| revenue | outpace our performance in fiscal 2026 | FY2027 | directional | New |
| exabyte_growth | mid-20% | next few years | point | New |
| other_income_and_expenses | decrease further in the September quarter to approximately $45 million | Q1 FY2027 | point | New |
| capital_expenditures | remain well within our target range of 4% to 6% of revenue | FY2027 | tight_range | New |
| free_cash_flow | further improve throughout fiscal 2027 | FY2027 | directional | New |
| debt | retiring an additional $1.2 billion in debt | Q1 FY2027 | point | New |
| revenue | $4.1 billion, plus or minus $100 million | Q1 FY2027 | tight_range | New |
| operating_expenses | approximately $300 million | Q1 FY2027 | point | New |
| operating_margin | around 50% | Q1 FY2027 | point | New |
| eps | $7.30, plus or minus $0.20 | Q1 FY2027 | tight_range | New |
| tax_rate | about 16% | Q1 FY2027 | point | New |
| revenue | improve | FY2027 | directional | New |
| gross_margin | increase | FY2027 | directional | New |
| pricing | take a little bit more pricing benefit | Q1 FY2027 | directional | New |
| pricing | sequential improvement | FY2027 | directional | New |
| exabyte_cagr | mid-20% | FY2027 | point | New |
| pricing | higher than some of the contractual stuff that we had done together | FY2027 | directional | New |
| pricing | continue to push on our pricing and pricing strategy | FY2027 | directional | New |
| pricing | going in the same direction | next two or three quarters | directional | New |
| HAMR_exabytes | 40% of nearline exabyte sold on HAMR drives by June | June 2026 | point | New |
| HAMR_exabytes | 50% of our HAMR exabytes on our Mozaic 4 platform | end of calendar 2026 | point | New |
| Mozaic_5_platform | qualification shipments in late calendar 2027 | late calendar 2027 | point | New |
| exabyte_growth | mid-20s | next few years | point | New |
| debt | end fiscal Q1 at $2.4 billion in debt | Q1 FY2027 | point | New |
| debt | address in the near future, maybe next quarter, maybe the following quarter | next 1-2 quarters | directional | New |
| share_buybacks | higher level of share buyback | Q1 FY2027 | directional | New |
| revenue | improve | FY2027 | directional | New |
| gross_margin | increase | FY2027 | directional | New |
| revenue | predictable, I think, through FY 2027 | FY2027 | directional | New |
| pricing | even higher than some of the contractual stuff that we had done together | FY2027 | directional | New |
| pricing | a little bit better in September than June | Q1 FY2027 | directional | New |
| pricing | a little bit better in September than June | Q1 FY2027 | directional | New |
| exabyte_demand | demand long term? Very confident. | long term | directional | New |
| gross_margin | continue to improve | rest of the fiscal year | directional | New |
| gross_margin | sequential improvement every quarter | rest of the fiscal year | directional | New |
| capital_expenditures | 4% to 6% of revenue | FY2027 | tight_range | New |
| free_cash_flow | growing | FY2027 | directional | New |
| debt | reduce debt even more during the quarter | Q1 FY2027 | directional | New |
| share_buybacks | higher level of share buyback | next several quarters | directional | New |
| gross_margin | higher in September | Q1 FY2027 | directional | New |
| gross_margin | well above the 60% | Q1 FY2027 | point | New |
| gross_margin | stronger and stronger gross margin | next few quarters | directional | New |
| revenue | improve | next few quarters | directional | New |
| gross_margin | not too far from the number already in September | Q1 FY2027 | directional | New |