WDC earnings — 2026-07-29

Coverage gap: no confirmed fiscal Q4 FY2026 actuals landed in tonight's pull for this event. One Google Finance item claims WDC "reported strong fiscal Q3 2026 earnings with EPS of $2.72... gross margins crossing 50.2%" — but Western Digital's own Investor Relations release (dated 2026-07-20, in the same pull) states the company will report fourth-quarter and full fiscal-year 2026 results on August 5, 2026, after this event's 2026-07-29 date. The $2.72 EPS figure is a prior quarter's number (fiscal Q3, already reported earlier this year), not this event's print — a stale-quarter mismatch, not filled here.

What's current in the pull: Kioxia merger talks remain a background driver (TradingKey: WDC +12.5% to $548 on 2026-07-22 on merger-talk and sector-sentiment news, unrelated to this event), and Yahoo Finance (2026-07-31) describes WDC rebounding with memory peers on AI-demand expectations ahead of the actual report.

Flag for the desk: this event's calendar date (07-29) does not match Western Digital's own confirmed report date (August 5) — the real Q4 FY2026 print is still ahead, not behind.

Sources: Western Digital Corporation Investor Relations, Google Finance, Yahoo Finance, TradingKey — latest (fetched 2026-07-31, ok).