On August 3, Seagate Technology PLC declined 4.29% in regular trading, trading at $803.345/share, with turnover of $174 million. The stock fell alongside a broad retreat in the storage sector despite continued bullish analyst coverage.

The decline came as the entire storage sector faced selling pressure, with SK Hynix, SanDisk, and Western Digital all dropping over 3%. Although BNP Paribas raised its price target on Seagate from $1,050 to $1,275 while maintaining an Outperform rating on the same day, the stock succumbed to sector-wide profit-taking. Seagate had surged over 20% cumulatively on July 30-31 following a blowout fiscal Q4 report featuring revenue of $3.629 billion (up 48% YoY), adjusted EPS of $5.71 (up 120% YoY), and a record gross margin of 52.7%. Multiple investment banks including Barclays, Citi, JPMorgan, and Wells Fargo had collectively raised price targets, fueling the prior rally. The current pullback represents concentrated digestion of short-term gains.

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