Seagate Tech (STX) Price: $27.10

Industry: Computer-Office EquipmentChaikin Power Gauge Report | Generated: Wed Feb 29 11:41 EST 2012

Power Gauge Rating

STX Seagate Tech

News Sentiment :Neutral

February 21, 2012

News Sentiment Rating

Neutral

Chaikin Sentiment GaugeTM

for STX is neutral. Stories concerning STX have abalanced or neutral sentiment.

Power Trend - 5 Year Chart

The Power Gauge distills a 20 factor model into a concise picture of a stock's potential. High Potential Neutral Low Potential

STX - Very Bullish

The Chaikin Power Gauge RatingTM

for STX is very bullish due to very bullishprice/volume activity and very positive expert opinions.

Price and volume activity for STX is very bullish which is indicated by its pricestrength versus the market and a positive Chaikin price trend.

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Financials & Earnings

Business Value

Price to Sales Ratio

Return on Equity

Price to Book Value

LT Debt/Equity Ratio

Financial Metrics Financial Metrics Rating

Assets and Liabilities Valuation Returns

Neutral

STX's financial metrics are neutral. The company yields a high return onshareholder's equity and is carrying too much long term debt relative to itsindustry group.

The rank is based on a high long term debt to equity ratio relative to its industrygroup, high price to book value ratio, high return on equity and relatively highcash flow.

Ratio TTM

Current Ratio 2.28

LT Debt/Equity 1.20

Ratio TTM

Price/Book 3.63

Price/Sales 1.15

Ratio TTM

Return on Invest 17.6%

Return on Equity 35.6%

Earnings Consistency

Projected P/E Ratio

Earnings Trend

Earnings Surprise

Earnings Growth

Earnings Performance Earnings Performance Rating

5 Year Revenue and Earnings Growth EPS Estimates

EPS Surprise EPS Quarterly Results

Neutral

STX's earnings performance has been neutral. The company is priced relativelylow compared to next year's projected EPS and has a history of weak earningsgrowth.

The rank is based on poor EPS growth over the past 3-5 years, better thanexpected earnings in recent quarters, a relatively poor trend in earnings this year,a relatively low projected P/E ratio and consistent earnings over the past 5 years.

06/07 06/08 06/09 06/10 06/11

Revenue(M) 11,360.00 12,708.00 9,805.00 11,395.00 10,971.00

Rev % Growth 23.40% 11.87% -22.84% 16.22% -3.72%

EPS $1.64 $2.46 $-6.32 $3.28 $1.13

EPS % Growth -3.53% 50.00% -356.91% 151.90% -65.55%

Factor Actual EPS Prev EST EPS Current Change

Quarterly EPS $0.21 $2.06 +1.85

Yearly EPS $1.13 $6.31 +5.18

Factor Actual EPS Growth Est EPS Growth Change

3-5 year EPS 4.98% 29.35% +24.37

Estimate Actual Difference % Difference

Latest Qtr $1.09 $1.32 $0.23 21.10

1 Qtr Ago $0.31 $0.34 $0.03 9.68

2 Qtr Ago $0.25 $0.28 $0.03 12.00

3 Qtr Ago $0.27 $0.25 $-0.02 -7.41

FY Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Total

06/10 $0.36 $1.07 $1.05 $0.79 $3.27

06/11 $0.32 $0.32 $0.21 $0.28 $1.13

06/12 $0.33 $1.32 - - -

Fiscal Year End Month is June.

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Price Trend & Expert Opinions

Volume Trend

Price Trend ROC

Price Trend

Chaikin Money Flow

Relative Strength vs Market

Price/Volume Activity Price/Volume Activity Rating

Relative Strength vs S&P500 Index

Chart shows whether STX is performing better or worse than the market.

Chaikin Money Flow

Chaikin Money Flow analyzes supply and demand for a company's stock.

