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Seagate Technology Holdings PLC (NASDAQ:STX) reported third-quarter FY22 revenue growth of 2.6% year-on-year to $2.80 billion missing the consensus of $2.81 billion. The non-GAAP gross margin expanded 180 bps to 29.2%. The non-GAAP operating margin expanded 140 bps to 16.8%. Non-GAAP EPS of $1.81 missed the consensus of $1.89. Seagate generated $460 million…

Rosenblatt did not expect any surprises from Seagate Technology Holdings PLC (NASDAQ:STX) and Western Digital Corp (NASDAQ:WDC) pre-announcing their March quarter results. The June quarter outlook is a different story.  Continued COVID-related shutdowns in China may further delay security system deployments that use HDD storage.  June quarter HDD revenue could have some upside if the…

Wells Fargo analyst Aaron Rakers maintained Seagate Technology Holdings PLC (NASDAQ:STX) with an Equal-Weight and reduced the price target from $110 to $90 (8.1% upside). Rakers maintained Western Digital Corp (NASDAQ:WDC) with an Overweight and decreased the price target from $80 to $70 (45.6% upside). Rakers reduced its estimates on Seagate and Western Digital ahead of their upcoming earnings releases.  Also…

Susquehanna analyst Mehdi Hosseini downgraded the Seagate Technology Holdings PLC (NASDAQ:STX) to Negative and Western Digital Corp (NASDAQ:WDC) to Neutral. Hosseini slashed Seagate's price targets to $65 (20.7% downside) and Western Digital to $50 (6.3% upside).  Even though hard disk drive shipments are likely to be higher in the near term and the second half of 2022 and…