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Everpure, Inc PSTG

Market cap $28.5BP/E 126.3× trailingGross margin 70.2%
$86.22
+7.22 (+9.14%)live 11:25 ET
52-wk $39.72 – $100.59
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0.72conviction · high
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Everpure (PSTG) continues to execute well, with FY2026 revenue of $3.66B growing 15.6% yoy, net income up 76.3%, and FCF of $616M at a 16.8% margin—but the stock trades at 126x trailing earnings versus a peer median of 29x and 68x EV/EBITDA versus a 19x peer median, embedding enormous expectations. AI-driven hyperscaler demand and recent price increases of up to 40% are real tailwinds, but smart money inflows remain modest (score 0.0292 as of 2026-06-30) and the stock sits below its 200-day MA at $74.61, suggesting the market has not fully validated the growth re-acceleration narrative.

The risk/reward remains balanced; strong execution is already priced in.

What could go wrong

  • Valuation compression. At 126x PE versus a peer median of 29x and EV/EBITDA of 68x versus 19x, any deceleration in revenue growth or margin expansion could trigger a sharp de-rating.
  • Hyperscaler capex cyclicality. Much of the growth thesis rests on AI-driven hyperscaler demand; any pause or digestion period in hyperscaler capex would hit the top line hard.
  • Operating margin thinness. Despite a 70.4% gross margin, operating margin is only 3.1% in FY2026, leaving little room for cost surprises before profitability disappoints.
  • Technical weakness. Stock trades below its 200-day MA of $75.88 with a negative MACD histogram, indicating waning momentum that could precede further downside.

What would change my mind

Revenue re-acceleration confirmed. Quarterly revenue growth exceeds 20% yoy with RPO expanding further, validating the AI demand inflectionbullish
Operating margin expansion. Non-GAAP operating income grows meaningfully faster than revenue, pushing operating margin above 5%bullish
Hyperscaler demand softness. RPO growth decelerates below 20% yoy or a major hyperscaler customer pauses ordersbearish
Multiple compression on peer de-rating. Storage and hardware peers see PE multiples contract, pulling the peer median lower and amplifying PSTG's relative premiumbearish

Where this comes from: FMP annual fundamentals + derived_metrics, fiscal year ended 2026-02-01 · FMP annual fundamentals + derived_metrics, fiscal year ended 2026-02-01 · peer_relative table, as of latest available data · smart_money points, as of 2026-06-30. Orin's read on PSTG; not advice.

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Where it trades

· Technology
MetricNowOwn medianSector
P/E126.3×—53.3×
EV/EBITDA84.8×——
P/S7.24×——
What the price assumes

19.1%

free-cash-flow growth every year for 10 years, discounted at 10%, is what today’s price implies — starting from $0.6B of trailing free cash flow. It is an assumption the market is making, not a forecast Orin is making.

What Wall Street published

32 firms · 2026-09-24
Consensus target

$87

$87 – $87 · +1% against today's price

How they rate it
  • 24 buy or overweight
  • 7 hold
  • 1 underweight or sell

The analysts’ consensus and their own ratings, not Orin’s. A target is a twelve-month opinion published by the firm that wrote it.

Against the companies it is compared to

median P/E 27.5× of 9 peers
CompanyMarket capP/EEV/EBITDAGrossNetROE
PSTGEverpure, Inc$28B126.3×84.8×70.2%5.7%21%
ALABAstera Labs, Inc. Common Stock$62B166.1×184.7×75.1%30.7%25%
CRDOCredo Technology Group Holding Ltd$37B66.4×63.4×67.1%33.8%27%
FISFidelity National Information Services, Inc.$18B5.4×6.3×37.1%27.2%23%
HPEHewlett Packard Enterprise Company$84B31.6×17.3×36.0%6.6%11%
HPQHP Inc.$28B11.8×9.2×19.8%4.1%-727%
KEYSKeysight Technologies, Inc.$61B49.2×35.7×64.7%19.1%20%
NTAPNetApp, Inc.$39B27.5×18.5×70.6%19.2%114%
SMCISuper Micro Computer, Inc.$27B11.4×8.6×10.8%5.7%25%
SNDKSandisk Corporation$260B22.5×19.5×71.5%56.5%93%

The median is of the 9 peers listed above and nothing else — check it against the column. This company trades 359.7% above it. The peer set is the vendor’s, so a company can appear here that a person would not have chosen.

What it has traded at

P/E by fiscal year
FY23 122.7×FY26 143.6×

What its sector has traded at

Technology
FY14 9.0×FY26 48.0×

Two scales, drawn separately on purpose: a sector median and one company’s multiple are not the same number and putting them on one axis invites a comparison neither series supports.

Every estimate on one scale

price $86.22
52-week range$40 – $101
Analyst targets$87 – $87
At sector P/E (53×)$36

The vertical rule is the current price. Ranges and point estimates are the backend’s, published as they were calculated; an arrow means the estimate sits beyond this scale, and its number is on the right.