Handelsbanken Fonder AB Boosts Stock Position in Dell Technologies Inc. $DELL

Handelsbanken Fonder AB lifted its holdings in Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL) by 52.7% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 231,009 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 79,765 shares during the quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB’s holdings in Dell Technologies were worth $29,079,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Navalign LLC purchased a new position in shares of Dell Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at $29,000. WealthCollab LLC grew 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 purchasing an additional 114 shares in the last quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Dell Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at $32,000. State of Wyoming purchased a new position in Dell Technologies during the second quarter worth $33,000. Finally, Westside Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in Dell Technologies by 35.8% during the third quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 296 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after buying an additional 78 shares during the period. 76.37% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Dell Technologies Trading Down 1.1%

NYSE:DELL opened at $235.42 on Wednesday. Dell Technologies Inc. has a twelve month low of $106.38 and a twelve month high of $263.99. The company has a market cap of $152.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.97 and a beta of 0.99. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $192.07 and a 200-day simple moving average of $150.99.

Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The technology company reported $3.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 the consensus estimate of $31.60 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.68 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter 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. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Dell Technologies Inc. will post 11.87 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Dell Technologies Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 1st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 21st were given a dividend of $0.63 per share. This represents a $2.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. This is a positive change from Dell Technologies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, April 21st. Dell Technologies’s dividend payout ratio is 28.90%.

More Dell Technologies News

Here are the key news stories impacting Dell Technologies this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Dell unveiled new AI infrastructure offerings, including Deskside Agentic AI, PowerStore Elite storage, PowerEdge 18th-gen servers, and PowerRack, all aimed at helping enterprises deploy AI faster with better security, lower latency, and data-sovereignty control.
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple reports highlighted Dell’s growing AI momentum, including strong enterprise demand, a record AI backlog, and surging AI server orders, reinforcing the case that AI infrastructure is driving Dell’s growth outlook.
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts turned more constructive, with Evercore and Bank of America both raising price targets, signaling confidence that Dell’s AI server and data-center pipeline can keep supporting earnings growth.
• Neutral Sentiment: Dell and OpenAI-related coverage suggested the company is becoming an on-prem channel for frontier models and enterprise AI tools, which adds to the AI story but is still early in monetization.
• Negative Sentiment: Some commentary warned that Dell’s stock may already be rich after its recent run, and there are lingering concerns that supply constraints and lofty valuation could limit near-term upside.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have commented on the stock. Piper Sandler dropped their price objective on shares of Dell Technologies from $172.00 to $167.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Evercore lifted their price objective on shares of Dell Technologies from $240.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Daiwa Securities Group lifted their price objective on shares of Dell Technologies from $150.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, March 6th. Zacks Research raised shares of Dell Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on shares of Dell Technologies from $205.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 15th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Dell Technologies has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $198.16.

Insider Transactions at Dell Technologies

In related news, COO Jeffrey W. Clarke sold 116,000 shares of Dell Technologies stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.48, for a total value of $21,167,680.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer directly owned 1,687,414 shares in the company, valued at $307,919,306.72. The trade was a 6.43% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CAO Richard Troy Sharp sold 1,538 shares of Dell Technologies stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $149.26, for a total value of $229,561.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 8,030 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,198,557.80. The trade was a 16.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 3,571,688 shares of company stock valued at $576,654,105 over the last three months. 42.00% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.