Capital Analysts LLC raised its holdings in shares of Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL - Free Report) by 12.5% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 22,751 shares of the technology company's stock after acquiring an additional 2,526 shares during the quarter. Capital Analysts LLC's holdings in Dell Technologies were worth $2,073,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in DELL. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Dell Technologies by 4.1% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 29,106,218 shares of the technology company's stock worth $2,653,032,000 after purchasing an additional 1,145,658 shares during the last quarter. Boston Partners grew its holdings in shares of Dell Technologies by 34.4% during the first quarter. Boston Partners now owns 5,132,877 shares of the technology company's stock worth $466,418,000 after purchasing an additional 1,312,600 shares during the last quarter. Deutsche Bank AG grew its holdings in shares of Dell Technologies by 38.1% during the first quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 4,141,618 shares of the technology company's stock worth $377,508,000 after purchasing an additional 1,142,012 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp grew its holdings in shares of Dell Technologies by 16.1% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 3,317,258 shares of the technology company's stock worth $382,281,000 after purchasing an additional 460,483 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC grew its holdings in shares of Dell Technologies by 160.5% during the fourth quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 3,027,066 shares of the technology company's stock worth $348,814,000 after purchasing an additional 1,865,013 shares during the last quarter. 76.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several equities analysts have issued reports on DELL shares. Evercore ISI raised their price objective on Dell Technologies from $150.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, August 15th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on Dell Technologies from $125.00 to $145.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. UBS Group reduced their price target on Dell Technologies from $150.00 to $145.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Friday, May 30th. KeyCorp began coverage on shares of Dell Technologies in a research report on Thursday, June 26th. They set a "sector weight" rating for the company. Finally, TD Cowen upped their price target on Dell Technologies from $120.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, May 30th. Sixteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $144.06.
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Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, Director V (Gp) L.L.C. Slta sold 527,187 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $112.83, for a total transaction of $59,482,509.21. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 938,741 shares in the company, valued at approximately $105,918,147.03. The trade was a 35.96% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Iv (Gp) L.L.C. Slta sold 625,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $126.20, for a total value of $78,875,000.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 960,050 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $121,158,310. This represents a 39.43% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 12,989,063 shares of company stock valued at $1,583,673,412 over the last 90 days. 42.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Dell Technologies Trading Up 0.6%
NYSE:DELL traded up $0.75 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $131.76. The company had a trading volume of 1,181,348 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,015,792. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $128.11 and a 200-day simple moving average of $109.92. Dell Technologies Inc. has a 1 year low of $66.25 and a 1 year high of $147.66. The firm has a market capitalization of $89.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.01, a PEG ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 1.02.
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 29th. The technology company reported $1.55 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.68 by ($0.13). The business had revenue of $23.38 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $23.17 billion. Dell Technologies had a net margin of 4.63% and a negative return on equity of 226.48%. The firm's revenue was up 5.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.27 earnings per share. Dell Technologies has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 2.250-2.25 EPS. FY 2026 guidance at 9.400-9.40 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Dell Technologies Inc. will post 6.93 earnings per share for the current year.
Dell Technologies Dividend Announcement
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 22nd were paid a $0.525 dividend. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.6%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, July 22nd. Dell Technologies's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 33.49%.
About Dell Technologies
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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).
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