Price Activity Price Activity Volume Activity

Very Bullish

Price and volume activity for STX is very bullish. STX has outperformed the S&P500 over 26 weeks and has a rising price trend.

The rank for STX is based on its price strength versus the market, positiveChaikin money flow, a positive Chaikin price trend, a negative Chaikin price trendROC and an increasing volume trend.

Factor Value

52 Week High 27.49

52 Week Low 9.49

% Change YTD Rel S&P 500 54.35%

Factor Value

% Change Price - 4 Weeks 28.10%

% Change Price - 24 Weeks 137.54%

% Change Price - 4 Wks Rel to S&P 22.52%

% Change Price - 24 Wks Rel to S&P 103.04%

Factor Value

Average Volume 20 Days 13,821,390

Average Volume 90 Days 12,074,056

Chaikin Money Flow Persistency 68%

Relative Strength vs Industry

Analyst Opinions

Insider Activity

Short Interest

Earnings Estimate Revisions

Expert Opinions Expert Opinions

Earnings Estimate Revisions Analyst Recommendations EPS Estimates Revision Summary

Very Bullish

Expert opinions about STX are very positive. Analysts are raising their EPSestimates for STX and analysts's opinions on STX have been more positiverecently.

The rank for STX is based on analysts revising earnings estimates upward, a lowshort interest ratio, optimistic analyst opinions and price strength of the stockversus the Computer-Office Equipment industry group.

Current 7 Days Ago % Change

Current Qtr 2.06 2.06 0.00%

Next Qtr 2.59 2.59 0.00%

Current 30 Days Ago % Change

Current FY 6.31 5.05 1.26

Factor Value

Mean this Week Buy

Mean Last Week Buy

Change 0.00

Mean 5 Weeks Ago Buy

Last Week Last 4 Weeks

Up Down Up Down

Curr Qtr 0 0 15 0

Curr Yr 0 0 17 0

Next Qtr 0 0 15 0

Next Yr 0 0 17 0

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The Company & Its Competitors

STX's Competitors in Computer-Office Equipment

Company Power Historic EPS Projected EPS Profit Margin PEG PE Revenue(M)Gauge growth growth

STX 4.98% 29.35% 7.92% 0.15 12.36 10,971

WDC 18.96% 8.00% 7.36% 0.86 12.70 9,526

XRTX 13.01% - 1.95% - 16.30 1,448

TDC 9.16% 14.00% 14.94% 1.91 29.96 2,362

EMC 12.84% 16.00% 12.30% 1.23 22.21 20,007

NTAP 20.47% 15.50% 9.82% 1.55 24.21 5,123

SMCI 26.88% 13.00% 3.90% 1.61 19.34 943

IMN -2.39% - -3.62% - - 1,290

News Headlines for STX

California firm buys Springs apartment building -Feb 15, 2012

Seagate Technology plc Increases QuarterlyCash Dividend by 39% and Announces NewShare Repurchase of $1 Billion - Jan 26, 2012

Seagate Breaks Areal Density Barrier: UnveilsWorld’s First Hard Drive Featuring 1Terabyte Per Platter - May 3, 2011

Seagate to buy Samsung's hard disk drivebusiness - Apr 19, 2011

Seagate to Buy Samsung Disk Drive Unit - Apr19, 2011

Company Details Company Profile

Seagate Tech38/39 FITZWILLIAM SQUAREDUBLIN 2, L2 00000IRLPhone: (353) (1) 234-3136Website:http://http://www.seagate.comFull Time Employees: 52,700Sector: Computer and Technology

Seagate Technology is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketingof hard disc drives, providing products for a wide-range of applications, includingEnterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics and Branded Solutions.Seagate's business model leverages technology leadership and world-classmanufacturing to deliver industry-leading innovation and quality to its global customers,and to be the low cost producer in all markets in which it participates. The company iscommitted to providing award- winning products, customer support and reliability to meetthe world's growing demand for information storage.

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