Dell Technologies (DELL) vs. Its Rivals Head to Head Contrast

Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) is one of 82 publicly-traded companies in the “Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Dell Technologies to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Dell Technologies and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dell Technologies	6.28%	-366.90%	8.65%
Dell Technologies Competitors	-609.25%	-15.44%	3.05%

Risk and Volatility

Dell Technologies has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dell Technologies’ competitors have a beta of 1.56, suggesting that their average share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Dell Technologies and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dell Technologies	1	10	20	1	2.66
Dell Technologies Competitors	1051	4266	7598	358	2.55

Dell Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $494.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.03%. As a group, “Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals” companies have a potential upside of 27.42%. Given Dell Technologies’ competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dell Technologies has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

76.4% of Dell Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.3% of shares of all “Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals” companies are held by institutional investors. 41.5% of Dell Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of shares of all “Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Dell Technologies pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Dell Technologies pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.6% and pay out 42.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Dell Technologies has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Dell Technologies and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dell Technologies	$113.54 billion	$5.94 billion	36.04
Dell Technologies Competitors	$23.06 billion	$3.17 billion	13.05

Dell Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than its competitors. Dell Technologies is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Dell Technologies beats its competitors on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

About Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, markets, sells, and supports various comprehensive and integrated solutions, products, and services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) and Client Solutions Group (CSG). The ISG segment provides modern and traditional storage solutions, including all-flash arrays, scale-out file, object platforms, hyper-converged infrastructure, and software-defined storage; and general-purpose and AI-optimized servers. This segment also offers networking products and services comprising wide area network infrastructure, data center and edge networking switches, and cables and optics that help its business customers to transform and modernize their infrastructure, mobilize and enrich end-user experiences, and accelerate business applications and processes; software and peripherals; and consulting, support, and deployment services. The CSG segment provides desktops, workstations, and notebooks; displays, docking stations, keyboards, mice, webcam, and audio devices; and third-party software and peripherals, as well as configuration, support and deployment, and extended warranty services. It is involved in cybersecurity technology-driven security solutions to prevent security breaches, detect malicious activity, respond rapidly when a security breach occurs, and identify emerging threats; originating, collecting, and servicing customer financing arrangements; and the resale of VMware products and services. The company serves enterprises, public institutions, and small and medium-sized businesses through its direct sales channel, value-added resellers, system integrators, distributors, and retailers. The company was formerly known as Denali Holding Inc. and changed its name to Dell Technologies Inc. in August 2016. Dell Technologies Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Round Rock, Texas.