Movement Alert|Seagate Technology Falls 4.74% in Regular Trading, JPMorgan Target Raise to $1095 Fails to Offset Storage Sector Selling Pressure

Market Focus07-16 21:32

On July 16, Seagate Technology fell 4.74% in regular trading, trading near $789.15/share, with turnover of $184 million. The decline came as the storage sector extended the prior session's severe sell-off despite a bullish analyst call.

On the news front, JPMorgan raised its price target on Seagate from $920 to $1,095, maintaining an overweight rating, bringing the FactSet consensus average target to $1,015.59. However, the upgrade failed to stem broad-based bearish sentiment across the storage complex. The previous trading day saw a dramatic sector rout, with SanDisk plunging over 13%, SK Hynix dropping over 10%, Seagate falling over 9%, and Western Digital declining over 8%, while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index lost over 3%.

Sector peers continued to trade lower in the current session, with SanDisk down 4.1%, Western Digital down 3.4%, and Dell Technologies down 1.67%. The storage sector remains in a phase of profit-taking and volatile consolidation following a period where four major names collectively shed approximately $340 billion in market capitalization over two sessions.

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