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Our record on DELL

Every scored call, pick and trade this diary has made on Dell Technologies Inc, with the outcome where it is known.

Company snapshot — Dell Technologies Inc

DELL in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Dell designs, builds and sells computer hardware and related services through two segments: Infrastructure Solutions Group, which covers servers, storage and networking for data centres, and Client Solutions Group, which covers laptops, desktops and workstations for businesses and consumers. It also runs a financing arm that lets customers pay for equipment through leases, loans and subscription-style arrangements rather than upfront purchase. It sells to enterprises, governments, schools, healthcare providers and smaller businesses worldwide and is based in Round Rock, Texas.
Where it sits in the stack
Dell carries no seat in Closelooknet's Rubin index; it belongs to the broader technology sleeve of our universe, grouped with the server and system builders that assemble and sell computing hardware. Inside that group its infrastructure business is a route to market for the chips and components others make, packaged into servers and storage sold on to data-centre and government buyers.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group calls it a server and system builder and prices it against Super Micro Computer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP Inc and Lenovo Group, the other assemblers of comparable computing hardware.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It carries a Closelooknet score, strongest on momentum and weakest on valuation. The diary has quoted it as a supplier of on-premises AI infrastructure to governments in a piece on sovereign compute, listed it among the vendors in a dossier on the orchestration layer of agentic infrastructure software, and noted a post-earnings share move in a Midday 10 update.
What the diary watches
Whether the momentum behind recent earnings beats persists or narrows back toward the weaker valuation reading, and whether government and enterprise orders for on-premises AI infrastructure keep building.

Dell Technologies Inc (DELL) trades on US exchanges, classified under Technology.

The Closelooknet company score reads 62/100 composite (momentum 91, quality 53, valuation 42) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for DELL, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 13 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Morgan Stanley, 2026-09-21 · last print 2026-09-01

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for DELL from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Morgan Stanley — target 511 from 499 Target raised to $511 from $499 (-10.4% to spot) 2026-09-21
  • Initiation RBC Capital — at Outperform · target 640 Initiated to Outperform from Buy · Target set to $640 (+26.3% to spot) 2026-09-10
  • Price target Deutsche Bank — target 520 from 480 Target raised to $520 from $480 (+2.7% to spot) 2026-09-03
  • Latest print EPS 7.04 against 4.91 expected — a +43.4% beat 2026-09-01

13 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 initiations, 11 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Server and system builders · 4 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Server and system builders

Curated competitor set — who the market prices this name against, not just who shares its sector.

Compared against DELL on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Versus its index Rubin Build-Out 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Rubin Build-Out 100 · as of 2026-09-24

DayWeekMonth3 months
DELL−2.5%−8.9%+18.8%+30.9%
AI Factory Systems−1.6%−0.4%+10.8%—
Rubin Build-Out 100−0.5%+6.3%+3.8%—

Against the index: 15.2 pts behind on the week, 15.0 pts ahead on the month; against its AI Factory Systems sleeve 8.0 pts ahead on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.43%, quarterly · buybacks 6.01 bn USD in FY2026

Dividends and capital return

What DELL pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.31 USD per share · a 0.43% yield on the 2026-09-24 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-24
  • Change on the year +19.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.94 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.63 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-21
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.37 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.71 USD · 2025: 2.02 USD · 2026: 1.79 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-10-23
  • Dividends paid, FY2026 1.46 bn USD 14% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2026 6.01 bn USD 1.7% of today's market value
  • Share count −5.5% in FY2026 723 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 7.47 bn USD · 87% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 1.14 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How DELL has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 1.14 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Dell Technologies Inc moved 1.14% on average · correlation 0.14 · higher than 91% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.34 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.71% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −2.51% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 60/100 · S&P 500 fund at 66, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-24
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +10.1% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-24
  • Sector × region Technology in US: +3.7% week · +7.3% month · +5.6% quarter · +39.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLK.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-24
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.75 · up 0.21 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-24

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-25

Quick answers

What is Dell Technologies Inc (DELL)?

