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

Should you be buying Seagate Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seagate Technology include Western Digital (WDC), Arista Networks (ANET), Dell Technologies (DELL), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), Pure Storage (PSTG), HP (HPQ), NCR Atleos (NATL), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), 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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

In the previous week, Seagate Technology had 19 more articles in the media than Western Digital. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Seagate Technology and 39 mentions for Western Digital. Western Digital's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Seagate Technology's score of 1.08 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
24 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Seagate Technology
36 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Western Digital presently has a consensus target price of $105.65, indicating a potential downside of 16.28%. Seagate Technology has a consensus target price of $229.40, indicating a potential upside of 1.77%. Given Seagate Technology's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Seagate Technology is more favorable than Western Digital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Western Digital
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Seagate Technology
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Western Digital has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seagate Technology has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Seagate Technology pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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 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$9.52B4.54$1.89B$5.1524.50
Seagate Technology$9.10B5.28$1.47B$6.7733.29

92.5% of Western Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Seagate Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Western Digital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Seagate Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Seagate Technology beats Western Digital on 11 of the 18 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$48.00B$74.80B$32.81B$10.53B
Dividend Yield1.27%1.57%3.23%4.82%
P/E Ratio33.2940.70481.5927.13
Price / Sales5.2837.041,482.20177.04
Price / Cash26.6147.6537.3460.81
Price / Book-105.827.737.416.52
Net Income$1.47B$1.50B$820.48M$276.93M
7 Day Performance5.14%1.11%0.64%1.93%
1 Month Performance1.88%0.32%0.98%2.19%
1 Year Performance101.03%43.69%24,165.20%34.62%

Seagate Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STX
Seagate Technology
4.5725 of 5 stars
$225.40
-0.3%
$229.40
+1.8%
+101.0%$48.00B$9.10B33.2930,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
WDC
Western Digital
4.48 of 5 stars
$118.86
+3.0%
$98.84
-16.8%
+88.3%$40.74B$9.52B23.0840,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ANET
Arista Networks
4.9125 of 5 stars
$147.45
-4.3%
$163.94
+11.2%
+42.4%$185.32B$7.95B57.994,412Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
DELL
Dell Technologies
4.9694 of 5 stars
$153.42
+1.9%
$160.79
+4.8%
+18.2%$103.16B$95.57B22.56108,000Insider Trade
Gap Up
HPE
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
4.6195 of 5 stars
$24.78
+1.5%
$25.06
+1.2%
+11.2%$32.69B$33.08B30.2161,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
SMCI
Super Micro Computer
4.2112 of 5 stars
$54.75
+3.6%
$45.36
-17.2%
+10.4%$32.54B$21.97B32.986,238Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
PSTG
Pure Storage
4.3307 of 5 stars
$92.71
+3.7%
$81.06
-12.6%
+60.8%$30.47B$3.35B226.136,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
HPQ
HP
4.5491 of 5 stars
$27.34
+7.0%
$29.38
+7.5%
-26.5%$25.55B$53.56B9.9858,000Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
NATL
NCR Atleos
2.2034 of 5 stars
$37.85
+0.5%
$41.00
+8.3%
N/A$2.79B$4.32B21.5120,000News Coverage
DBD
Diebold Nixdorf
4.4488 of 5 stars
$57.04
+3.9%
$75.00
+31.5%
+22.4%$2.09B$3.67B-167.7521,000
VYX
NCR Voyix
2.7767 of 5 stars
$11.42
+2.1%
$15.57
+36.4%
-14.1%$1.58B$2.83B1.6014,000News Coverage

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