Seagate gains on upbeat first-quarter forecast, brokerages hike PT
** Shares of computer hard drive maker Seagate Technology STX.O rise 4.7% to $110.19
** At least eight brokerages raise PT on stock after results
** Company forecasts Q1 revenue to be $2.10 bln, plus or minus $150 mln, vs ests. of $2.07 bln - LSEG data
** Sees Q1 adj. profit of $1.40/shr, plus or minus 20 cents vs est. of $1.16/shr
** On Tuesday company reported Q4 revenue of $1.89 bln, beating analysts' est. of $1.87 bln
** "We expect gross margin to continue to benefit from improving cloud demand and higher pricing driven by supply/demand dynamics" - BofA Global Research
** Analysts from TD Cowen say early stages of Gen AI are having a positive impact on hard disk drives as more data is being stored
** Seagate's Q4 cloud revenue more than doubled year-over-year due to cloud computing workloads and new AI developments - brokerages
** Fourteen of 26 brokerages rate stock "buy" or higher, 10 "hold" and two "sell" or lower; their median PT is $125
** STX stock up ~29.2%, YTD
Reporting by Priyanka.G
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