20Stealing%20the%20Spotlight%20from%20Wall%20Street%20Giants.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;10 Stocks Stealing the Spotlight from Wall Street Giants.&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;}\"><strong>10 Stocks Stealing the Spotlight from Wall Street Giants.<\/strong><\/a><!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-justify neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Western Digital extended its winning streak to a third consecutive day on Monday to hit a new all-time high, as investors took the path from Morgan Stanley&#8217;s 33 percent price target upgrade and bullish coverage for its stock.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-justify neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->In intra-day trading, the stock climbed to its highest price of $658.80 before trimming gains to end the session just up by 16.10 percent at $653.53 apiece.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"article-figure-image\" class=\"yf-750ceo\">\n<div class=\"image-container yf-lglytj loader\" style=\"--max-height: 468px;\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper yf-lglytj\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 768 \/ 468; --img-max-width: 768px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/F95883B4093AEF2F2E824EC72DA6035DC7963C00D8FC7423EEFF8DA781DDCE16\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefit_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Finsidermonkey.com%2F81f73f139364cc76eda41b194f1d257b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" height=\"468\" width=\"768\" class=\"yf-lglytj loader\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START --> Photo from Western Digital website<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-justify neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->In a market note, Morgan Stanley reiterated its &#8220;overweight&#8221; rating on shares of Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ:WDC), alongside a price target of $650, a marked upgrade from its $488 target previously.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-justify neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Morgan Stanley said that the coverage reflected Western Digital Corp.&#8217;s (NASDAQ:WDC) dual-tracked UltraSMR\/HAMR roadmap, which it believes investors continue to undervalue, saying that the latter is a source of reliability and strength rather than a technology gap versus its peers.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-justify neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The investment firm also raised its earnings estimates for the storage maker to $22.40 and $43.47 for next year and in 2028, respectively.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-justify neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->It said that the company&#8217;s stock price holds the potential to double next year if its bull-case pricing assumptions play out.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-justify neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->While we acknowledge the potential of WDC as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. 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