PG vs WDC: Which Is the Better Buy?

Side-by-side comparison of The Procter & Gamble Company and Western Digital Corporation β€” fair value, conviction, valuation metrics, and QuantHub research signals. Updated 2026-08-06.
The Procter & Gamble Company Β· Consumer Defensive
$150.38
+10.0% upside to fair value
Grade B High Quality
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Western Digital Corporation Β· Technology
$519.17
-28.7% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade C+
QuantHub Verdict
PG has more upside to fair value (+10.0%). PG trades at a lower forward P/E (21.5x). These are model outputs β€” not personalized investment advice. See all research β†’
Valuation & Fundamentals
Metric PG WDC
Current Price $150.38 $519.17
Fair Value Estimate $165.39 $370.00
Upside to Fair Value +10.0% -28.7%
Market Cap $350.2B $178.9B
Forward P/E 21.5x 27.8x
EV / EBITDA 15.1x 37.3x
Price / Sales 4.0x 13.9x
Price / FCF 23.3x 51.0x
Revenue Growth YoY +7.4% +35.7%
Gross Margin 50.3% 48.9%
Operating Margin 23.2% 34.9%
Return on Equity 31.3% 43.4%
Dividend Yield 0% 0.1%
FCF Yield 4.29% 2.0%
Analyst Consensus Buy Buy
Investment Thesis
PG β€” The Procter & Gamble Company
The Procter & Gamble Company is a leading global consumer defensive company specializing in household and personal products with a strong portfolio across fabric care, baby and family care, beauty, health care, and grooming. The business quality is high, supported by a durable competitive moat from strong brands, consistent earnings growth, and prudent capital allocation emphasizing dividends and…
WDC β€” Western Digital Corporation
Western Digital is now a pure-play, duopoly hard-disk-drive manufacturer, having spun off its NAND flash business as SanDisk in February 2025 and sold its remaining SanDisk stake for $3.1 billion in February 2026. It is riding the same AI-storage supercycle as SanDisk and Micron, but from the mass-capacity nearline HDD side: hyperscalers are buying every high-capacity drive WDC can make for AI da…
Accumulation Zones
Metric PG WDC
Zone Low $124.04 $278.00
Zone High $140.58 $315.00
In Buy Zone? No No
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