Q3 EPS Estimate for Seagate Technology Decreased by Analyst

Seagate Technology Holdings plc (NASDAQ:STXFree Report) – Investment analysts at Northland Capmk decreased their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Seagate Technology in a research report issued on Wednesday, January 22nd. Northland Capmk analyst G. Richard now expects that the data storage provider will post earnings per share of $1.63 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.77. The consensus estimate for Seagate Technology’s current full-year earnings is $6.92 per share. Northland Capmk also issued estimates for Seagate Technology’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.94 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.79 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.24 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.62 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.77 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.78 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $10.39 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. UBS Group upped their price target on shares of Seagate Technology from $95.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $120.00 target price on shares of Seagate Technology in a research report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Rosenblatt Securities boosted their price objective on shares of Seagate Technology from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Northland Securities reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $160.00 target price (up from $144.00) on shares of Seagate Technology in a research report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Finally, Barclays raised their price objective on shares of Seagate Technology from $95.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 22nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $122.56.

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Seagate Technology Stock Down 4.4 %

Shares of STX opened at $103.48 on Monday. Seagate Technology has a 52-week low of $82.31 and a 52-week high of $115.32. The firm has a market capitalization of $21.89 billion, a PE ratio of 18.92 and a beta of 1.06. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $95.00 and a 200 day moving average price of $100.35.

Seagate Technology Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.72 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 19th. This represents a $2.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.78%. Seagate Technology’s dividend payout ratio is currently 52.65%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Seagate Technology

In related news, SVP Kian Fatt Chong sold 9,182 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $105.50, for a total transaction of $968,701.00. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO William D. Mosley sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, November 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $99.53, for a total value of $1,990,600.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 642,497 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $63,947,726.41. This represents a 3.02 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 50,073 shares of company stock valued at $5,106,149 in the last 90 days. 0.81% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Seagate Technology

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Seagate Technology by 3.6% during the 3rd quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 2,560 shares of the data storage provider’s stock worth $281,000 after acquiring an additional 89 shares during the last quarter. Affinity Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in Seagate Technology by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Affinity Capital Advisors LLC now owns 6,620 shares of the data storage provider’s stock valued at $725,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. Berkshire Bank increased its stake in shares of Seagate Technology by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. Berkshire Bank now owns 4,118 shares of the data storage provider’s stock valued at $355,000 after buying an additional 103 shares during the period. My Legacy Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Seagate Technology by 3.9% in the 4th quarter. My Legacy Advisors LLC now owns 3,113 shares of the data storage provider’s stock valued at $294,000 after buying an additional 118 shares during the period. Finally, Yousif Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Seagate Technology by 0.4% during the fourth quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC now owns 27,594 shares of the data storage provider’s stock valued at $2,382,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.87% of the company’s stock.

About Seagate Technology

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Seagate Technology Holdings plc provides data storage technology and solutions in Singapore, the United States, the Netherlands, and internationally. It provides mass capacity storage products, including enterprise nearline hard disk drives (HDDs), enterprise nearline solid state drives (SSDs), enterprise nearline systems, video and image HDDs, and network-attached storage drives.

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