Pure Storage Inc. [NYSE: PSTG] gained 1.85% on the last trading session, reaching $28.61 price per share at the time.
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Pure Storage Inc. represents 300.98 million in outstanding shares, while the company has a total market value of $9.08 billion with the latest information. PSTG stock price has been found in the range of $28.38 to $28.71.
If compared to the average trading volume of 4.49M shares, PSTG reached a trading volume of 7852910 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Pure Storage Inc. [PSTG]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for PSTG shares is $38.65 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on PSTG stock is a recommendation set at 2.00. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Morgan Stanley have made an estimate for Pure Storage Inc. shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Overweight, with their previous recommendation back on October 31, 2022. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Credit Suisse raised their target price to Outperform. The new note on the price target was released on August 17, 2022, representing the official price target for Pure Storage Inc. stock. Previously, the target price had yet another drop from $34 to $27, while BofA Securities kept a Neutral rating on PSTG stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Pure Storage Inc. is set at 0.91, with the Price to Sales ratio for PSTG stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 3.42. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 10.25, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 4.62.
Trading performance analysis for PSTG stock
Pure Storage Inc. [PSTG] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -6.14. With this latest performance, PSTG shares gained by 1.31% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -7.86% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 9.57% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for PSTG stock in for the last two-week period is set at 45.11, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 40.37, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 47.52 for Pure Storage Inc. [PSTG]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 28.29, while it was recorded at 28.94 for the last single week of trading, and 28.09 for the last 200 days.
Pure Storage Inc. [PSTG]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
Pure Storage Inc.’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.30 and a Current Ratio set at 1.40.
Pure Storage Inc. [PSTG]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for PSTG. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Pure Storage Inc. go to 32.23%.
An analysis of insider ownership at Pure Storage Inc. [PSTG]
There are presently around $7,738 million, or 88.00% of PSTG stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of PSTG stocks are: FMR LLC with ownership of 40,587,363, which is approximately 8.982% of the company’s market cap and around 3.60% of the total institutional ownership; VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 27,762,874 shares of the stock with an approximate value of $794.3 million in PSTG stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $443.32 million in PSTG stock with ownership of nearly 1.368% of the company’s market capitalization.
247 institutional holders increased their position in Pure Storage Inc. [NYSE:PSTG] by around 34,457,536 shares. Additionally, 184 investors decreased positions by around 21,027,133 shares, while 51 investors held positions by with 214,962,887 shares. The mentioned changes placed institutional holdings at 270,447,556 shares, according to the latest SEC report filing. PSTG stock had 83 new institutional investments in for a total of 4,334,863 shares, while 41 institutional investors sold positions of 3,824,792 shares during the same period.