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Should you be buying Seagate Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seagate Technology include Seagate Technology (STX), Pure Storage (PSTG), NetApp (NTAP), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Tyler Technologies (TYL), VeriSign (VRSN), Samsara (IOT), GoDaddy (GDDY), Snap (SNAP), and Zoom Video Communications (ZM).
Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX) and Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Seagate Technology has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seagate Technology has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.9% of Seagate Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Seagate Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Seagate Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Seagate Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Seagate Technology pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Seagate Technology pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Seagate Technology pays out -217.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Seagate Technology pays out -217.1% 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 presently has a consensus target price of $94.53, suggesting a potential upside of 8.34%. Seagate Technology has a consensus target price of $94.53, suggesting a potential upside of 8.34%.
Seagate Technology and Seagate Technology both received 1170 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Seagate Technology and Seagate Technology both had 51 articles in the media. Seagate Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.52 equaled Seagate Technology'saverage media sentiment score.
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Seagate Technology and Seagate Technology tied by winning 0 of the 0 factors compared between the two stocks.
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