On June 3, Seagate Technology rose 3.16% in regular trading, trading at $957.235/share, with trading volume of $772 million. The rally was driven by Citi significantly raising its target price from $740 to $1150 while maintaining a buy rating, alongside broad-based strength in the storage sector.
The upgrade marks the latest in a series of bullish institutional calls. Bank of America Securities previously raised its target to $900, while Barclays and Evercore ISI both set $1000 targets. The consensus mean price target stands at $843.59 according to FactSet. Industry analysts cite AI-driven structural demand expansion as the core growth catalyst, with global AI competition increasingly centering on storage rather than compute power, potentially exacerbating unprecedented chip supply tightness.
Within the Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals sector, storage names led gains: Western Digital rose 6.42%, SanDisk Corp. gained 4.87%, while Apple fell 1.28%, Dell Technologies declined 3.17%, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise dropped 1.67%. Notably, CEO William D. Mosley sold 11,170 shares on June 1 at prices between $916.34 and $940.07.
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