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STX vs. WDC, DELL, HPE, HPQ, PSTG, SMCI, NATL, DBD, PAR, and VYX

Should you be buying Seagate Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seagate Technology include Western Digital (WDC), Dell Technologies (DELL), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), HP (HPQ), Pure Storage (PSTG), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), NCR Atleos (NATL), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), PAR Technology (PAR), and NCR Voyix (VYX).

Seagate Technology vs. Its Competitors

Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) and Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

92.5% of Western Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Seagate Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Western Digital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Seagate Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Western Digital pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Seagate Technology pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Western Digital pays out 7.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Seagate Technology pays out 42.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Seagate Technology has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Seagate Technology is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Western Digital presently has a consensus price target of $86.44, suggesting a potential downside of 15.57%. Seagate Technology has a consensus price target of $160.89, suggesting a potential downside of 23.79%. Given Western Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Western Digital is more favorable than Seagate Technology.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Western Digital
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Seagate Technology
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65

Seagate Technology has a net margin of 16.15% compared to Western Digital's net margin of 14.13%. Western Digital's return on equity of 24.93% beat Seagate Technology's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Western Digital14.13% 24.93% 10.59%
Seagate Technology 16.15%-169.60%19.70%

Western Digital has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seagate Technology has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Western Digital had 1 more articles in the media than Seagate Technology. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Western Digital and 38 mentions for Seagate Technology. Western Digital's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Seagate Technology's score of 0.98 indicating that Western Digital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Western Digital
20 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Seagate Technology
15 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Western Digital has higher revenue and earnings than Seagate Technology. Western Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seagate Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Western Digital$9.52B3.75$1.89B$5.1519.88
Seagate Technology$9.10B4.94$1.47B$6.7731.18

Summary

Western Digital beats Seagate Technology on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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STX vs. The Competition

MetricSeagate TechnologyCOMP IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$41.74B$59.10B$31.55B$10.19B
Dividend Yield1.47%1.64%3.15%4.61%
P/E Ratio31.1836.75444.4426.40
Price / Sales4.9434.791,811.31125.99
Price / Cash23.1451.3834.5929.91
Price / Book-99.127.187.376.28
Net Income$1.47B$941.07M$808.30M$270.38M
7 Day Performance11.56%7.47%2.75%2.70%
1 Month Performance36.71%11.61%5.36%5.99%
1 Year Performance106.72%66.58%24,396.91%25.94%

Seagate Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STX
Seagate Technology
4.2203 of 5 stars
$211.12
+7.7%
$160.89
-23.8%
+91.9%$41.74B$9.10B31.1830,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
WDC
Western Digital
4.3004 of 5 stars
$93.29
+1.4%
$80.50
-13.7%
+50.2%$32.55B$9.52B18.1140,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
DELL
Dell Technologies
4.9993 of 5 stars
$123.03
-1.4%
$146.31
+18.9%
+9.3%$83.52B$95.57B18.09108,000Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
HPE
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
4.6049 of 5 stars
$23.52
0.0%
$24.87
+5.7%
+44.4%$31.03B$30.13B28.6861,000
HPQ
HP
4.4835 of 5 stars
$29.36
+0.1%
$29.96
+2.1%
-16.1%$27.44B$53.56B10.7158,000Analyst Forecast
PSTG
Pure Storage
4.6177 of 5 stars
$79.48
+0.3%
$77.39
-2.6%
+68.4%$25.98B$3.17B193.866,000Positive News
SMCI
Super Micro Computer
4.1271 of 5 stars
$40.04
-0.9%
$45.31
+13.2%
-1.6%$23.79B$21.97B24.126,238Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NATL
NCR Atleos
2.1491 of 5 stars
$39.85
-0.5%
$41.00
+2.9%
N/A$2.93B$4.32B22.6420,000
DBD
Diebold Nixdorf
4.4382 of 5 stars
$60.81
+1.5%
$75.00
+23.3%
+37.8%$2.23B$3.75B-178.8521,000
PAR
PAR Technology
1.902 of 5 stars
$47.93
-0.8%
$78.43
+63.6%
-21.3%$1.95B$349.98M-21.301,585
VYX
NCR Voyix
1.8229 of 5 stars
$13.11
-1.5%
$14.20
+8.3%
-2.6%$1.81B$2.83B1.8414,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:STX) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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