Dell Technologies Inc. $DELL Shares Acquired by World Investment Advisors

World Investment Advisors lifted its holdings in shares of Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL) by 150.5% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 10,305 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,192 shares during the period. World Investment Advisors’ holdings in Dell Technologies were worth $1,461,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Dell Technologies during the second quarter worth $528,279,000. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in Dell Technologies by 628.5% during the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,374,078 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $168,462,000 after purchasing an additional 1,185,454 shares in the last quarter. Alkeon Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Dell Technologies by 41.4% in the 1st quarter. Alkeon Capital Management LLC now owns 3,177,809 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $289,657,000 after purchasing an additional 931,032 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in Dell Technologies by 37.1% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 3,203,732 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $392,802,000 after purchasing an additional 867,071 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Boston Partners boosted its stake in shares of Dell Technologies by 15.0% during the 2nd quarter. Boston Partners now owns 5,904,843 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $725,586,000 after purchasing an additional 771,966 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 76.37% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

DELL has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Citic Securities upped their price objective on shares of Dell Technologies from $150.00 to $160.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. Evercore ISI set a $180.00 price target on Dell Technologies and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Mizuho lifted their price objective on Dell Technologies from $170.00 to $175.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on Dell Technologies from $110.00 to $113.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. Finally, Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Dell Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, November 26th. Sixteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $162.84.

Dell Technologies Trading Up 0.7%

DELL stock opened at $129.22 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $85.64 billion, a PE ratio of 17.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 1.03. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $138.64 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $133.51. Dell Technologies Inc. has a 12-month low of $66.25 and a 12-month high of $168.08.

Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 25th. The technology company reported $2.59 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.47 by $0.12. Dell Technologies had a negative return on equity of 234.84% and a net margin of 5.01%.The company had revenue of $27.01 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $27.26 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.15 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 10.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Dell Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 9.920-9.920 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 3.500-3.500 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Dell Technologies Inc. will post 6.93 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Dell Technologies Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.525 per share. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.6%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, January 20th. Dell Technologies’s payout ratio is currently 28.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Egon Durban sold 71,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $138.12, for a total value of $9,806,520.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 1,172,428 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $161,935,755.36. This trade represents a 5.71% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Lake Group L.L.C. Silver sold 6,617 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $151.63, for a total transaction of $1,003,335.71. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 2,287,379 shares of company stock valued at $345,319,592. 42.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

About Dell Technologies

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.