Investor’s Toolkit: Key Ratios for Assessing Pure Storage Inc (PSTG)’s Performance

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Pure Storage Inc (NYSE: PSTG) closed the day trading at $68.85 down -27.31% from the previous closing price of $94.72. In other words, the price has decreased by -$27.31 from its previous closing price. On the day, 21.38 million shares were traded. PSTG stock price reached its highest trading level at $79.71 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $68.34.

Ratios:

For a better understanding of PSTG, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 14.77 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 110.37. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.53 and its Current Ratio is at 1.58. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.16 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.13.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In the most recent recommendation for this company, TD Cowen on Dec-04-25, Reiterated its Buy rating but revised its target price to $100 from $85 previously.

On December 04, 2025, Susquehanna Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Positive but kept the price unchanged to $100.

Insider Transactions:

The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 10 ’25 when Colgrove John sold 100,000 shares for $91.59 per share. The transaction valued at 9,158,935 led to the insider holds 100,000 shares of the business.

THE COLGROVE FAM CHARITABLE RE bought 100,000 shares of PSTG for $9,007,000 on Nov 10 ’25. On Oct 14 ’25, another insider, Colgrove John, who serves as the Chief Visionary Officer of the company, sold 100,000 shares for $92.49 each. As a result, the insider received 9,248,931 and left with 200,000 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PSTG now has a Market Capitalization of 22626627584 and an Enterprise Value of 29816539136. As of this moment, Pure’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 181.04, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 30.18. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 11.17. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.49 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 17.14. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 8.899 whereas that against EBITDA is 147.623.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for PSTG is 1.23, which has changed by 0.51406646 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12415576 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PSTG has reached a high of $100.59, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $34.51. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -22.52%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 6.71%.

Shares Statistics:

Over the past 3-months, PSTG traded about 3.11M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, PSTG traded about 4247490 shares per day. A total of 328.64M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 310.98M. Insiders hold about 5.37% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 85.60% stake in the company. Shares short for PSTG as of 1763078400 were 9291778 with a Short Ratio of 2.99, compared to 1760486400 on 6593818. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9291778 and a Short% of Float of 3.5099998.

Earnings Estimates

. The current rating of Pure Storage Inc (PSTG) is the result of assessments by 19.0 analysts actively engaged in evaluating its market dynamics.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.4, with high estimates of $0.52 and low estimates of $0.31.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $2.0 and $1.85 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $1.94. EPS for the following year is $2.32, with 20.0 analysts recommending between $2.9 and $1.8.

Revenue Estimates

18 analysts predict $1.03B in revenue for. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $1.04B to a low estimate of $1.02B. As of. The current estimate, Pure Storage Inc’s year-ago sales were $879.84MFor the next quarter, 18 analysts are estimating revenue of $916.19M. There is a high estimate of $944.23M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $883.7M.

A total of 18 analysts have provided revenue estimates for PSTG’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $3.64B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $3.63B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $3.64B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $3.17BBased on 20 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $4.26B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $4.54B and the low estimate is $4.13B.