Dell Technologies Inc trades as DELL on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Technology in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-25.

Is DELL in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Dell Technologies Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-25.

What is Dell Technologies Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

62 out of 100, with momentum 91, quality 53 and valuation 42 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-25. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

What is Dell Technologies Inc's earnings print record?

Across the 11 prints Closelooknet covers, Dell Technologies Inc beat EPS estimates 10 times and revenue estimates 8 times; the three-day reactions split 5 up, 2 flat and 4 down (moves beyond ±3%), as of the 2026-09-01 card. The full print-record card carries the per-print history.

Where does DELL trade against its moving averages?

-3% at the close: Holding 10.5% off its 52-week high. As of 2026-09-24 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is DELL doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Dell Technologies Inc is +18.8% against +3.8% for the Rubin Build-Out 100 — 15.0 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-09-24. Its AI Factory Systems sleeve is +10.8% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

What does Dell Technologies Inc do?

Dell designs, builds and sells computer hardware and related services through two segments: Infrastructure Solutions Group, which covers servers, storage and networking for data centres, and Client Solutions Group, which covers laptops, desktops and workstations for businesses and consumers. It also runs a financing arm that lets customers pay for equipment through leases, loans and subscription-style arrangements rather than upfront purchase. It sells to enterprises, governments, schools, healthcare providers and smaller businesses worldwide and is based in Round Rock, Texas. Closelooknet's peer group calls it a server and system builder and prices it against Super Micro Computer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP Inc and Lenovo Group, the other assemblers of comparable computing hardware.

Where does Dell Technologies Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Dell carries no seat in Closelooknet's Rubin index; it belongs to the broader technology sleeve of our universe, grouped with the server and system builders that assemble and sell computing hardware. Inside that group its infrastructure business is a route to market for the chips and components others make, packaged into servers and storage sold on to data-centre and government buyers. It carries a Closelooknet score, strongest on momentum and weakest on valuation. The diary has quoted it as a supplier of on-premises AI infrastructure to governments in a piece on sovereign compute, listed it among the vendors in a dossier on the orchestration layer of agentic infrastructure software, and noted a post-earnings share move in a Midday 10 update.

Does Dell Technologies Inc pay a dividend?

Dell Technologies Inc has paid 2.31 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.43% on the 2026-09-24 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.63 USD on 2026-07-21. In fiscal 2026 the company paid 1.46 bn USD in dividends and bought back 6.01 bn USD of its own shares, 87% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 5.5% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does Dell Technologies Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Dell Technologies Inc had a beta of 1.14 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 91% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.71% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Dell Technologies Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Dell Technologies Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Morgan Stanley on 2026-09-21 (target 511 from 499). 13 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 initiations, 11 target changes. Its latest earnings print on the wire, 2026-09-01: EPS 7.04 against 4.91 expected — a +43.4% beat. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

Where has Closelooknet written about Dell Technologies Inc?

Dell Technologies Inc appears in 10 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Morning 10: AI trade — the labs ask for a slowdown: Kospi −3.3%, SoftBank −11%, Nasdaq futures −1.2%, oil back above $106 (2026-09-14); Midday 10: Chips jump 3% while software falls 2% — the hot jobs report has split the tech trade in two (2026-09-04); Morning 10: Samsara jumps 15%, Zscaler beats and goes nowhere, bitcoin tops $81,000 — Wall Street’s best day in a month lands the night before the jobs report (2026-09-04). What Closelooknet said most recently: DELL adds about 6.5% and trades within 1% of its 52-week high, extending the post-earnings surge from this morning's read. (Midday 10, 2026-09-03). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for DELL, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 10 pieces · newest: Morning 10, “AI trade — the labs ask for a slowdown: Kospi −3.3%, SoftBank −11%, Nasdaq futures −1.2%, oil back above $106” (2026-09-14)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where DELL appears in the diary — 10 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

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