Capital Asset Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL – Free Report) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 1,473 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $242,000.
Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Commonwealth Retirement Investments LLC acquired a new position in Dell Technologies in the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Rossby Financial LCC boosted its holdings in shares of Dell Technologies by 968.4% in the 4th quarter. Rossby Financial LCC now owns 203 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 184 shares during the period. Portus Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Dell Technologies during the 1st quarter valued at about $35,000. Kemnay Advisory Services Inc. acquired a new stake in Dell Technologies during the fourth quarter worth about $29,000. Finally, Navalign LLC acquired a new position in Dell Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000. 76.37% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Insider Transactions at Dell Technologies
In other news, COO Jeffrey W. Clarke sold 116,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.48, for a total value of $21,167,680.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer owned 1,687,414 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $307,919,306.72. The trade was a 6.43% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director V (Gp) L.L.C. Slta sold 458,666 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.24, for a total value of $81,293,961.84. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 3,901,953 shares of company stock valued at $1,403,598,971 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 41.50% of the company’s stock.
Trending Headlines about Dell Technologies
- Positive Sentiment: Analysts and market commentary continue to point to Dell as a key winner in the AI infrastructure boom, with strong demand for AI servers and data-center hardware supporting the long-term growth story. Article: Wall Street Bulls Look Optimistic About Dell Technologies (DELL): Should You Buy?
- Positive Sentiment: Reports say Dell is expanding its enterprise AI push, including launching PowerStore Elite in India, which reinforces the company’s role in AI storage and infrastructure spending. Article: Dell Technologies Brings PowerStore Elite To India, Widens Agentic AI Push For Enterprises
- Positive Sentiment: Some coverage suggests Dell may benefit as customers look for alternatives to Super Micro amid investigation-related concerns, potentially helping Dell gain share in AI servers. Article: Dell Stock Gets a ‘Slam Dunk’ as Super Micro Faces Taiwan Office Raid Over Alleged Nvidia Chip Smuggling
- Neutral Sentiment: Recent commentary says Dell’s shares may have run too far, too fast, with the stock near a 52-week high and some analysts describing the risk/reward as less attractive after the big rally. Article: Dell: Too Far, Too Fast
- Neutral Sentiment: Dell also completed its redomestication to Texas corporation status, a corporate structure change that is operationally relevant but not an immediate earnings driver. Article: Dell Completes Redomestication to Texas Corporation Status
- Negative Sentiment: One article warns that Dell’s AI growth is coming with a margin hit, suggesting the market may be underestimating pressure on gross margins as lower-margin AI server sales rise. Article: Dell’s AI boom is real, but so is the profit margin hit nobody is pricing in
- Negative Sentiment: A director recently sold about $6.6 million of stock, which can add to caution after the stock’s strong recent move. Article: Insider Selling: Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) Director Sells $6,611,055.23 in Stock
Dell Technologies Stock Down 7.3%
Shares of NYSE DELL opened at $394.29 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $328.66 and its 200 day simple moving average is $206.73. The stock has a market cap of $255.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.32, a P/E/G ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 1.31. Dell Technologies Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $110.22 and a fifty-two week high of $469.47.
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 28th. The technology company reported $4.86 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.96 by $1.90. The firm had revenue of $43.84 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $35.74 billion. Dell Technologies had a net margin of 6.28% and a negative return on equity of 366.90%. Dell Technologies’s quarterly revenue was up 87.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.55 EPS. Dell Technologies has set its FY 2027 guidance at 17.900-17.900 EPS and its Q2 2027 guidance at 4.800-4.800 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Dell Technologies Inc. will post 17.74 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Dell Technologies Announces Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 31st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.63 per share. This represents a $2.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 21st. Dell Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 20.02%.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of analysts have recently weighed in on DELL shares. UBS Group set a $700.00 price target on Dell Technologies in a research report on Friday, May 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on Dell Technologies from $280.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Raymond James Financial lowered shares of Dell Technologies from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Jefferies Financial Group downgraded shares of Dell Technologies to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Finally, CLSA upgraded shares of Dell Technologies to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, May 29th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have assigned a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Dell Technologies presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $490.38.
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About Dell Technologies
Dell Technologies Inc is a multinational technology company that designs, manufactures and sells a broad range of information technology products, solutions and services. Its offerings span client computing devices (consumer and commercial laptops and desktops), enterprise infrastructure (servers, storage systems and networking equipment), software and cloud infrastructure, and a variety of professional services such as IT consulting, deployment, managed services and financing solutions. The company serves organizations of all sizes as well as individual consumers, with products and services aimed at enabling digital transformation and modern IT environments.
Founded by Michael Dell in 1984, the company grew from a direct-to-consumer PC business into a diversified IT provider through organic expansion and strategic acquisitions.
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