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Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ:WDC)

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Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

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Western Digital Corp., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Dec 29, 2023 Sep 29, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 30, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jul 1, 2022 Apr 1, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Oct 1, 2021 Jul 2, 2021 Apr 2, 2021 Jan 1, 2021 Oct 2, 2020 Jul 3, 2020 Apr 3, 2020 Jan 3, 2020 Oct 4, 2019 Jun 28, 2019 Mar 29, 2019 Dec 28, 2018 Sep 28, 2018 Jun 29, 2018 Mar 30, 2018 Dec 29, 2017 Sep 29, 2017
Net income (loss) (287) (685) (715) (572) (446) 27 301 25 564 610 622 197 62 (60) 148 17 (139) (276) (197) (581) (487) 511 756 61 (823) 681
Depreciation and amortization 143 147 185 213 214 216 221 216 242 250 251 251 336 374 377 384 399 406 416 444 472 480 489 499 535 533
Stock-based compensation 72 77 72 74 86 86 77 86 87 76 79 83 80 76 76 78 77 77 64 84 79 79 78 103 99 97
Deferred income taxes (22) (46) (68) 9 67 (42) 73 3 11 27 (201) (36) (16) 11 (29) (11) (15) (27) 121 (28) 80 201 (12) (207) (165) 36
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets — (87) — (8) — 1 (2) (15) 1 — (5) (66) — 1 2 3 (14) 2 35 3 (1) 2 5 4 11 1
Non-cash portion of asset impairment — 95 1 3 15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 16 — —
Gain on repurchases of debt (4) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Gain on business divestiture — — — — — — (9) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Amortization of debt issuance costs and discounts 5 4 4 4 2 3 10 13 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 9 13 185 13 10
Cash premium on extinguishment of debt — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 720 — —
Other non-cash operating activities, net (29) 1 65 (63) 25 44 25 29 25 (12) 20 (8) (12) (6) 14 12 1 (21) (27) (18) 17 20 (4) (31) 5 11
Accounts receivable, net (72) 147 (7) 314 517 382 (450) 390 (298) (188) (353) (72) 264 282 (401) (187) (344) (243) 18 493 504 (22) (186) 41 49 (148)
Inventories 281 201 281 (206) 89 (224) 23 (15) (103) 73 67 (108) (220) (285) 21 24 160 (5) 157 (13) (308) (175) (274) (389) 21 44
Accounts payable 274 25 (17) 79 (396) (125) (29) (196) 137 (41) 150 (209) (29) 99 61 (39) 15 155 (39) (293) (179) (77) 26 235 (130) (146)
Accounts payable to related parties (26) (15) 26 (103) 74 (25) (76) 7 11 (20) 1 3 (10) (3) 9 33 (143) 176 19 2 24 27 (23) 32 24 20
Accrued expenses (309) 63 132 (258) (182) (44) 244 (79) 82 (1) 101 173 101 (23) (147) 4 227 100 (415) 119 220 34 72 (184) (69) 164
Income taxes payable (169) (325) (14) (12) 39 117 (24) (16) 1 (35) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Accrued compensation 3 1 7 (7) (58) (104) 26 (83) 1 (67) 140 (29) 25 26 37 (104) 116 75 (57) 56 (154) 20 (28) (15) 55 (38)
Other assets and liabilities, net 48 (229) (20) 152 (11) (306) (115) 33 (106) (161) 112 (73) (166) (139) (6) (82) (93) (176) 64 (73) 192 (404) (49) (43) 1,557 (132)
Changes in assets and liabilities 30 (132) 388 (41) 72 (329) (401) 41 (275) (440) 218 (315) (35) (43) (426) (351) (62) 82 (253) 291 299 (597) (462) (323) 1,507 (236)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operations 195 59 647 191 481 (21) (6) 373 102 (89) 372 (81) 363 423 24 125 396 529 366 785 956 194 107 966 2,005 452
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (92) (626) (68) (381) 35 6 295 398 666 521 994 116 425 363 172 142 257 253 169 204 469 705 863 1,027 1,182 1,133
Purchases of property, plant and equipment (150) (124) (119) (124) (258) (320) (280) (291) (306) (245) (326) (244) (239) (337) (215) (127) (160) (145) (154) (222) (223) (277) (192) (227) (256) (160)
Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment — 193 — 14 — — 2 1 12 — 22 82 32 7 — — — — 116 — 3 — 2 14 5 5
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (22) — — — — (1) — (6) (93)
Proceeds from dispositions of business — — — (7) 7 — 32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Purchases of investments — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (10) (36) (22) (11) (23) (9) (19) (38)
Proceeds from sale of investments — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 126 36 7 6 9 10 15 14
Proceeds from maturities of investments — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 4 3 3 — 14 2
Notes receivable issuances to Flash Ventures (63) (121) (131) (261) (151) (84) (313) (159) (172) (165) (51) (238) (138) (114) — (129) (53) (171) (506) (350) (393) (115) (298) (394) (392) (229)
Notes receivable proceeds from Flash Ventures 129 134 99 225 134 183 199 199 207 113 153 273 69 277 304 290 333 357 196 258 168 144 263 196 14 98
Strategic investments and other, net 24 2 9 15 10 (3) (10) (3) 2 (15) (1) 1 6 1 (3) (2) 6 15 2 (3) (10) (9) (12) 11 (4) 23
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (60) 84 (142) (138) (258) (224) (370) (253) (257) (312) (203) (126) (270) (166) 86 32 126 34 (230) (317) (466) (259) (249) (399) (629) (378)
Issuance of stock under employee stock plans 40 — 44 1 48 — 60 2 58 2 63 8 62 1 62 7 46 26 52 5 53 8 74 47 79 20
Taxes paid on vested stock awards under employee stock plans (7) (43) (11) (14) (5) (50) (5) (5) (2) (78) (5) (8) (2) (41) (3) (15) (2) (52) (6) (40) (3) (66) (7) (97) (6) (61)
Net proceeds from convertible preferred stock (2) (3) (1) 882 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Purchase of capped calls (155) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Repurchases of debt (505) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Repurchases of common stock — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (563) (436) (155) — —
Dividends paid to shareholders — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (150) (149) (149) (147) (146) (146) (144) (148) (150) (148) (148) (147)
Settlement of debt hedge contracts — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2 26
Repayment of debt (338) — — — (880) (300) (150) (1,046) (2,212) (213) (213) (212) (248) (213) (63) (212) (388) (319) (68) (38) (37) (38) (2,493) (10,467) (4,052) (62)
Proceeds from debt 1,600 600 — — 880 300 — 896 998 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2,456 8,421 2,963 —
Borrowings from (repayment of) revolving credit facility — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (500) — — 500 — —
Debt issuance costs (36) — (13) (1) (5) — — (14) (9) — — — — — — — — — (4) — — — (7) (47) (5) —
Other — — — — — — — — — — — — (9) — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 597 554 19 868 38 (50) (95) (167) (1,167) (289) (155) (212) (197) (253) (154) (369) (493) (492) (172) (219) (631) (807) (563) (1,946) (1,167) (224)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash 4 (3) (6) — 7 (10) (8) (4) (1) — — — 3 3 1 1 (1) (2) 6 1 (5) 2 (9) 9 — 1
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 449 9 (197) 349 (178) (278) (178) (26) (759) (80) 636 (222) (39) (53) 105 (194) (111) (207) (227) (331) (633) (359) 42 (1,309) (614) 532

