Prediction: Seagate Could Be One of AI’s Most Unexpected Winners

Vandita Jadeja

Wed, August 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM GMT+3 5 min read

Quick Read

STX carries a $927 price target and 90% confidence rating despite a 20% pullback from its 52-week high of $1,144.
WDC grew 31% last year but trades at just $29B market cap, making Seagate's $180B valuation a clear bet on HAMR execution.
CEO Dave Mosley raised the multi-year revenue growth floor to at least 20%, with nearline capacity nearly fully allocated through calendar 2027.
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Seagate has quietly become one of the most important names in the AI infrastructure trade. Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX) is coming off a fiscal 2026 in which it grew revenue 34.06% and generated $3.105 billion in free cash flow, both records, on the back of hyperscaler demand for mass-capacity HDDs. Our proprietary model sees more room to run.

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Our 24/7 Wall St. Price Target for Seagate

The 24/7 Wall St. price target for Seagate is $927.48 over the next 12 months, versus a current price of $794.65. That points to 16.72% upside, and our recommendation is buy with a 90% confidence level. High confidence is unusual for a stock with STX's volatility, but the data-center visibility management laid out on the Q3 call and the pricing structure finalized through fiscal 2027 support the base case.

STX Price Target — 24/7 Wall St.

A Wild Year, and a Recent Cooldown

Seagate is up 403.22% over the past year and 189.29% year to date, but shares have pulled back 20.12% in the past week from the 52-week high of $1,144.18.

The Q4 report on July 28, 2026 was the catalyst: revenue of $3.629 billion beat by 3.98%, non-GAAP EPS of $5.71 beat by 12.11%, and management guided fiscal Q1 2027 revenue to $4.1 billion and EPS to $7.30. That is the fourth straight EPS beat.

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STX Price Scenario — 24/7 Wall St.

Why Bulls See Higher Upside

The bull case rests on the Mozaic HAMR ramp. Management said nearline capacity is "almost fully allocated through calendar 2027," the top three cloud providers have nearly doubled their remaining performance obligations to $1.1 trillion, and CEO Dave Mosley raised the multi-year revenue growth floor to "a minimum of 20% over the next few years."

Our bull case targets $1,218.86, a 53.38% return, aligned with the Street's $1,125 average target across 22 buys and 2 holds.

STX Analyst Ratings — 24/7 Wall St.

What Could Go Wrong

The bear case starts with concentration: hyperscaler orders drive results, and any AI capex slowdown would land hard. Add a beta of 2.1, potential dilution from Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2028, and put-heavy positioning at the January 2027 expiration (29,121 put OI versus 18,662 call OI).

Our bear case sits at $693.08, roughly 12.78% below current. Bulls counter that Fitch just upgraded Seagate to investment grade and net leverage sits at 0.7 times, hardly a fragile balance sheet.

How Seagate Compares to Western Digital and Micron

Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) is the cleanest comparable: a pure-play HDD company with fiscal Q4 non-GAAP EPS of $1.66 and revenue of $2.61B, up 31% YoY. WDC's market cap of $29B trails STX's $180.1B, but its FY26 revenue of $9.85B and EPS of $6.28 track closely. Seagate's forward EPS of $23.12 looks aggressive by comparison, making our target dependent on HAMR execution.

Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) is the memory counterpoint, with fiscal Q3 revenue of $9.30B (up 37% YoY) and non-GAAP EPS of $1.91. Micron sits at a $140B market cap. Against that scale of AI-driven repricing, our Seagate target looks conservative.

My Verdict: Buy the Pullback

The 24/7 Wall St. price target of $927.48, a buy rating, and 90% confidence tell a clear story: Seagate has earned its re-rating, and the AI-driven storage cycle has room to run. Storage is one of several picks-and-shovels layers behind the AI buildout (we profiled seven of these non-chip suppliers, from power to cooling to storage, in a free report you can grab here).

I would be a buyer if Q1 2027 comes in at or above the $7.30 EPS guide. I would stay on the sidelines if hyperscaler capex commentary from NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) or the top three clouds turns cautious. As of now, the setup favors buyers.

Here is where our model projects Seagate could trade, assuming current growth trajectories hold.

These projections assume Seagate executes the Mozaic HAMR roadmap and cloud capex stays intact. Significant upside or downside could come from Mozaic 5 qualification timing in late 2027 or a broader AI infrastructure pause.