Seagate Technology (STX)
Information Technology · Data Storage Hardware · NASDAQ
Seagate Technology is a global leader in high-capacity data storage solutions, empowering the world’s data infrastructure through advanced hard drive technology.
What Seagate Technology does
Seagate Technology is a leading provider of data storage technology and solutions, specializing in the design and manufacturing of hard disk drives (HDDs) and related storage devices. The company focuses on high-capacity storage solutions to meet the growing demand for data management, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise-grade storage applications.
Themes: Data storage, Cloud infrastructure, Enterprise storage, Data management
Fundamentals
- Price$850.00 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$192.6B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+449.8% 2025-08-21 close $154.60 → 2026-08-21 close $850.00
- P/E65.59 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+26.1% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+45.6% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+212.4% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity1.65 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+34.1% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+18.2% SEC XBRL
- Beta2.11 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-07-28 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +3.7%; 4-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How STX compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 265 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit margintop 25% 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating margintop 10% 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 403 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitytop 10% 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 386 covered Information Technology peers
- indicated dividend yieldtop 10% 107 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 10% 382 covered Information Technology peers, as of FY2026
Position among covered Information Technology companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
STX is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
62.9 #117 of 987 scored · #14 of 84 in Information Technology
Growth 91st (revenue growth year over year 34.1%, 3-year revenue CAGR 18.2%) and profitability 90th (return on equity 212.4%, operating margin 32.3%); weakest is valuation (8th, price to book 88.9, price to earnings 61.3).
Short-term score
47.0 #987 of 1,704 scored · #140 of 261 in Information Technology
Catalysts 59th: open-market insider buys in 90 days 23, the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading; momentum 56th: MACD momentum is positive; weakest is volume and participation 9th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average.
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
Dividend coverage (FY2026)
Covered by reported results. In FY2026, STX's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 20%, free-cash-flow payout 20%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout20% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout20% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2026 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How Seagate Technology looks technically
Seagate Technology (STX) is trading 52.8% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 295 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 14, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 48, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 8 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day high about 5 trading days ago. It is 25.8% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 52.8% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +52.8% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $888.60 | $888.60 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $556.42 | $556.42 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 14 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 14 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed three-part downward correction — a pullback in the A-B-C shape Elliott-wave chartists use; the labelling fails if price closes below 761.8. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible three-wave downward correction, complete (atypical proportions) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 295 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 295 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 14, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 13.7 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 48, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 48.3 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($761.80 to $1013.99) — its "stochastic" reading is 35 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 35.0 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 8 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 8 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $1145.00 | $1145.00 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 25.8% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -25.8% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 457.4% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +457.4% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 25.8% below its highest point of the past year | 25.8% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 5 trading days ago | 5 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 44 trading days ago | 44 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $1145.00 (set on 2026-06-18) | $1145.00 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($154.60 to $1094.04), and it has given back roughly a quarter of its rise from last year’s low — 26% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $483.40 to $513.47. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 26.0% |
| From the all-time high | it is 25.8% below its all-time high | -25.8% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 10.2% below a resistance level at $937.01 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-07-09, most recently on 2026-07-23. Since 2024-08-21 it has 10 such levels below the current price and 1 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +10.2% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $2.98 (set on 2009-01-23) | $2.98 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 28423.5% above its all-time low | +28,423% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 42nd percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $69.39 between its high and its low — about 8.2% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $69.39 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $734.30 and $969.91 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $734.30 – $852.11 – $969.91 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 8.2% in a typical session — among the most volatile in the catalog. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 8.2% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 4.2 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (52.8% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 4.2 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.54× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | 9 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 9 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 1.5% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +1.5% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 6.6% below the previous close 3 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 994.79 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | -6.6% |
