Insider Selling: Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX) Director Sells 1,580 Shares of Stock

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC (NASDAQ:STXGet Free Report) Director Stephanie Tilenius sold 1,580 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $766.61, for a total value of $1,211,243.80. Following the sale, the director directly owned 10,664 shares in the company, valued at $8,175,129.04. This trade represents a 12.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink.

Seagate Technology Stock Performance

Shares of Seagate Technology stock traded up $15.41 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $786.42. 5,562,733 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 4,267,818. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.16, a current ratio of 1.33 and a quick ratio of 0.85. Seagate Technology Holdings PLC has a 1 year low of $93.32 and a 1 year high of $792.01. The stock has a market capitalization of $176.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 74.61 and a beta of 1.98. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $461.42 and a 200-day simple moving average of $361.93.

Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STXGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The data storage provider reported $4.10 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.51 by $0.59. Seagate Technology had a return on equity of 1,005.65% and a net margin of 21.60%.The company had revenue of $3.11 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.96 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.90 earnings per share. Seagate Technology’s revenue was up 44.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Seagate Technology has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.800-5.200 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Seagate Technology Holdings PLC will post 14.1 EPS for the current year.

Seagate Technology Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, July 7th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 24th will be given a dividend of $0.74 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 24th. This represents a $2.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. Seagate Technology’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 28.08%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Beaumont Financial Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Seagate Technology by 2.1% during the 1st quarter. Beaumont Financial Advisors LLC now owns 820 shares of the data storage provider’s stock valued at $321,000 after buying an additional 17 shares in the last quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Group LLC lifted its position in shares of Seagate Technology by 0.5% during the 1st quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Group LLC now owns 3,542 shares of the data storage provider’s stock valued at $1,388,000 after buying an additional 19 shares in the last quarter. Gateway Investment Advisers LLC lifted its position in shares of Seagate Technology by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. Gateway Investment Advisers LLC now owns 1,399 shares of the data storage provider’s stock valued at $385,000 after buying an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Trajan Wealth LLC lifted its position in shares of Seagate Technology by 1.9% during the 4th quarter. Trajan Wealth LLC now owns 1,325 shares of the data storage provider’s stock valued at $365,000 after buying an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Finally, TSG Advice Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Seagate Technology by 1.9% during the 1st quarter. TSG Advice Partners LLC now owns 1,448 shares of the data storage provider’s stock valued at $567,000 after buying an additional 27 shares in the last quarter. 92.87% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

STX has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. China Renaissance increased their price objective on Seagate Technology from $325.00 to $452.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. UBS Group raised their target price on Seagate Technology from $515.00 to $545.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Barclays raised their target price on Seagate Technology from $625.00 to $750.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on Seagate Technology from $385.00 to $700.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Seagate Technology from $450.00 to $700.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Seagate Technology has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $709.13.

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Seagate Technology Company Profile

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Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX) is a global data storage company that designs, manufactures and sells a broad range of storage products and systems. The firm’s product portfolio includes traditional hard disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), hybrid storage devices and integrated storage systems aimed at enterprise, cloud, OEM and consumer markets. Seagate also provides services that support its hardware offerings, including data recovery and storage management solutions.

Seagate’s products are used in a wide array of applications, from large-scale data centers and cloud infrastructure to desktop and portable consumer devices.

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