Seagate Technology (STX)


April 24, 2024

STX: Sticking to Supply Plan as HDD Demand Improves Some More

By Steven Fox

We raise our F2024/F2025E (Jun) EPS for Seagate (STX; $86.53; E/W) from $0.75/$4.35 to $0.93/$5.40 after FQ3 (Mar) results and guidance generally lived up to expectations across key metrics, albeit with “puts and takes”. STX…

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April 23, 2024

STX: First Look at FQ3 (Mar) Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Seagate (STX; $86.49; E/W) reported FQ3 (Mar) non-GAAP EPS of $0.33, which was ahead of our $0.30 estimate and the Street’s $0.29 despite moderately lower than expected sales ($1,655mm vs. our $1,662mm and the Street’s…

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April 15, 2024

STX: Some Worries into FQ3 (Mar) Print?

By Steven Fox

The shares of Seagate (STX; $85.19; E/W) are -10% since it “only” reiterated FQ3E (Mar) sales and EPS guidance of $1.5-1.8B (+6% QoQ and -11% YoY at the mid-point) and $0.05-0.45 back on March 6th….

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January 25, 2024

STX: Recovery Gains Further Traction

By Steven Fox

Seagate’s (STX; $89.17; E/W) FQ2 (Dec) results and outlook provided further confirmation for the idea that the company is now on a consistent recovery track, discussed below, per the expected improvement in key FQ2 metrics…

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January 24, 2024

STX: First Look at FQ2 (Dec) Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Seagate (STX; $89.17; E/W) reported FQ2 (Dec) non-GAAP EPS of a profit of $0.12, which comfortably beat our estimate of a ($0.03) loss and the Street’s ($0.06) on sales of $1,555mm (vs. our $1,582mm and…

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January 17, 2024

STX: Bumping Up Estimates

By Steven Fox

We are bumping up our FQ2E (Dec) EPS for Seagate (STX; $83.33; E/W) from ($0.13) to ($0.03) to account for management commentary in recent weeks that suggested some better HDD shipments in the quarter (measured…

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October 27, 2023

STX: The Struggle is Still Real

By Steven Fox

We adjust F2024/F2025E (Jun) EPS for Seagate (STX; $65.84; E/W) from ($0.03)/$2.65 to ($0.15)/$3.00 after its FQ1 (Sep) results generally lived up to recently lowered targets, with puts and takes, but FQ2E (Dec) guidance was…

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September 11, 2023

STX: Adjusting Estimates for Further Headwinds

By Steven Fox

We reduce our F2024E (Jun) EPS for Seagate (STX; $65.37; E/W) from a profit of $0.13 to a loss of ($0.03) to catch up with the management warnings last week at an investor conference that…

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July 27, 2023

STX: Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures

By Steven Fox

We reduce F2024E (Jun) EPS for Seagate (STX; $61.46; E/W) from $1.25 to $0.13 after another round of disappointing guidance. On the plus side, management seems to have finally “thrown in the towel” around expectations…

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July 17, 2023

STX: Reducing Estimates Ahead of FQ4 Print

By Steven Fox

We are reducing our FQ4 (Jun) and F2024E (Jun) EPS for Seagate (STX; $61.57; E/W) ahead of the company’s release of full FQ4 results on July 26th (after market). Recall, STX warned at an investor…

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June 6, 2023

STX: Meeting Highlights Near-Term Caution

By Steven Fox

Last Thursday (6/1), we hosted an investor meeting at Seagate’s (STX; $60.86; E/W) offices in San Jose, CA where we met with Rod Cooper, VP Finance, and IR, along with Jingjing Chen from the IR…

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April 20, 2023

STX: Seeing More Headwinds Ahead

By Steven Fox

We are cutting F2023/F2024E (Jun) EPS further for Seagate (STX; $57.08; E/W) after the company produced an FQ3 (Mar) “miss and lower” that more than confirmed our ongoing concerns around cloud and IT spending, customer…

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April 20, 2023

STX: First Look at FQ3 (Mar) Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Seagate (STX; $62.86; E/W) reported FQ3 (Mar) non-GAAP EPS that was a loss of ($0.28) on sales of $1,860mm, which was well below our recently lowered estimate for a profit of $0.22 (on sales of…

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April 13, 2023

STX: Lowering Some Expectations Ahead of FQ3 Print

By Steven Fox

We reduce F2023E (Jun) EPS for Seagate (STX; $64.64; E/W) from $1.70 to $1.40 ahead of its FQ3 (Mar) results and outlook, scheduled for next Thursday (4/20 after market). We think FQ3E sales, already assumed…

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March 29, 2023

STX: Yet More Cost Actions

By Steven Fox

This morning, Seagate (STX; $62.40; E/W) disclosed in an 8-K filing that it is proceeding with yet another round of cost actions, which we view as a negative indicator for its upcoming FQ3 (Mar) results…

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