Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Pure Storage Inc shares valued at $278,178 were sold by Murphy John Francis on Jan 02 ’26. At $68.89 per share, Murphy John Francis sold 4,038 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 15,668 shares worth approximately $1.12 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, JOHN F MURPHY purchased 4,038 shares, netting a total of over 278,158 in proceeds.
Before that, Singh Ajay had sold 7,178 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $481,931, the Chief Product Officer traded Pure Storage Inc shares for $67.14 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 7,178 shares, worth approximately $15.43 million.
As published in a research note from TD Cowen on December 03, 2025, Pure Storage Inc [PSTG] has been retained to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $100. Analysts at Susquehanna downgraded the stock from ‘”a Positive”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early December. As of November 17, 2025, Oppenheimer has initiated its “an Outperform” rating for PSTG. Earlier on August 28, 2025, Needham resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for PSTG stock.
Analyzing PSTG Stock Performance
On last trading session, Pure Storage Inc [NYSE: PSTG] rose 2.40% to $71.74. The stock’s lowest price that day was $69.1, but it reached a high of $73.16 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -4.87%. Over the course of the year, Pure Storage Inc shares have jumped approximately 8.21%.
Is Pure Storage Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Pure Storage Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -0.24 million shares to 8.86 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 9.11 million shares. A decline of -2.76% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.71 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.71.
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In terms of Pure Storage Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 92 in the next 12 months, up nearly 31.32% from the previous closing price of $70.06. Analysts anticipate Pure Storage Inc stock to reach 105 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 60. In spite of this, 17 analysts ranked Pure Storage Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On August 21, 2025, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Equal-weight” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $60.
