Karras Company Inc. Purchases Shares of 2,032 Dell Technologies Inc. $DELL

Karras Company Inc. purchased a new stake in Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 2,032 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $256,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Phoenix Financial Ltd. increased its position in Dell Technologies by 95.3% during the third quarter. Phoenix Financial Ltd. now owns 33,792 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $4,923,000 after buying an additional 16,488 shares during the last quarter. Stonegate Investment Group LLC increased its position in Dell Technologies by 24,493.8% during the third quarter. Stonegate Investment Group LLC now owns 411,946 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $58,402,000 after buying an additional 410,271 shares during the last quarter. Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI increased its position in Dell Technologies by 637.3% during the third quarter. Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI now owns 19,333 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,741,000 after buying an additional 16,711 shares during the last quarter. Providence Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Dell Technologies during the third quarter worth approximately $7,060,000. Finally, Campbell Capital Management Inc. increased its position in Dell Technologies by 34.0% during the fourth quarter. Campbell Capital Management Inc. now owns 80,189 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $10,094,000 after buying an additional 20,362 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 76.37% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines 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.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the company. UBS Group downgraded Dell Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $167.00 to $243.00 in a research report on Sunday, May 10th. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on Dell Technologies in a research report on Thursday, April 9th. They set a “peer perform” rating on the stock. Bank of America boosted their price target on Dell Technologies from $246.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Truist Financial started coverage on Dell Technologies in a research report on Tuesday, March 31st. They set a “hold” rating and a $170.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Evercore boosted their price objective on Dell Technologies from $240.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday. One research 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 company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $211.32.

Dell Technologies Trading Up 16.7%

Shares of DELL stock opened at $294.97 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $190.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.95 and a beta of 0.99. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $199.13 and a 200 day simple moving average of $153.21. Dell Technologies Inc. has a 1 year low of $106.38 and a 1 year high of $298.32.

Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The technology company reported $3.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.53 by $0.36. The business had revenue of $33.38 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $31.60 billion. Dell Technologies had a negative return on equity of 236.90% and a net margin of 5.23%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 39.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company 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. Analysts forecast that Dell Technologies Inc. will post 11.87 EPS for the current year.

Dell Technologies Increases Dividend

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

Insider Activity at Dell Technologies

In other Dell Technologies news, Director V (Gp) L.L.C. Slta sold 510,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $146.83, for a total transaction of $74,883,300.00. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Ellen Jamison Kullman sold 150,346 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $145.13, for a total transaction of $21,819,714.98. Following the transaction, the director owned 65,662 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,529,526.06. This represents a 69.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 3,571,688 shares of company stock valued at $576,654,105. Company insiders own 42.00% of the company’s stock.

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.