ERIC vs. WDC: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson vs. Western Digital Stock Comparison

Company Profile

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (ERIC) and Western Digital (WDC) both fall under the Technology Hardware & Equipment industry group, but ERIC is classified in Communications Equipment while WDC is classified in Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals.

Western Digital (WDC) trades as ordinary local shares, while Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (ERIC) trades as an ADR — compare with FX exposure, depositary-program fees, and dividend-withholding-tax differences in mind.

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Risk Metrics

Western Digital (WDC) carries a highly aggressive beta of 2.35, indicating much higher sensitivity to broad-market moves, whereas Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (ERIC) is closer to market-like at 0.96 — a noticeable difference in market-sensitivity profile.

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Profitability

Western Digital (WDC) at 129.60% clears its industry range for ROE, a sharper capital-efficiency signal than Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (ERIC) at 18.09%, which is closer to a typical peer reading.

Western Digital (WDC) at 69.20% converts revenue to bottom-line profit above its industry’s benchmark range, while Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (ERIC) at 8.36% keeps roughly the typical share for its industry.

Western Digital (WDC) at 47.68% runs an above-range operating margin, while Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (ERIC) at 0.00% sits in the bottom quartile — a wide gap in core operating efficiency before financing and tax.

Profitability Metrics

Growth

Western Digital (WDC) at 35.70% sits in the top revenue growth quartile, while Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (ERIC) at -4.52% is in the bottom quartile, showing a clear gap in revenue momentum.

Both Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (ERIC) at 85,000.00% and Western Digital (WDC) at 372.38% grew per-share earnings faster than their entire industry benchmark ranges for EPS growth — a strong showing on both sides, though a depressed base year can exaggerate the percentage, so the level of earnings matters too.

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Financial Strength

Western Digital (WDC) at 1.43 keeps current ratio within its industry’s typical mid-range, while Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (ERIC) at 1.16 runs in the tighter-liquidity quartile — a thinner cushion against current liabilities for ERIC.

Both Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (ERIC) at 0.41 and Western Digital (WDC) at 0.10 fund their balance sheets with roughly industry-typical debt-to-equity mixes.

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Dividends

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (ERIC) pays no dividend (yield 0.00%) — it may be reinvesting, using buybacks, or simply not returning cash through dividends. Meanwhile Western Digital (WDC) reports a yield of 0.21%, ranking against industry peers normally.

Western Digital (WDC) at 1.93% keeps its payout in the industry’s typical band, while Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (ERIC) at 51.66% pays out more than any of its peers — the most stretched cover in its group.

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Valuation

Both Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (ERIC) at 16.55 and Western Digital (WDC) at 9.28 sit in the cheaper earnings-multiple quartile for P/E ratio, with the market paying less for a dollar of trailing earnings than it pays for typical peers.

A sales-based read is only available for Western Digital (WDC), whose P/S ratio of 6.82 ranks against industry peers; Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (ERIC) reports no figure this period.

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (ERIC) at 0.33 looks cheap against book in the lower P/B ratio quartile, while Western Digital (WDC) at 10.55 carries a premium in the upper quartile — a clear price-to-book gap.

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