Seagate Technology (STX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Seagate Technology develops and supplies data-storage products and solutions for businesses and consumers. Its portfolio includes hard disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives, and storage systems designed for applications ranging from personal computing to large-scale data centers.

The company’s products support cloud and enterprise storage, network-attached storage, video surveillance, gaming, and other uses that require digital data to be stored and accessed. Seagate also offers data-management and storage services through its Lyve platform.

Founded in 1979, Seagate has a long history in the hard disk drive industry. It serves customers and markets around the world, including technology companies, businesses, and individual consumers.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $466.16 to $505.95
• 50-Day Range: $460.99 to $945.57
• 52-Week Range: $228.61 to $1,145.00
• Volume: 1.99 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.52 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $116.68 billion
• P/E Ratio: 26.63
• Dividend Yield: 0.58%
• Price Target: $1,000.88
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Seagate Technology Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Seagate Technology scored higher than 95% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 39th out of 585 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Seagate Technology has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.82, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 23 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Seagate Technology has a consensus price target of $1,000.88, representing about 96.9% upside from its current price of $508.26.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Seagate Technology has been the subject of 14 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 61.41%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Seagate Technology are expected to grow by 61.41% in the coming year, from $37.96 to $61.27 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Seagate Technology is 26.63, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.45.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Seagate Technology is 26.63, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 44.02.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Seagate Technology has a P/B Ratio of 52.61. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.47% 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 1.39, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Seagate Technology has recently increased by 12.71%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Seagate Technology has a dividend yield of 0.64%, which is in 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 15.55%. 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 4.83% next year. This indicates that Seagate Technology will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.57

News Sentiment

Seagate Technology has a news sentiment score of 0.57. 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 Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 36 news articles for Seagate Technology this week, compared to 11 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 103 people have searched for STX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -4% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

72 people have added Seagate Technology to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 71% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 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 $356,049,743.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.51% 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.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 10/7 Dividend: 9/24/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/7 Dividend: 9/24/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/07/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/27/2026
• Today: 11/09/2026
• Record date for 1/7 Dividend: 12/23/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 1/7 Dividend: 12/23/2026
• Dividend Payable: 1/07/2027
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 1/27/2027
• Fiscal Year End: 6/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals
• Sub-Industry: Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:STX
• CIK: 1137789
• Web: www.seagate.com
• Phone: (531) 234-3136
• Fax: 353-1661-2040
• Employees: 30,000
• Year Founded: 1979

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Seagate Technology: $1,000.88
• High Price Target: $1,600.00
• Low Price Target: $325.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +98.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.82
• Research Coverage: 28 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $19.04
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 26.55
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.25
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $3.18 billion
• Net Margins: 31.86%
• Pretax Margin: 36.65%
• Return on Equity: 252.47%
• Return on Assets: 47.79%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.68
• Current Ratio: 1.82
• Quick Ratio: 1.25

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $12.20 billion
• Price / Sales: 9.51
• Cash Flow: $17.90 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 28.23
• Book Value: $9.66 per share
• Price / Book: 52.31

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 229,560,000
• Free Float: 228,390,000
• Market Cap: $115.99 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.16