StockStory highlights Western Digital as a high-flying stock worth watching, questions Starbucks and Werner

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StockStory identifies Western Digital as a high-flying stock worth attention, while expressing caution on Starbucks and Werner. Western Digital is projected to grow sales by 41.7% over the next 12 months, with its operating margin expanding by 17.3 percentage points and free cash flow margin by 17.1 percentage points over five years. Starbucks faces a projected sales decline of 2.6% and a 4.9 percentage point drop in operating margin, while Werner has seen earnings per share fall 44.6% annually over five years despite revenue growth. Western Digital trades at a forward P/E of 37.4x, Starbucks at 38.6x, and Werner at 36.7x.

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Consumer Discretionary▼ · 1 stocks
Starbucks Corporation
SBUX
▼ NegativeCapitalrelevance

Projected sales decline of 2.6% and operating margin drop of 4.9 percentage points.

Cloud & Digital Infrastructure▲ · 1 stocks
Western Digital Corporation
WDC
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Projected sales growth of 41.7%, operating margin expansion of 17.3 percentage points, and free cash flow margin improvement.

Industrials▼ · 1 stocks
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