| Gap filled | a 2.2% gap up opened on 2026-08-14 has been "filled" 5 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 5 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed lower in its latest session, after a session that did not close lower — a single down day rather than a run | 1 session down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 7.0 percentage points (the stock lost 4.7% while the market gained 2.3%) | -7.0% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 1.8 percentage points (the stock gained 4.9% while the market gained 3.1%) | +1.8% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 95.7 percentage points (the stock gained 106.8% while the market gained 11.1%) | +95.7% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 429.3 percentage points (the stock gained 449.8% while the market gained 20.5%) | +429.3% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 0 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 0 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is moderate, spanning 4.9% of the share price. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 31% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $651.28 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +30.5% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 1% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-28 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $845.44 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 19 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +0.5% |
Price levels it has turned at before
STX last closed at $850.00 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 10 prices below its last close and 1 above; the 3 nearest below and the nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $937.01 | Resistance | 10.2% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-07-09 to 2026-07-23 |
| $698.17 | Support | 17.9% below the last close | turned there three times · 2026-05-19 to 2026-07-28 |
| $459.63 | Support | 45.9% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-02-03 to 2026-02-12 |
| $307.18 | Support | 63.9% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-12-11 to 2025-12-19 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a three-part downward correction — the A-B-C shape chartists use for a pullback — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $761.80.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones. It was chosen from 3 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
This reading has stood for 6 trading days, since 2026-08-14.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · beating the market · Left an unfilled gap (5%+ in the last week) · Most volatile (6%+ typical daily range) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingStrong Buy (1.44 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 23 analysts
- Mean price target$1,125.00 range $700.00 – $1,600.00; median $1,150.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-24. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for STX
- Consensus EPS estimate$7.35 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-24
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Substantial long-term purchase obligations for inventory components and manufacturing equipment.","Exposure to market risks including fluctuations in commodity prices, particularly precious metals used in manufacturing.","Sensitivity to interest rate changes and foreign currency exchange rate volatility."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of STX's 10-Q filed 2026-04-29 against the prior one filed 2026-01-30.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added language 'Our policy prohibits us from entering into derivative financial instruments for speculative or trading purposes' to Interest Rate Risk section (newer filing, April 29, 2026)
- Added 'Commodity Price Risk' subsection describing commodity price risk from precious metals and commodity forward contracts (newer filing, April 29, 2026)
- Added reference to 'commodity forward contracts' in Other Market Risks section credit risk discussion (newer filing, April 29, 2026)
- Removed:
- Removed 'commodity prices' from opening market risks exposure list in Item 3 (older filing, January 30, 2026 included it; newer filing omits it from the initial enumeration)
- Removed reference to 'our commodity forward contracts' from Other Market Risks credit exposure discussion (older filing, January 30, 2026)
- Reworded:
- Date reference changed from 'January 2, 2026' to 'April 3, 2026' throughout tables and disclosure controls sections
- Money market funds floating rate assets changed from $342 million to $281 million
- Money market funds average interest rate changed from 3.71% to 3.58%
- Fixed rate debt in 2028 changed from $1,000 million to $399 million
- Fixed rate debt in 2029 changed from $470 million to $430 million
- Total fixed rate debt changed from $4,546 million to $3,905 million
- Total fair value of debt changed from $7,058 million to $5,496 million
- Weighted-average interest rate on debt changed from 6.12% to 6.54%
- British Pound Sterling notional amount changed from $19 million to $30 million; contract rate changed from 0.74 to 0.76
- Chinese Renminbi notional amount changed from $27 million to $39 million; contract rate changed from 7.01 to 6.88
- Singapore Dollar notional amount changed from $59 million to $76 million; contract rate changed from 1.28 to 1.29
- Thai Baht notional amount changed from $77 million to $69 million; contract rate changed from 31.37 to 32.48
- Total foreign currency forward contracts notional amount changed from $182 million to $214 million
- Notes:
- The removal of 'commodity prices' from the opening enumeration in the older filing versus newer filing appears related to reorganization rather than deletion; commodity price risk is now addressed in a dedicated subsection in the newer filing
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 159 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 30 days0 buys · 50 sells ($25M) — 3 selling insiders
- Last 90 days0 buys · 159 sells ($92M) — 8 selling insiders
- Last 180 days0 buys · 249 sells ($152M) — 9 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-03. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about STX's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Congressional trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 8 matched disclosures for STX from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
Congressional trading disclosures →Short interest (FINRA)
STX had 8,047,106 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
STX had 3.55% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 1.3 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 8,047,106
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 3.55%
- Prior settlement (shares) 7,342,100
- Reported change 9.6%
- Days to cover (reported) 1.3
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Western Digital (WDC)
- Toshiba (TOSYY)
- Pure Storage (PSTG)
- NetApp (NTAP)
- Dell Technologies (DELL)
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Seagate Technology (STX) do?
Seagate Technology is a leading provider of data storage technology and solutions, specializing in the design and manufacturing of hard disk drives (HDDs) and related storage devices. The company focuses on high-capacity storage solutions to meet the growing demand for data management, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise-grade storage applications.
What sector is Seagate Technology (STX) in?
Seagate Technology (STX) is classified in the Information Technology sector. Its industry is Data Storage Hardware. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does STX pay a dividend?
Yes — Seagate Technology (STX) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 3.68% and 4-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are Seagate Technology's (STX) competitors?
Notable peers of Seagate Technology (STX) include Western Digital, Toshiba, Pure Storage, NetApp and Dell Technologies. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent Congressional stock trading in STX?
Yes — we hold 8 matched STOCK Act disclosures for STX from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is Seagate Technology (STX) overbought or oversold right now?
Seagate Technology (STX) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 48, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on STX come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.