Clough Capital Partners L P Grows Stock Holdings in Dell Technologies Inc. $DELL

Clough Capital Partners L P lifted its stake in shares of Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL) by 171.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 220,047 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 138,862 shares during the quarter. Dell Technologies comprises approximately 2.7% of Clough Capital Partners L P’s portfolio, making the stock its 13th biggest position. Clough Capital Partners L P’s holdings in Dell Technologies were worth $31,196,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Clearline Capital LP boosted its holdings in Dell Technologies by 2.5% during the third quarter. Clearline Capital LP now owns 131,157 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $18,594,000 after buying an additional 3,150 shares in the last quarter. Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. purchased a new position in Dell Technologies in the third quarter valued at about $283,000. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. lifted its position in shares of Dell Technologies by 149.4% during the 3rd quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. now owns 72,155 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $10,027,000 after acquiring an additional 43,221 shares during the period. California Public Employees Retirement System boosted its stake in shares of Dell Technologies by 170.0% during the 3rd quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System now owns 1,394,944 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $197,761,000 after acquiring an additional 878,266 shares in the last quarter. Finally, BNP Paribas grew its holdings in shares of Dell Technologies by 23.4% in the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas now owns 29,858 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $4,237,000 after acquiring an additional 5,671 shares during the period. 76.37% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Dell Technologies News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Strong AI-driven revenue momentum: analysts and coverage point to a multibillion-dollar AI/server backlog and a recent quarter that beat EPS and revenue expectations, underscoring durable demand for servers and infrastructure. What’s Behind The 60% Rally In Dell Stock?
• Positive Sentiment: Higher-margin storage opportunity: market writeups highlight Dell’s positioning to capture a profitable “storage attach” market tied to AI deployments, which could lift gross margins if adoption accelerates. Dell Technologies (DELL) Prepared for High-Margin Storage Attach Opportunity
• Positive Sentiment: Shareholder-friendly move: management raised the quarterly dividend ~20%, signaling confidence in cash flow and supporting yield-sensitive buyers. As Dell Technologies Raises Its Dividend 20%, Should You Buy DELL Stock?
• Neutral Sentiment: Surging component demand — opportunity vs. cost: Dell execs say AI has created “almost infinite demand” for memory components, which supports order visibility but creates cost/availability uncertainty. AI has created ‘almost infinite demand’ for memory components, Dell execs say
• Neutral Sentiment: Long-term infrastructure play: partnership/briefings with the U.S. Department of Energy on national AI infrastructure raise Dell’s strategic profile, a longer-horizon positive but not an immediate earnings driver. Dell and DOE Partner on Building AI Infrastructure
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: recent filings show material insider sales (including a ~10,200-share sale by Jennifer Saavedra and larger director-level sales reported elsewhere), which can weigh on sentiment and add supply pressure. Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) Insider Sells $1,479,000.00 in Stock Ellen Jamison Kullman Sells 150,346 Shares
• Negative Sentiment: Margin risk from rising component costs and workforce shifts: articles note headcount cutbacks in Texas despite revenue growth and highlight memory/DRAM cost pressure that could compress hardware margins even as top line expands. Dell’s Texas headcount shrinks even as revenue surges Margin concerns discussed in Forbes

Dell Technologies Trading Up 1.2%

Shares of DELL stock opened at $151.66 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $100.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.39, a PEG ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 0.97. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $125.21 and a 200 day moving average price of $132.89. Dell Technologies Inc. has a twelve month low of $66.25 and a twelve month high of $168.08.

Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) last released its quarterly earnings results 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. The company had revenue of $33.38 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $31.60 billion. Dell Technologies had a net margin of 5.23% and a negative return on equity of 236.90%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 39.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.68 EPS. 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, research analysts predict that Dell Technologies Inc. will post 6.93 earnings per share for the current year.

Dell Technologies Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 1st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 21st will be paid a $0.63 dividend. This represents a $2.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 21st. This is an increase from Dell Technologies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. Dell Technologies’s dividend payout ratio is presently 24.08%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Dell Technologies

In related news, Director Ellen Jamison Kullman sold 150,346 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $145.13, for a total value of $21,819,714.98. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 65,662 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,529,526.06. This represents a 69.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Jennifer D. Saavedra sold 10,200 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $145.00, for a total value of $1,479,000.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 252,715 shares in the company, valued at $36,643,675. This trade represents a 3.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders sold 1,174,964 shares of company stock worth $173,923,497. Insiders own 42.00% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

DELL has been the subject of several research reports. Citic Securities lifted their price objective on Dell Technologies from $150.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 28th. Mizuho raised their price target on Dell Technologies from $175.00 to $180.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Zacks Research downgraded Dell Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Dell Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, February 28th. Finally, Citigroup lowered their price objective on shares of Dell Technologies from $165.00 to $160.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, February 17th. Sixteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Dell Technologies has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $163.28.

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.