Kercheville Advisors LLC lowered its stake in shares of Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL – Free Report) by 34.7% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 5,652 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 3,000 shares during the period. Kercheville Advisors LLC’s holdings in Dell Technologies were worth $928,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of DELL. Campbell Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Dell Technologies by 34.0% during the 4th quarter. Campbell Capital Management Inc. now owns 80,189 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $10,094,000 after buying an additional 20,362 shares during the last quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Dell Technologies by 10.5% in the fourth quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 80,686 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $10,157,000 after buying an additional 7,642 shares during the last quarter. United Super Pty Ltd in its capacity as Trustee for the Construction & Building Unions Superannuation Fund bought a new position in Dell Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $23,332,000. Tectonic Advisors LLC bought a new position in Dell Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $5,620,000. Finally, B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG grew its position in Dell Technologies by 156.2% in the third quarter. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG now owns 119,263 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $16,908,000 after acquiring an additional 72,712 shares in the last quarter. 76.37% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other Dell Technologies news, Director Spv-2 L.P. Sl sold 175,901 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $457.99, for a total value of $80,560,898.99. Following the sale, the director owned 36,659 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $16,789,455.41. This trade represents a 82.75% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Silver Lake Partners Iv, L.P. sold 189,805 shares of Dell Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $457.99, for a total value of $86,928,791.95. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 24,287 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,123,203.13. This represents a 88.66% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 3,873,252 shares of company stock valued at $1,391,926,654. Company insiders own 41.50% of the company’s stock.
Dell Technologies News Summary
- Positive Sentiment: Dell launched the PowerEdge XE8812 server and broadened its AI Factory with NVIDIA, reinforcing its position in high-demand AI and HPC infrastructure. 144 GPUs per rack: Dell launches new server for massive supercomputing tasks
- Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley raised its price target on Dell to $477 from $448, signaling continued Wall Street confidence in the company’s upside potential. Morgan Stanley raises price target on Dell Technologies to 477 from 448, keeps equalweight rating
- Positive Sentiment: Analysts and industry coverage continue to highlight Dell as a momentum stock benefiting from strong AI server demand and a large backlog tied to enterprise and sovereign AI projects. Why Dell Technologies (DELL) is a top momentum stock for the long term
- Neutral Sentiment: An IDC–Dell study found 96% of Indian government leaders are advancing sovereign AI strategies, which supports the long-term demand narrative for Dell’s infrastructure offerings. IDC–Dell study: 96% of Indian government leaders advancing sovereign AI strategy
- Neutral Sentiment: Broader commentary from the server market points to rapidly growing AI infrastructure spending, which is helping lift Dell along with peers in the compute hardware space. Morgan Stanley lifts server market TAM to 809B, boosts targets on compute stocks
Analyst Ratings Changes
DELL has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Citigroup started coverage on shares of Dell Technologies in a report on Monday, June 1st. They set an “outperform” rating on the stock. Evercore upped their price objective on shares of Dell Technologies from $270.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, May 29th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Dell Technologies from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research report on Friday, May 15th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Dell Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday, May 30th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group cut Dell Technologies to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, June 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $490.38.
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Dell Technologies Trading Up 2.2%
Shares of Dell Technologies stock opened at $427.89 on Wednesday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $297.73 and a 200-day simple moving average of $193.08. Dell Technologies Inc. has a 1-year low of $110.22 and a 1-year high of $469.47. The stock has a market capitalization of $277.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.99, a PEG ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.30.
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 28th. The technology company reported $4.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.96 by $1.90. The business had revenue of $43.84 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 revenue was up 87.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $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. As a group, research analysts predict that Dell Technologies Inc. will post 17.6 earnings per share for the current year.
Dell Technologies Announces Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 31st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 21st will be given a $0.63 dividend. This represents a $2.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 21st. Dell Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 20.02%.
Dell Technologies 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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