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-07-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-04), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-06-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-12-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-12-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-29).


The financial trajectory of Western Digital Corp. across the analyzed period is characterized by significant volatility in earnings and a deteriorating trend in operating cash flow. While the company maintained strong cash generation in 2017 and 2018, subsequent years exhibit increasing instability, culminating in a series of operating losses and negative cash flows from operations throughout 2023.

Operating Performance and Cash Flow
Net income exhibits extreme fluctuations, alternating between profitability and substantial losses. A notable period of decline occurred in 2019 and again in 2023, where quarterly losses reached as high as $715 million. This volatility is mirrored in the net cash provided by operating activities, which declined from a peak of $1.18 billion in December 2017 to a consistent negative trend in 2023, ending the period at negative $92 million. This suggests a decoupling of non-cash adjustments and actual cash generation during the latter part of the period.
Non-Cash Adjustments and Asset Depreciation
Depreciation and amortization expenses show a steady and pronounced downward trend, falling from approximately $533 million per quarter in 2017 to $143 million by December 2023. This consistent reduction may indicate a shrinking asset base or a shift in the company's capital intensity. Stock-based compensation remained relatively stable, generally fluctuating between $60 million and $100 million per quarter.
Investing Activities and Capital Expenditure
Capital expenditures for property, plant, and equipment remained a consistent cash outflow, typically ranging between $120 million and $330 million per quarter. A recurring pattern is observed in the relationship with Flash Ventures, characterized by significant quarterly issuances of notes receivable (outflows) offset by corresponding proceeds from those notes (inflows), indicating a structured financing or investment arrangement. Net cash used in investing activities was generally negative, though it turned positive in September 2023 due to a spike in proceeds from the sale of property, plant, and equipment.
Financing and Liquidity Management
Financing activities were dominated by aggressive debt management in early 2018, with massive repayments and subsequent issuances of debt. Dividend payments were consistent at approximately $146 million to $150 million per quarter until they ceased after July 2020, likely to preserve liquidity. In the most recent quarters of 2023, there is a visible shift toward increasing debt proceeds, including $1.6 billion in December 2023, to offset the deficits in operating cash flow.
Working Capital Volatility
Significant swings in working capital are evident, particularly in accounts receivable and inventories. Large fluctuations in these accounts suggest sensitivity to market demand and supply chain volatility. For instance, inventory levels showed erratic movements, with substantial outflows in 2018 and 2022, followed by periods of inventory liquidation or reduction that provided temporary cash infusions.

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