On June 12, Western Digital rose 3.07% in after-hours trading, trading at $543.98/share, with turnover of $537 million. The rally was driven by a wave of target price upgrades from major investment banks combined with a broad recovery in the storage sector.
On the news front, JPMorgan raised its target price on Western Digital from $530 to $650, maintaining an Overweight rating. Citi and Mizuho each raised their targets to $685, while Barclays lifted its target to $620, reflecting strong institutional consensus on the company's medium-to-long-term outlook. Meanwhile, the storage sector saw broad strength, with SanDisk up 1.57%, Seagate Technology up 1.26%, and Dell Technologies up 0.72%.
Additionally, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang recently stated that storage chip supply tightness is expected to persist for several years, providing fundamental support for the storage sector. The convergence of institutional upgrades and favorable industry dynamics underpinned the after-hours advance.
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