STX vs WDC: The HAMR Trade That’s Hiding in Plain Sight
Seagate (STX) and Western Digital (WDC) are fighting for dominance in what might be the last great technology transition in HDDs: Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR). One company has a two-year lead and is already shipping to hyperscalers. The other is printing money with current-gen tech while scrambling to catch up. This isn’t a market-neutral academic exercise. This is a conviction trade on relative execution with defined risk parameters.