Western Digital (WDC) Stock on Dec. 22, 2025: Nasdaq-100 Entry, New Price-Target Hikes, and the AI Storage Boom Driving Forecasts
Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) is starting the week in the spotlight for a simple reason: today is a structural “index day” for the stock. Western Digital officially joins the Nasdaq-100 effective prior to the market open on Monday, December 22, 2025, placing WDC into one of the most widely tracked large-cap growth benchmarks in the world. Nasdaq That index inclusion arrives after a powerful year-long rally tied to the AI infrastructure buildout—and alongside a fresh wave of analyst notes that have lifted price targets as high as $250. The result is a stock story that blends short-term flows (index