Seagate Technology Holdings PLC $STX Position Cut by MWA Asset Management

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MWA Asset Management decreased its position in shares of Seagate Technology Holdings PLC (NASDAQ:STXFree Report) by 32.0% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 16,783 shares of the data storage provider’s stock after selling 7,885 shares during the quarter. Seagate Technology comprises 3.5% of MWA Asset Management’s holdings, making the stock its 5th biggest position. MWA Asset Management’s holdings in Seagate Technology were worth $6,575,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Salomon & Ludwin LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Seagate Technology by 124.4% in the fourth quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 92 shares of the data storage provider’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 51 shares during the period. Rakuten Securities Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Seagate Technology by 884.2% in the 2nd quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 187 shares of the data storage provider’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 168 shares during the period. Avion Wealth increased its holdings in shares of Seagate Technology by 343.5% in the 4th quarter. Avion Wealth now owns 102 shares of the data storage provider’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 79 shares during the period. Concord Wealth Partners purchased a new stake in Seagate Technology in the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC raised its position in Seagate Technology by 23.1% in the 1st quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 80 shares of the data storage provider’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 15 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.87% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Seagate Technology

Here are the key news stories impacting Seagate Technology this week:

  • Positive Sentiment: Seagate is being viewed as undervalued on the back of fresh AI demand news, with one report suggesting the stock could be 34% below fair value as investors reassess its role in the AI infrastructure buildout.
  • Positive Sentiment: Analyst coverage is turning supportive, with Zacks noting that Seagate has the ingredients for a possible earnings beat and including it among favored technology names ahead of results.
  • Positive Sentiment: A comparison of SanDisk and Seagate’s revenue trends kept attention on memory and storage stocks, reinforcing the idea that AI-driven demand for NAND, SSDs, and related storage products could support Seagate’s growth story.
  • Neutral Sentiment: Broader market commentary also pointed to chip stocks leading a rebound and volatility in the AI trade, which may be helping sentiment across the group without adding company-specific news.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

STX has been the topic of several research reports. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Seagate Technology in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. Melius Research initiated coverage on shares of Seagate Technology in a report on Monday, June 29th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $1,600.00 target price for the company. TD Cowen increased their target price on shares of Seagate Technology from $500.00 to $850.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Wall Street Zen raised Seagate Technology from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, May 2nd. Finally, Mizuho raised their price target on Seagate Technology from $875.00 to $1,090.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, June 8th. Twenty-two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $898.52.

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Seagate Technology Stock Performance

NASDAQ:STX opened at $908.10 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $889.85 and its 200 day moving average price is $604.10. Seagate Technology Holdings PLC has a 1-year low of $138.30 and a 1-year high of $1,145.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.16, a current ratio of 1.33 and a quick ratio of 0.85. The firm has a market cap of $203.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 86.16 and a beta of 2.04.

Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STXGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The data storage provider reported $4.10 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.51 by $0.59. Seagate Technology had a net margin of 21.60% and a return on equity of 1,005.65%. The company had revenue of $3.11 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.96 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.90 EPS. Seagate Technology’s quarterly revenue was up 44.1% on a year-over-year basis. Seagate Technology has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.800-5.200 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Seagate Technology Holdings PLC will post 14.14 EPS for the current year.

Seagate Technology Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 7th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 24th were paid a dividend of $0.74 per share. This represents a $2.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 24th. Seagate Technology’s payout ratio is 28.08%.

Insider Activity

In other Seagate Technology news, EVP John Christopher Morris sold 5,626 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $738.37, for a total transaction of $4,154,069.62. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 11,954 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,826,474.98. The trade was a 32.00% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO William D. Mosley sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $751.29, for a total value of $22,538,700.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 339,591 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $255,131,322.39. This trade represents a 8.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 151,069 shares of company stock valued at $126,191,753. Company insiders own 0.79% of the company’s stock.

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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