Seagate Technology Holdings Plc (NASDAQ:STX) does about 4.29M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 5425757 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 27.62B USD. Its current market price is $130.17, marking an increase of 2.52% compared to the previous close of $126.97. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $129.96 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $63.19. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $140 and a low of $130.
22 analysts observing the Seagate Technology Holdings Plc (STX) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $130 and $140. The consensus objective for the share price is $125.72, suggesting that the stock has a potential downside of -3.54% over the period. The median price target is 7.02% away from the current levels at $140.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 22 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 1 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 11 analysts have rated it as a buy and 10 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Buy and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Strong Buy the stock.
The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on May 28, 2025 when BofA Securities reiterated the stock to “Buy” and issued a price target of between $125 and $135. BNP Paribas Exane upgraded the stock to “Neutral” from Underperform on May 16, 2025 at a price target of $100. The Benchmark Company upgraded its price target at $120.
The current price level is 13.43%, 37.83%, and 33.19% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the STX price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. Seagate Technology Holdings Plc (STX) stock is up 9.25% over the week and 35.17% over the past month. Its price is 50.82% year-to-date and 34.75% over the past year.
Its 12-month price target is $140. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to shrink -3.54 percent from here. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $130, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $140.
Outstanding shares total 212.21M with insiders holding 0.37% of the shares and institutional holders owning 95.70% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 34.61%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 18.81 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 13.31. The beta has a value of 1.43. Price to sales ratio is 3.23.
