California Public Employees Retirement System grew its position in shares of Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL – Free Report) by 170.0% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,394,944 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 878,266 shares during the quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System owned 0.21% of Dell Technologies worth $197,761,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new position in Dell Technologies during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $25,000. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Dell Technologies in the second quarter worth $28,000. Johnson Financial Group Inc. raised its position in Dell Technologies by 66.2% in the second quarter. Johnson Financial Group Inc. now owns 251 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $31,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. WealthCollab LLC lifted its holdings in Dell Technologies by 82.0% in the second quarter. WealthCollab LLC now owns 253 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 114 shares during the period. Finally, Red Tortoise LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Dell Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth $36,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 76.37% of the company’s stock.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, Director V (Gp) L.L.C. Slta sold 510,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $146.83, for a total transaction of $74,883,300.00. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Jennifer D. Saavedra sold 10,200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $145.00, for a total transaction of $1,479,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 252,715 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $36,643,675. The trade was a 3.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,174,964 shares of company stock worth $173,923,497. 42.00% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Analyst Ratings Changes
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Dell Technologies Trading Up 1.2%
NYSE:DELL opened at $151.66 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $100.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.39, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 0.97. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $125.21 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $132.89. Dell Technologies Inc. has a twelve month low of $66.25 and a twelve month high of $168.08.
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The technology company reported $3.89 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.53 by $0.36. The firm had revenue of $33.38 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $31.60 billion. Dell Technologies had a negative return on equity of 236.90% and a net margin of 5.23%.Dell Technologies’s quarterly revenue was up 39.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.68 EPS. Dell Technologies has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 2.900-2.900 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 12.900-12.900 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that Dell Technologies Inc. will post 6.93 earnings per share for the current year.
Dell Technologies Increases Dividend
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 21st will be paid a $0.63 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 21st. This is an increase from Dell Technologies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. This represents a $2.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.7%. Dell Technologies’s payout ratio is currently 28.90%.
Dell Technologies News Roundup
Here are the key news stories impacting Dell Technologies this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Strong AI-driven revenue momentum: analysts and coverage point to a multibillion-dollar AI/server backlog and a recent quarter that beat EPS and revenue expectations, underscoring durable demand for servers and infrastructure. What’s Behind The 60% Rally In Dell Stock?
- Positive Sentiment: Higher-margin storage opportunity: market writeups highlight Dell’s positioning to capture a profitable “storage attach” market tied to AI deployments, which could lift gross margins if adoption accelerates. Dell Technologies (DELL) Prepared for High-Margin Storage Attach Opportunity
- Positive Sentiment: Shareholder-friendly move: management raised the quarterly dividend ~20%, signaling confidence in cash flow and supporting yield-sensitive buyers. As Dell Technologies Raises Its Dividend 20%, Should You Buy DELL Stock?
- Neutral Sentiment: Surging component demand — opportunity vs. cost: Dell execs say AI has created “almost infinite demand” for memory components, which supports order visibility but creates cost/availability uncertainty. AI has created ‘almost infinite demand’ for memory components, Dell execs say
- Neutral Sentiment: Long-term infrastructure play: partnership/briefings with the U.S. Department of Energy on national AI infrastructure raise Dell’s strategic profile, a longer-horizon positive but not an immediate earnings driver. Dell and DOE Partner on Building AI Infrastructure
- Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: recent filings show material insider sales (including a ~10,200-share sale by Jennifer Saavedra and larger director-level sales reported elsewhere), which can weigh on sentiment and add supply pressure. Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) Insider Sells $1,479,000.00 in Stock Ellen Jamison Kullman Sells 150,346 Shares
- Negative Sentiment: Margin risk from rising component costs and workforce shifts: articles note headcount cutbacks in Texas despite revenue growth and highlight memory/DRAM cost pressure that could compress hardware margins even as top line expands. Dell’s Texas headcount shrinks even as revenue surges Margin concerns discussed in Forbes
Dell Technologies Company Profile
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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