Monte Financial Group LLC lessened its holdings in Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL – Free Report) by 21.2% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 38,485 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 10,328 shares during the quarter. Dell Technologies accounts for approximately 1.8% of Monte Financial Group LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 25th biggest holding. Monte Financial Group LLC’s holdings in Dell Technologies were worth $4,844,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. WealthCollab LLC raised its holdings in shares of 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 buying an additional 114 shares during the last quarter. State of Wyoming bought a new stake in Dell Technologies during the 2nd quarter worth about $33,000. Red Tortoise LLC bought a new stake in Dell Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth about $36,000. Caldwell Trust Co bought a new stake in Dell Technologies during the 2nd quarter worth about $42,000. Finally, J.Safra Asset Management Corp bought a new stake in Dell Technologies during the 3rd quarter worth about $43,000. Institutional investors own 76.37% of the company’s stock.
Insider Transactions at Dell Technologies
In other Dell Technologies news, Director V (Gp) L.L.C. Slta sold 510,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $146.83, for a total transaction of $74,883,300.00. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Ellen Jamison Kullman sold 150,346 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $145.13, for a total value of $21,819,714.98. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 65,662 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,529,526.06. This trade represents a 69.60% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 2,595,522 shares of company stock worth $403,091,708. Insiders own 42.00% of the company’s stock.
Dell Technologies Stock Performance
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 26th. The technology company reported $3.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.53 by $0.36. Dell Technologies had a negative return on equity of 236.90% and a net margin of 5.23%.The business had revenue of $33.38 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $31.60 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.68 EPS. Dell Technologies’s quarterly revenue was up 39.5% compared to the same quarter last year. 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. Equities research analysts predict that Dell Technologies Inc. will post 6.93 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Dell Technologies Increases Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 1st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 21st will be given a dividend of $0.63 per share. This is an increase from Dell Technologies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 21st. This represents a $2.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.4%. Dell Technologies’s payout ratio is currently 24.08%.
Trending Headlines about Dell Technologies
Here are the key news stories impacting Dell Technologies this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Bank of America and other analysts say Dell is well‑positioned to capture enterprise AI growth due to scale and long-standing supplier relationships; BofA reiterated Buy and cited CEO commentary supporting durable demand. Dell is well-positioned for enterprise AI growth, says Bank of America
- Positive Sentiment: Analysts have raised price targets (Mizuho to $215; others lifted targets after a breakout), signaling stronger earnings expectations and supporting upside momentum. Mizuho Increases Dell Technologies Price Target
- Positive Sentiment: Dell and HIVE partner to deploy NVIDIA’s next‑generation AI GPUs in a new GPU cluster — a direct revenue/capacity play for Dell’s data‑center server and services business as demand for AI compute rises. Dell and HIVE partner to deploy Nvidia’s next-generation AI chips
- Positive Sentiment: Sharjah Digital Department signed an MoU with Dell to advance AI adoption in government operations — a tangible commercial win that underscores demand for Dell’s public‑sector AI solutions. Sharjah Digital Department, Dell Technologies sign deal
- Positive Sentiment: Investors are also reacting to commentary that Super Micro’s recent regulatory troubles could drive some enterprise share gains to Dell in servers, networking and storage — a potential secular upside to bookings and margin recovery. Super Micro fallout could spark re-rate
- Neutral Sentiment: Dell pledged to grow its dividend ~10% annually through 2030 and recently raised the payout ~20% — supportive for income investors but a longer‑term commitment that competes with capex for AI capacity. Dell pledges dividend growth
- Neutral Sentiment: Coverage notes highlight that Dell has secured supply for AI hardware through 2027, which reduces execution risk but also signals heavy upfront inventory/capex deployment to meet demand. Dell to benefit from scale, supplier relationships
- Negative Sentiment: Coverage and press note that Dell (along with peers) is cutting jobs as it resets costs for AI-driven investments; layoffs can reduce near‑term expenses but may create execution/PR risk. Oracle, Amazon, Dell lead global job cuts amid AI push
- Negative Sentiment: Dell CEO’s comments about resource‑heavy AI workloads (e.g., “AI eats up all the RAM for years”) highlight potential industry execution challenges and infrastructure costs that could pressure margins if demand mix skews to lower‑margin compute. Dell CEO describes AI resource challenges
Analysts Set New Price Targets
DELL has been the subject of several recent research reports. Mizuho boosted their price objective on Dell Technologies from $180.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday. Wall Street Zen raised Dell Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday, March 21st. Weiss Ratings cut Dell Technologies from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 1st. Raymond James Financial upped their price target on Dell Technologies from $166.00 to $182.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Finally, Barclays upped their price target on Dell Technologies from $148.00 to $168.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Sixteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $168.74.
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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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