Pure Storage Inc Hits 5-Day High After Strong Q3 Earnings
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: 10 Dec 25
Source: Business Insider
Pure Storage Inc's stock rose by 5.02%, reaching a 5-day high, following the release of its Q3 earnings report.
The company reported earnings of 58 cents per share, meeting expectations, and revenue of $964.45 million, exceeding estimates with a 16% year-over-year increase. Analysts responded positively, with Citigroup setting a target price of $105.00 and several others maintaining favorable ratings.
This strong performance and optimistic outlook for future sales suggest that Pure Storage remains a compelling investment, particularly as it continues to innovate in the AI storage sector.
Analyst Views on PSTG
Wall Street analysts forecast PSTG stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for PSTG is 97.37 USD with a low forecast of 60.00 USD and a high forecast of 120.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
20 Analyst Rating
14 Buy
5 Hold
1 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 74.290
Low
60.00
Averages
97.37
High
120.00
Current: 74.290
Low
60.00
Averages
97.37
High
120.00
About PSTG
Pure Storage, Inc. is a data management and storage company. The Company is focused on delivering a disruptive data storage platform, which supports a range of structured and unstructured data at scale and across any data workloads in on premises, cloud and hosted environments and includes mission-critical production, test and development, analytics, disaster recovery, backup and restore, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. Its integrated hardware systems include Evergreen Architecture, FlashArray, and FlashBlade. Its cloud-native storage includes Portworx by Pure Storage, Portworx Data Services, Cloud Block Store, Evergreen//One, and Evergreen//Flex. Its Pure Software includes Purity, Pure1, and Pure Fusion. Its Pure1 is a cloud-based data storage management plane, brings the convenience of cloud storage to on premises storage. The Company sells its products and subscription services using a direct sales force and its channel partners.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
