Investing.com -- Shares in Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) dropped in early U.S. trading on Friday after the data storage products firm reported a wider loss in its fiscal second quarter stemming from structural charges.
The California-based company reported a loss per share of $0.69 in the three months ended on Dec. 29, weighed down by $156 million in underutilization charges at its flash and HDD units.
Revenue, meanwhile, was $3.03 billion. Cloud revenue fell 13% in the second quarter from the same period a year earlier, dented by lower eSSD bit shipments. Revenue at the firm's client and consumer segments rose by 3% and 6%, respectively.
Analysts polled by Investing.com had anticipated a loss of $1.13 on revenue of $2.99B.
For its fiscal third quarter, Western Digital forecast adjusted earnings per share between a loss of $0.10 to a profit of $0.20, while revenue is estimated to come in at $3.20B to $3.40B.
Scott Kanowsky contributed to this report.
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