# Seagate Technology Holdings PLC Ordinary Shares (Ireland) (STX) stock analysis and sentiment

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Last analyzed: Aug 17, 2026

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC Ordinary Shares (Ireland) (STX) last closed at $973.44, in the upper half of its 52-week range of $152.50–$1,145.00. Composite market sentiment across 1 analysis is positive (+23 on a −100 to +100 scale), as of Aug 17, 2026.

## What the data says

Seagate closed at $973.44, roughly 15% below its 52-week high of $1,145 and more than six times its 52-week low of $152.50. A range that wide over a single year is unusual for a company of this size — the stock has spent the period repricing dramatically rather than trading within a settled band, and the current level sits much closer to the top of that range than the bottom.

At a $225 billion market capitalization, the shares trade at about 71 times trailing earnings but roughly 18 times forward earnings. That gap reflects expectations that earnings will be substantially higher over the next year than over the last one; revenue growth of 48.5% and a 26.1% net profit margin describe a business that has been both expanding quickly and converting a meaningful share of sales into profit. The price-to-book ratio of about 204 is a reminder that the market's valuation rests almost entirely on earnings power rather than balance-sheet assets. A beta of 2.10 means the stock has historically moved about twice as much as the broader market in both directions, which is consistent with the size of the swings in its 52-week range.

The recent news flow is mostly about the sector rather than the company alone. Only one item centers directly on Seagate — coverage of a strong earnings report in early August — and even that piece frames the result as a lead-in to a competitor's numbers. The rest place the company within the wider storage and AI hardware complex: comparisons with Western Digital and Sandisk, questions about whether the memory rally has continued after a semiconductor sell-off, commentary on an AI hardware reset, and index and portfolio-positioning stories that mention the stock among others. Readers should note that the coverage is largely thematic, tracking demand narratives around AI infrastructure and storage broadly.

## About Seagate Technology Holdings PLC Ordinary Shares (Ireland)

Seagate Technology Holdings plc designs and manufactures data storage products, with headquarters in Singapore and operations across the United States, the Netherlands, and other markets. The company was founded in 1978 and is one of the two largest makers of hard disk drives.

Its lineup spans internal and external hard drives and solid-state drives, enterprise-class drives, storage systems, and drives tuned for specific workloads such as network-attached storage, video and analytics, and hyperscale and cloud deployments. Customers include original equipment manufacturers, cloud and data center operators, distributors, and retailers, serving industries such as healthcare, media and entertainment, surveillance and security, and telecommunications.

## Company profile

- Symbol: STX
- Exchange: NASDAQ
- Security type: Stock
- Sector: Technology
- Industry: Computer Hardware
- Composite sentiment: positive (23 on a -100 to +100 scale)

## Key statistics

| Metric | Value |
| --- | ---: |
| Market capitalization | $225.46B |
| Enterprise value | $222.82B |
| Trailing P/E | 71.46 |
| Forward P/E | 17.97 |
| Price to book | 203.85 |
| Price to sales | 18.49 |
| Dividend yield | 0.30% |
| Beta | 2.1 |
| Net margin | 26.11% |
| Revenue growth | 48.50% |
| Earnings growth | 1.49% |
| 52-week high | $1,145.00 |
| 52-week low | $152.50 |
| Average volume | 4.75M |

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## Recent news

- [Seagate Stock Gains as AI Storage Demand Fuels Record Cash Flow](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/seagate-stock-gains-ai-storage-201535856.html) — Aug 17, 2026
- [Why Sandisk Stock Is Getting Its Mojo Back](https://www.barrons.com/articles/sandisk-stock-memory-chip-china-cd80db15?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo) — Aug 17, 2026
- [SanDisk Rallied On Contracts It Had Already Signed](https://www.trefis.com/articles/611683/sandisk-rallied-on-contracts-it-had-already-signed/2026-08-17) — Aug 17, 2026
- [Sandisk, Micron, Coherent, Boeing, Apple, Amazon, and More Stocks That Explain Today’s Market](https://www.barrons.com/articles/stock-movers-a39cdac2?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo) — Aug 17, 2026
- [3 Reasons We Love Seagate (STX)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/3-reasons-love-seagate-stx-171020504.html) — Aug 17, 2026
- [3 Reasons Why Growth Investors Shouldn't Overlook Seagate (STX)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/3-reasons-why-growth-investors-164502021.html) — Aug 17, 2026
- [Chip stocks rally as US pressure on Chinese memory suppliers boosts sentiment](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1097146/chip-stocks-rally-as-us-pressure-on-chinese-memory-suppliers-boosts-sentiment-1097146.html) — Aug 17, 2026
- [Memory Shares Start Week Strong as Sandisk Stock Climbs](https://www.investopedia.com/market-update-memory-stocks-monday-trading-markets-tech-12061198) — Aug 17, 2026
- [SanDisk Rallies 8%, Western Digital Rises 6%, Micron Gains 5% as Elon Musk Flags a Memory Bottleneck](https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/08/17/sandisk-rallies-8-western-digital-rises-6-micron-gains-5-as-elon-musk-flags-a-memory-bottleneck/) — Aug 17, 2026
- [Is Wall Street Bullish or Bearish on Seagate Technology Stock?](https://www.barchart.com/story/news/3887282/is-wall-street-bullish-or-bearish-on-seagate-technology-stock) — Aug 17, 2026

## Frequently asked questions

### What is the current market sentiment for STX?

As of Aug 17, 2026, Seagate Technology Holdings PLC Ordinary Shares (Ireland) (STX) carries positive (+23 on a −100 to +100 scale) composite sentiment. The score fuses recent news tone, analyst recommendations, technical posture, insider and congressional activity, and market attention into a single figure. The full breakdown of each component is in the report.

### How has STX stock been performing?

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC Ordinary Shares (Ireland) last closed at $973.44, in the upper half of its 52-week range of $152.50–$1,145.00.

### What is STX's market cap and valuation?

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC Ordinary Shares (Ireland) has a market capitalization of about $225.46B, a trailing P/E of 71.5, a dividend yield of 0.30%.

### What sector is STX in, and who are its competitors?

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC Ordinary Shares (Ireland) operates in the Technology sector, specifically Computer Hardware. Comparable companies include BGIN, CAN, 5AB.SI, C76.SI.

### Where can I find a full analysis of STX?

The full STX report covers the bull and bear cases, technical signals with entry, stop and target levels, complete financial statements, earnings history, insider and congressional trades, and the conditions that would invalidate the thesis. It requires a free account.

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