Leonteq Securities AG Invests $2.14 Million in Dell Technologies Inc. $DELL

Leonteq Securities AG purchased a new position in shares of Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 16,958 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,135,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Navalign LLC purchased a new position in Dell Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at $29,000. WealthCollab LLC boosted its holdings in Dell Technologies by 82.0% in the second quarter. WealthCollab LLC now owns 253 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 114 shares during the period. iA Global Asset Management Inc. purchased a new position in Dell Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at $32,000. State of Wyoming purchased a new position in Dell Technologies in the second quarter valued at $33,000. Finally, Westside Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Dell Technologies by 35.8% in the third quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 296 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 78 shares during the period. 76.37% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently issued reports on DELL. UBS Group lowered Dell Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their target price for the company from $167.00 to $243.00 in a report on Sunday, May 10th. Wolfe Research started coverage on Dell Technologies in a report on Thursday, April 9th. They issued a “peer perform” rating for the company. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Dell Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 16th. 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 research note on Friday, February 27th. Finally, Evercore lifted their price target on Dell Technologies from $240.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $203.42.

Key Stories Impacting Dell Technologies

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

• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America says Dell is likely to beat Wall Street estimates on both revenue and earnings next week and raise its full-year guidance, driven by sustained AI server demand, stronger PC trends, and improving infrastructure solutions revenue. The firm reiterated its Buy rating and lifted its price target to $280 from $246. Dell set to deliver beat and raise for Q1, says Bank of America
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple articles highlighted Dell’s strong earnings surprise history and a favorable setup for another quarterly beat, reinforcing expectations that the upcoming report could again exceed estimates. Will Dell Technologies (DELL) Beat Estimates Again in Its Next Earnings Report?
• Positive Sentiment: Dell unveiled new storage, AI server, and cyber resilience products at its tech event, underscoring its push to capitalize on enterprise AI spending and data-center refresh demand. Dell announces PowerStore Elite storage platform, unveils 18th generation of PowerEdge servers
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage also emphasized Dell’s expanding AI ecosystem and partnerships, including a tighter tie-up with Nvidia and momentum in on-premises agentic AI, which supports the bullish long-term growth narrative. Dell Becomes OpenAI’s On-Prem Channel For Frontier Models

Insider Activity

In other Dell Technologies news, CFO David Alan Kennedy sold 19,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.53, for a total transaction of $3,559,335.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 183,097 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $33,420,695.41. This represents a 9.63% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider William F. Scannell sold 143,067 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $165.00, for a total value of $23,606,055.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 21,779 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,593,535. This represents a 86.79% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 3,571,688 shares of company stock worth $576,654,105 over the last quarter. 42.00% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Dell Technologies Stock Performance

Dell Technologies stock opened at $243.00 on Thursday. Dell Technologies Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $106.38 and a fifty-two week high of $263.99. The company has a market capitalization of $156.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.87, a PEG ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 0.99. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $194.00 and a 200-day simple moving average of $151.57.

Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The technology company reported $3.89 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.53 by $0.36. Dell Technologies had a negative return on equity of 236.90% and a net margin of 5.23%.The business had revenue of $33.38 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $31.60 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.68 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 39.5% on a year-over-year basis. 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, analysts forecast that Dell Technologies Inc. will post 11.87 earnings per share for the current year.

Dell Technologies Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 1st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 21st were paid a dividend of $0.63 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, April 21st. This represents a $2.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. This is a boost from Dell Technologies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. Dell Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 28.90%.

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.