Ashton Thomas Securities LLC Grows Holdings in Dell Technologies Inc. $DELL

Ashton Thomas Securities LLC raised its position in Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL) by 20.3% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 4,524 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 764 shares during the period. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC’s holdings in Dell Technologies were worth $555,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of DELL. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Dell Technologies by 42.7% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 3,011 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $347,000 after acquiring an additional 901 shares during the period. Versant Capital Management Inc lifted its holdings in shares of Dell Technologies by 74.2% during the 1st quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 547 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $50,000 after acquiring an additional 233 shares during the period. Merit Financial Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Dell Technologies by 67.2% during the 1st quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC now owns 6,051 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $552,000 after acquiring an additional 2,431 shares during the period. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Dell Technologies by 48.4% during the 1st quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 1,533 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $140,000 after acquiring an additional 500 shares during the period. Finally, Generali Investments Management Co LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Dell Technologies by 28.4% during the 1st quarter. Generali Investments Management Co LLC now owns 1,414 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $129,000 after acquiring an additional 313 shares during the period. 76.37% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Dell Technologies

In related news, Director Iv (Gp) L.L.C. Slta sold 824,999 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $135.98, for a total transaction of $112,183,364.02. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director V (Gp) L.L.C. Slta sold 12,481 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $130.62, for a total value of $1,630,268.22. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 3,204,462 shares of company stock worth $420,370,484 over the last three months. 42.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on DELL. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of Dell Technologies from $135.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 21st. UBS Group increased their target price on shares of Dell Technologies from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 29th. Daiwa Capital Markets increased their target price on shares of Dell Technologies from $125.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 11th. Evercore ISI increased their target price on shares of Dell Technologies from $150.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, August 15th. Finally, TD Cowen increased their target price on shares of Dell Technologies from $125.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, August 29th. Sixteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Dell Technologies presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $148.67.

Dell Technologies Stock Down 1.6%

Shares of NYSE:DELL opened at $147.28 on Friday. Dell Technologies Inc. has a 52-week low of $66.25 and a 52-week high of $152.10. The company has a 50 day moving average of $131.65 and a two-hundred day moving average of $114.63. The company has a market capitalization of $99.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.04.

Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 28th. The technology company reported $2.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.29 by $0.03. Dell Technologies had a net margin of 4.73% and a negative return on equity of 236.21%. The company had revenue of $29.78 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $29.14 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.89 earnings per share. Dell Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 19.0% on a year-over-year basis. Dell Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.450-2.450 EPS. FY 2026 guidance at 9.550-9.550 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Dell Technologies Inc. will post 6.93 earnings per share for the current year.

Dell Technologies Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 31st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, October 21st will be given a dividend of $0.525 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 21st. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Dell Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 30.88%.

About Dell Technologies

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).