Todd Asset Management LLC Has $43.82 Million Stock Holdings in Dell Technologies Inc. $DELL

Todd Asset Management LLC lessened its holdings in shares of Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL) by 12.4% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 348,103 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 49,500 shares during the quarter. Todd Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Dell Technologies were worth $43,819,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in DELL. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its position in shares of Dell Technologies by 4,279.1% during the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 3,005,776 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $426,129,000 after purchasing an additional 2,937,137 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in Dell Technologies by 82.3% in the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 4,855,154 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $688,315,000 after acquiring an additional 2,191,317 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. raised its holdings in Dell Technologies by 541.9% in the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 1,996,557 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $283,052,000 after acquiring an additional 1,685,529 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in Dell Technologies by 4.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 31,441,451 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $3,957,850,000 after acquiring an additional 1,355,841 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Dell Technologies by 628.5% in the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,374,078 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $168,462,000 after acquiring an additional 1,185,454 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 76.37% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

DELL has been the subject of several recent research reports. Weiss Ratings raised Dell Technologies from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a report on Friday, May 15th. 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 report on Friday, February 27th. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $280.00 price target on shares of Dell Technologies in a report on Wednesday. Citigroup upped their price objective on Dell Technologies from $180.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Finally, Morgan Stanley upgraded Dell Technologies from an “underweight” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have given a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $211.32.

Key Stories Impacting Dell Technologies

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

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts expect Dell to beat fiscal first-quarter estimates, with upbeat revisions and higher price targets adding to the stock’s rally ahead of earnings on May 28. Dell stock rallies as analysts show love ahead of Q1 earnings
• Positive Sentiment: AI demand remains a major catalyst, with Dell’s server backlog and revenue targets pointing to strong growth in enterprise and hyperscale AI infrastructure. Dell’s AI Data Center Expansion Gains Pace: What Lies Ahead?
• Positive Sentiment: The shares hit a fresh record and 52-week high as investors continue to re-rate Dell higher on the strength of its AI story ahead of earnings. Dell Stock Surges to Fresh Record Ahead of Earnings Next Week
• Positive Sentiment: Heavy call-option activity suggests traders are positioning for more upside into the earnings report. Dell Technologies Stock Hits 52-Week High – Here’s Why
• Neutral Sentiment: Dell also announced that an Infrastructure Solutions Group executive will present at a June investor conference, keeping the company in focus with investors but not changing near-term fundamentals. Dell Technologies to Present at Investor Conference in June
• Neutral Sentiment: Most of the recent coverage is centered on upcoming earnings and AI momentum, so the stock’s move is still largely driven by expectations rather than confirmed results. Dell Stock Leads the S&P 500 Today. Next Week’s Earnings Could Send It Higher.

Dell Technologies Stock Performance

NYSE:DELL opened at $294.97 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $199.13 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $153.16. Dell Technologies Inc. has a 52-week low of $106.38 and a 52-week high of $298.32. The company has a market cap of $190.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.83, a P/E/G ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 0.99.

Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 26th. The technology company reported $3.89 earnings per share (EPS) 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 firm had revenue of $33.38 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $31.60 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.68 EPS. 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. On average, equities analysts predict that Dell Technologies Inc. will post 11.87 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Dell Technologies Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 21st were paid a dividend of $0.63 per share. This represents a $2.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, April 21st. This is a boost from Dell Technologies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. Dell Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 28.90%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Dell Technologies

In related news, Director V (Gp) L.L.C. Slta sold 382,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.81, for a total transaction of $67,541,420.00. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider William F. Scannell sold 143,067 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $165.00, for a total value of $23,606,055.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 21,779 shares in the company, valued at $3,593,535. The trade was a 86.79% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 3,571,688 shares of company stock worth $576,654,105 in the last three months. 42.00% of the stock is owned by 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.