Seagate Technology (STX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Seagate Technology Holdings plc provides data storage technology and solutions in Singapore, the United States, the Netherlands, and internationally. It provides mass capacity storage products, including enterprise nearline hard disk drives (HDDs), enterprise nearline solid state drives (SSDs), enterprise nearline systems, video and image HDDs, and network-attached storage drives. The company also offers legacy applications comprising Mission Critical HDDs and SSDs; external storage solutions under the Seagate Ultra Touch, One Touch, and Expansion product lines, as well as under the LaCie brand name; desktop drives; notebook drives, DVR HDDs, and gaming SSDs. In addition, it provides Lyve edge-to-cloud mass capacity platform. The company sells its products primarily to OEMs, distributors, and retailers. Seagate Technology Holdings plc was founded in 1978 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $124.63 to $128.31
• 50-Day Range: $66.54 to $130.17
• 52-Week Range: $63.19 to $132.23
• Volume: 3.00 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.06 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $27.01 billion
• P/E Ratio: 23.27
• Dividend Yield: 2.26%
• Price Target: $119.42
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Seagate Technology Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Seagate Technology scored higher than 94% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 67th out of 653 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Seagate Technology has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.57, and is based on 13 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Seagate Technology has been the subject of 12 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 62.23%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Seagate Technology are expected to grow by 62.23% in the coming year, from $6.83 to $11.08 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Seagate Technology is 23.27, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.29.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Seagate Technology is 23.27, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 44.51.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.69% of the float of Seagate Technology has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Seagate Technology has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Seagate Technology has recently decreased by 8.04%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Seagate Technology pays a meaningful dividend of 2.21%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Seagate Technology has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Seagate Technology is 41.62%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Seagate Technology will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.99% next year. This indicates that Seagate Technology will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Environmental Score: -2.06

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.69% of the float of Seagate Technology has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Seagate Technology has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Seagate Technology has recently decreased by 8.04%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.87

News Sentiment

Seagate Technology has a news sentiment score of 0.87. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 32 news articles for Seagate Technology this week, compared to 15 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

20 people have searched for STX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 43% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

20 people have added Seagate Technology to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 400% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Seagate Technology insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $46,303,128.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.81% of the stock of Seagate Technology is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

92.87% of the stock of Seagate Technology is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

STX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have STX shares performed this year?

Seagate Technology's stock was trading at $86.31 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, STX shares have increased by 47.5% and is now trading at $127.27.
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How were Seagate Technology's earnings last quarter?

Seagate Technology Holdings plc (NASDAQ:STX) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 29th. The data storage provider reported $1.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.75 by $0.15. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 30.5% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Is Seagate Technology doing a stock buyback?

Seagate Technology's board approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, May 22nd 2025, which authorizes the company to repurchase $5,000,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could purchase up to 21.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Does Seagate Technology have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of Seagate Technology: Lyve Minds Inc, Dot Hill Systems, EVault Inc, SandForce, Xyratex Ltd, LaCie, Samsung - Hard Disk Drive Business, and more.

Who are Seagate Technology's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of Seagate Technology include Vanguard Group Inc. (13.58%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (8.92%), Invesco Ltd. (1.35%) and Northern Trust Corp (0.78%). Insiders that own company stock include William D Mosley, Gianluca Romano, Jeffrey D Nygaard, Katherine Schuelke, Judy Bruner, Stephanie Tilenius, Ban Seng Teh, Michael R Cannon, John Christopher Morris, Yolanda Lee Conyers, Jay L Geldmacher, Kian Fatt Chong and Edward J Zander.
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How do I buy shares of Seagate Technology?

Shares of STX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Seagate Technology own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Seagate Technology investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Tesla (TSLA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Netflix (NFLX).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 4/2 Dividend: 3/19/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 4/2 Dividend: 3/19/2025
• Dividend Payable: 4/02/2025
• Last Earnings: 4/29/2025
• Today: 6/15/2025
• Record date for 7/8 Dividend: 6/25/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 7/8 Dividend: 6/25/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 6/30/2025
• Dividend Payable: 7/08/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/22/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Computer storage devices
• Sub-Industry: Computer Hardware
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:STX
• CIK: 1137789
• Web: www.seagate.com
• Phone: (531) 234-3136
• Fax: 353-1661-2040
• Employees: 40,000
• Year Founded: 1979

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $119.42
• High Stock Price Target: $160.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $68.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -6.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.57
• Research Coverage: 21 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $6.92
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 23.27
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.63
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $335 million
• Net Margins: 14.67%
• Pretax Margin: 15.71%
• Return on Equity: -63.48%
• Return on Assets: 11.88%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.23
• Quick Ratio: 0.74

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $8.54 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.16
• Cash Flow: $2.41 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 52.75
• Book Value: ($5.10) per share
• Price / Book: -24.95

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 212,217,000
• Free Float: 209,992,000
• Market Cap: $27.01 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.40