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The price of Pure Storage Inc (NYSE: PSTG) closed at $83.47 in the last session, down -1.63% from day before closing price of $84.85. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.63 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.27 million shares were traded. PSTG stock price reached its highest trading level at $84.4188 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $82.35.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at PSTG’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 17.82 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 50.12. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.55 and its Current Ratio is at 1.58. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.17 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.14.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of. The stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Needham on August 28, 2025, Reiterated its Buy rating but revised its target price to $85 from $75 previously.
Piper Sandler Upgraded its Neutral to Overweight on December 04, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $56 to $76.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 24 ’25 when AJAY SINGH bought 7,014 shares for $85.85 per share.
Chu Mona sold 5,155 shares of PSTG for $454,052 on Sep 23 ’25. The Chief Accounting Officer now owns 116,444 shares after completing the transaction at $88.08 per share. On Sep 23 ’25, another insider, FitzSimons Dan, who serves as the Chief Revenue Officer of the company, sold 6,051 shares for $87.42 each. As a result, the insider received 528,978 and left with 62,759 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 27884814336 and an Enterprise Value of 26119376896. As of this moment, Pure’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 204.99, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 34.73. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 10.01. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 8.19 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 20.78. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 7.796 whereas that against EBITDA is 128.808.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PSTG is 1.22, which has changed by 0.6883091 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15101504 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PSTG has reached a high of $89.10, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $34.51. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 23.12%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 41.57%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, PSTG traded on average about 2.95M shares per day over the past 3-months and 3220940 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 328.31M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 310.56M. Insiders hold about 5.50% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 85.96% stake in the company. Shares short for PSTG as of 1756425600 were 9907783 with a Short Ratio of 2.62, compared to 1753920000 on 10840360. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9907783 and a Short% of Float of 3.7699999999999996.
Earnings Estimates
Currently, 19.0 analysts are dedicated to thoroughly evaluating and rating the performance of Pure Storage Inc (PSTG) in the stock market.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.64, with high estimates of $0.74 and low estimates of $0.56.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $2.13 and $1.79 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $1.94. EPS for the following year is $2.41, with 19.0 analysts recommending between $2.9 and $1.86.
Revenue Estimates
According to 17 analysts, the current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $953.07M. It ranges from a high estimate of $957.9M to a low estimate of $917M. As of the current estimate, Pure Storage Inc’s year-ago sales were $831.07MFor the next quarter, 17 analysts are estimating revenue of $1.02B. There is a high estimate of $1.03B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $973M.
A total of 18 analysts have provided revenue estimates for PSTG’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $3.63B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $3.6B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $3.62B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $3.17BBased on 19 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $4.15B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $4.34B and the low estimate is $4.01B.
