Western Digital Corporation
US ˙ NasdaqGS ˙ US9581021055

SecurityWDC / Western Digital Corporation
InstitutionUbs Ag
Latest Disclosed Ownership811,969 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 79,021,000
Ubs Ag ownership in WDC / Western Digital Corporation

On November 12, 2014 - Ubs Ag filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 811,969 shares of Western Digital Corporation (US:WDC) valued at $79,020,823 USD as of September 30, 2014. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on August 14, 2014 disclosing 263,784 shares of Western Digital Corporation. This represents a change in shares of 207.82% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $482,398,903 USD.

Ubs Ag has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (WDC) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 12,600 of underlying shares valued at $1,226,000 USD and put options representing 55,900 of underlying shares valued at $5,440,000 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

WDC / Western Digital Corporation Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F WESTERN DIGITAL COM 958102105 811,969 548,185 207.82 79,021 224.56 0.0583
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F WESTERN DIGITAL COM 958102105 263,784 -38,716 -12.80 24,347 -12.34 0.0191
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A-1 WESTERN DIGITAL COM 958102105 302,500 55,763 22.60 27,775 34.17 0.0247
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F WESTERN DIGITAL COM 958102105 302,500 27,775
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A-1 WESTERN DIGITAL COM 958102105 246,737 26,879 12.23 20,701 48.51 0.0194
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F WESTERN DIGITAL COM 958102105 246,737 20,701
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F WESTERN DIGITAL COM 958102105 219,858 29,287 15.37 13,939 17.81 0.0143
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F WESTERN DIGITAL COM 958102105 190,571 190,571 11,832 0.0140
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F WESTERN DIGITAL COM Call 12,600 85.29 1,226 95.22 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F WESTERN DIGITAL COM Call 6,800 -82.25 628 -82.14 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A WESTERN DIGITAL COM Call 38,300 75.69 3,517 92.29 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F WESTERN DIGITAL COM Call 38,300 3,517 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A WESTERN DIGITAL COM Call 21,800 -73.02 1,829 -64.30 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F WESTERN DIGITAL COM Call 21,800 1,829 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F WESTERN DIGITAL COM Call 80,800 74.51 5,123 78.19 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F WESTERN DIGITAL COM Call 46,300 2,875 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F WESTERN DIGITAL COM Put 55,900 -19.80 5,440 -15.44 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F WESTERN DIGITAL COM Put 69,700 -13.63 6,433 -13.18 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A WESTERN DIGITAL COM Put 80,700 43.34 7,410 56.86 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F WESTERN DIGITAL COM Put 80,700 7,410 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A WESTERN DIGITAL COM Put 56,300 -3.26 4,724 28.02 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F WESTERN DIGITAL COM Put 56,300 4,724 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F WESTERN DIGITAL COM Put 58,200 -20.82 3,690 -19.15 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F WESTERN DIGITAL COM Put 73,500 4,564 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.