NEW YORK, January 11, 2026, 17:21 ET — Market closed.
- Pure Storage shares last closed at $66.98, up 1.95% on Friday.
- Founder John “Coz” Colgrove disclosed a 100,000-share gift between family trusts in an SEC Form 4 filing.
- Attention shifts to Tuesday’s U.S. inflation data, a Jan. 15 investor conference slot, and a Feb. 25 planned earnings date.
Pure Storage, Inc. shares closed at $66.98 on Friday, up 1.95% on the day, after trading between $65.13 and $67.78, according to the company’s investor site. The stock ended the week well below its 52-week high of $100.59. 1
The setup into Monday is mostly macro. U.S. stocks hit record closes on Friday after data showed December payroll growth came in below forecasts, while the unemployment rate eased to 4.4%, keeping rate-cut expectations intact. “Payrolls were a little bit light relative to consensus, but still fairly strong numbers,” Tim Ghriskey, senior portfolio strategist at Ingalls & Snyder, said in a Reuters report. 2
That matters for high-growth tech names because moves in bond yields can swing valuations fast. Reuters’ “Week Ahead” column flagged Tuesday’s release of the Consumer Price Index — a key inflation gauge — alongside the start of fourth-quarter earnings season, led by big U.S. banks. Michael Arone, chief investment strategist at State Street Investment Management, said “the foundation for the market is solid,” but warned the calm could break if risks pile up. 3
Pure Storage sells flash-based data storage systems and related services used across enterprise and cloud workloads, including artificial intelligence and machine learning applications. It markets products such as FlashArray and FlashBlade and sells through a direct sales force and channel partners. 4
On the company side, a fresh insider disclosure is likely to be one of the few new datapoints for traders heading into the week. In a Form 4 — the SEC’s required disclosure for insider transactions — founder and Chief Visionary Officer John Colgrove reported gift transactions dated Jan. 7, including a 100,000-share transfer between trusts at a stated price of $0 per share. The filing also listed 6.46 million shares held directly, with additional holdings through several trusts. 5
Gifts can be routine estate planning and do not carry the same signal as an open-market sale. But they still get scanned, especially when the calendar is thin and the stock is moving with rates.
Pure has also said Colgrove is scheduled to speak at the 28th Annual Needham Growth Virtual Conference on Jan. 15. Investors will be listening for any shift in tone on enterprise spending, deal cycles and storage demand tied to AI-heavy data center builds. 6
Further out, Pure’s investor materials list Feb. 25, 2026 as a planned date for its fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings call, while stressing the date is approximate and meant for planning. The same slide shows the quarter ending Feb. 1, 2026. 7
There are obvious ways this can go wrong. If inflation prints hot and yields push higher, growth tech can get hit even without company-specific news. And if investors start to hear more caution from enterprise vendors during earnings season, storage spending assumptions could soften quickly.
For now, Pure Storage heads into the new week with the tape. Traders will watch whether the stock tracks broader tech momentum after Friday’s record-setting market session, or fades back as CPI and early earnings headlines hit. The near-term markers are Tuesday’s inflation data and Colgrove’s Jan. 15 conference slot, with the company’s planned Feb. 25 earnings timing the next larger catalyst.
