Erste Asset Management GmbH Lowers Stock Holdings in Dell Technologies Inc. $DELL

Erste Asset Management GmbH lowered its position in Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL) by 12.2% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 27,790 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 3,866 shares during the quarter. Erste Asset Management GmbH’s holdings in Dell Technologies were worth $3,723,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of DELL. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Dell Technologies in the second quarter worth about $25,000. Westside Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Dell Technologies by 84.7% in the 2nd quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 218 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Dell Technologies in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Johnson Financial Group Inc. boosted its stake in Dell Technologies by 66.2% in the 2nd quarter. Johnson Financial Group Inc. now owns 251 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the period. Finally, WealthCollab LLC grew its holdings in Dell Technologies by 82.0% during the 2nd quarter. WealthCollab LLC now owns 253 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 114 shares in the last quarter. 76.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. Barclays boosted their target price on shares of Dell Technologies from $148.00 to $168.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday. UBS Group decreased their price target on shares of Dell Technologies from $186.00 to $167.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 26th. Bank of America increased their price objective on shares of Dell Technologies from $135.00 to $155.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on Dell Technologies from $101.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday. Finally, Dbs Bank upgraded Dell Technologies to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Seventeen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Dell Technologies has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $160.47.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Dell Technologies news, Director Egon Durban sold 71,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $138.12, for a total transaction of $9,806,520.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 1,172,428 shares in the company, valued at $161,935,755.36. The trade was a 5.71% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 42.00% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Key Stories Impacting Dell Technologies

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

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 beat and raised FY‑2027 guidance: Dell reported Q4 EPS and revenue above consensus and issued FY‑2027 revenue and EPS guidance well above street expectations, which investors see as evidence the company is capitalizing on AI demand. Article Link
• Positive Sentiment: Massive AI-server opportunity: Management projects roughly $50 billion in AI server revenue for the fiscal year and highlighted a record backlog (~$43B), signaling continued strong enterprise demand for AI infrastructure. Article Link
• Positive Sentiment: AI revenue surge this quarter: Dell disclosed AI‑optimized server revenue jumped materially year-over-year (near ~$9B for the quarter, +300%+ ranges reported), showing the business already contributing significant top-line growth. Article Link
• Positive Sentiment: Record annual results & shareholder actions: Dell posted record full‑year revenue and signaled durability in its data‑center franchise; the company also boosted its dividend, which supports investor confidence. Article Link
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst optimism: Multiple firms raised price targets and kept/raised ratings after the print (examples include Barclays, Raymond James, Mizuho), reinforcing the buy-side narrative around Dell’s AI momentum. Article Link
• Neutral Sentiment: Supply‑chain / cost note: Management acknowledged memory cost pressures and supply dynamics, but said Dell has largely managed shortages — a potential margin headwind if component costs rise further. Article Link
• Negative Sentiment: Not all analysts are uniformly bullish: some firms (e.g., Morgan Stanley) remain cautious and maintain underweight ratings with lower targets, reminding investors there is still debate on valuation and sustainability. Article Link

Dell Technologies Trading Up 21.8%

DELL opened at $147.89 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $121.17 and a 200 day moving average of $131.92. Dell Technologies Inc. has a 12 month low of $66.25 and a 12 month high of $168.08. The firm has a market cap of $98.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.96, a P/E/G ratio of 0.97 and a beta of 1.03.

Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 26th. The technology company reported $3.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.53 by $0.36. The business had revenue of $33.38 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $31.60 billion. Dell Technologies had a negative return on equity of 229.86% and a net margin of 5.23%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 39.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.68 earnings per share. 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, research analysts forecast that Dell Technologies Inc. will post 6.93 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Dell Technologies Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 20th were paid a dividend of $0.525 per share. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, January 20th. Dell Technologies’s payout ratio is presently 24.08%.

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.