{"id":548987,"date":"2026-07-29T04:44:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/548987\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T04:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:44:16","slug":"seagates-48-revenue-surge-silences-growing-ai-infrastructure-skeptics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/548987\/","title":{"rendered":"Seagate\u2019s 48% Revenue Surge Silences Growing AI Infrastructure Skeptics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/AF05F24FCF3EF728DAECF94A1779EF868CB0482200AA74D8C2113D8F81D672C7\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefit_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fbeincrypto_us_662%2Fcc8d4a93982c2ec5c2dd578e39493dbe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"Seagate AI infrastructure earnings growth chart showing stock market gains. Photo by BeInCrypto\" height=\"540\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-j98iil loader\"\/><\/a> Seagate AI infrastructure earnings growth chart showing stock market gains. Photo by BeInCrypto           <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Seagate Technology just handed the AI infrastructure trade a much-needed win, and it came from hard drives, an unlikely corner of the market.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Seagate&#8217;s shares had slid roughly 8% into Tuesday&#8217;s print as investors had soured on stretched AI valuations across chip and storage names. However, Seagate&#8217;s fiscal fourth-quarter results flipped that mood almost overnight.  <\/p>\n<p>            A Beat That Silences the Doubters          <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Revenue climbed 48% year over year to $3.63 billion, beating Wall Street&#8217;s estimate near $3.5 billion. Non-GAAP earnings per share came in at $5.71, well above the $5.10 analysts expected.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">That gap matters because it shows Seagate isn&#8217;t just selling more drives. It&#8217;s making far more profit on each one. Non-GAAP gross margin backs that up, jumping to 52.7% from 37.9% a year earlier.  <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/66C9BC66CE153BDAFFCFCE328709B9FB29EE77BAC6815E82D817E0A1FFD9EC4A\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefit_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fbeincrypto_us_662%2Ff39ae6533c00233400ecf37f389d56a1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"While sliding the day before its report, Seagate spiked up on good results in overnight trading.\" height=\"364\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-j98iil loader\"\/><\/a> While sliding the day before its report, Seagate spiked up on good results in overnight trading. Image Source: Trading View           <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Seagate also banked a record $3.1 billion in free cash flow for the full fiscal year, cash it can use to pay down debt, reward shareholders, or reinvest in its AI storage push.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">CEO Dave Mosley credited the results to durable cloud demand.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">&#8220;Our performance is being driven by robust cloud data center demand and disciplined execution, and we see the momentum continuing in 2027,&#8221; Mosley said.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Management&#8217;s guidance beat expectations too. Seagate expects $4.1 billion in revenue next quarter, well above analyst estimates near $3.8 billion.  <\/p>\n<p>        Why It Matters Beyond Storage          <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The beat lands right as memory chip stocks wobble on fears the AI buildout is overheating. Even SK Hynix and Samsung&#8217;s chip deals haven&#8217;t stopped that slide. Seagate&#8217;s results argue the underlying demand for AI-driven data storage still holds, even as sentiment around the stocks turns shaky.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Seagate&#8217;s next quarter, and whether it hits that $4.1 billion target, will show if this confidence sticks.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Read the Original story <a href=\"https:\/\/beincrypto.com\/seagate-earnings-beat-ai-storage-doubters\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Seagate&#039;s%2048%25%20Revenue%20Surge%20Silences%20Growing%20AI%20Infrastructure%20Skeptics;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Seagate&#039;s 48% Revenue Surge Silences Growing AI Infrastructure Skeptics&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Seagate&#8217;s 48% Revenue Surge Silences Growing AI Infrastructure Skeptics<\/a> by Darryn Pollock at <a href=\"https:\/\/beincrypto.com\" data-ylk=\"slk:beincrypto.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;beincrypto.com&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">beincrypto.com<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seagate AI infrastructure earnings growth chart showing stock market gains. 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