SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) _ Western Digital Corp. (WDC) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $564 million.

On a per-share basis, the San Jose, California-based company said it had profit of $1.79. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $2.30 per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.13 per share.

The maker of hard drives for businesses and personal computers posted revenue of $4.83 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $4.8 billion.

For the current quarter ending in April, Western Digital expects its per-share earnings to range from $1.50 to $1.80. Analysts surveyed by Zacks had forecast adjusted earnings per share of $2.

The company said it expects revenue in the range of $4.45 billion to $4.65 billion for the fiscal third quarter. Analysts surveyed by Zacks had expected revenue of $4.76 billion.

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