Morgan Stanley Names Seagate (STX) Core 2026 Selection as Cloud Capex Spending Gains Momentum

Seagate Technology Holdings (NASDAQ:STX) is one of the best performing S&P 500 stocks in 2025. On December 17, Morgan Stanley analyst Erik Woodring raised the firm’s price target on Seagate to 337from337 from 270 with an Overweight rating on the shares. This decision was made as the firm’s 2026 IT Hardware strategy prioritized ‘cloud capex winners’ and product-cycle leaders, while flagging risks for hardware OEMs. Due to concerns over rising memory costs, the firm suggests being Underweight on memory-heavy name ...