A Closer Look at Seagate Technology Holdings Plc (STX)’s Operating Margin

A share price of Seagate Technology Holdings Plc [STX] is currently trading at $103.10, up 1.61%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The STX shares have gain 5.42% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 8.45%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Seagate Technology Holdings Plc [NASDAQ: STX] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 22, 2025, when The Benchmark Company upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $120 for it. Previously, Summit Insights upgraded its rating to Buy on January 22, 2025. On January 21, 2025, Morgan Stanley reiterated its Overweight rating and revised its price target to $129 on the stock. TD Cowen reiterated its Buy rating and increased its price target to $135 on July 24, 2024. BofA Securities reiterated its recommendation of a Buy but $110 remained the price target by the analyst firm on June 05, 2024. Citigroup started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on May 14, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $110. In a note dated May 01, 2024, Wedbush upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock but restated the target price of $100.

Seagate Technology Holdings Plc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $82.31 and $115.32. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $129.25 within the next 12 months. Seagate Technology Holdings Plc [NASDAQ: STX] shares were valued at $103.10 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 25.36% based on the average STX price forecast.

Analyzing the STX fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Seagate Technology Holdings Plc [NASDAQ:STX] were 8.04B which represents 49.52% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.32% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.17%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.16%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.15%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.15, Equity is -0.82 and Total Capital is 0.27. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of-0.44.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 101.60 points at the first support level, and at 100.09 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 103.95, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 104.79.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Seagate Technology Holdings Plc [NASDAQ:STX] is 1.23. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.74, while the Cash Ratio is 0.42. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.72 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 18.87.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved MOSLEY WILLIAM D, Chief Executive Officer, that happened on Feb 03 ’25 when 20000.0 shares were sold. Chief Executive Officer, MOSLEY WILLIAM D completed a deal on Jan 02 ’25 to sell 20000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director WILLIAM D. MOSLEY bought 60000.0 shares on Jan 02 ’25.

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