Western Digital Corporation. (NASDAQ:WDC) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call January 29, 2025 4:30 PM ET

Company Participants

Peter Andrew - Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis and Investor Relations
David Goeckeler - Chief Executive Officer
Wissam Jabre - Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Irving Tan - Executive Vice President for Global Operations at Western Digital.

Conference Call Participants

C.J. Muse - Cantor Fitzgerald
Aaron Rakers - Wells Fargo
Wamsi Mohan - Bank of America
Joe Moore - Morgan Stanley
Thomas O'Malley - Barclays.
Karl Ackerman - BNP Paribas
Asiya Merchant - Citigroup
Vijay Rakesh - Mizuho
Ananda Baruah - Loop Capital
Mark Miller - The Benchmark Company

Operator

Good afternoon, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to Western Digital's second quarter fiscal 2025 conference call. Presently, all participants are in listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session.

[Operator instructions] As a reminder, this call is being recorded. Now, I will turn the call over to Mr. Peter Andrew, Vice-President, Financial Planning and Analysis, and Investor Relations. You may begin sir.

Peter Andrew

Thank you, and good afternoon, everyone. Joining me today are David Goeckeler, Chief Executive Officer; and Wissam Jabre, Chief Financial Officer. Before we begin, let me remind everyone that today's discussion contains forward-looking statements based on management's current assumptions and expectations and, as such, does include risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include expectations for our product portfolio, our business plans and performance, the separation of our Flash and HDD businesses, ongoing market trends, and our future financial results.

We assume no obligation to update these statements. Please refer to our most recent financial report on Form 10-K and our other filings with the SEC for more information on the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. We will also