Company Profile
Dell is a global information technology company that offers its customers a range of solutions and services delivered directly by Dell and through other distribution channels. Dell is a holding company that conducts its business worldwide through its subsidiaries. The Company operates in four segments: Large Enterprise, Public, Small and Medium Business, and Consumer.
Dell Inc. (DELL) is scheduled to report its first quarter earnings results on May 22, 2012, after market close.
Technical Overview
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Dell has a market cap of $27.17 billion and it is currently trading around $15.42 with a 52 week range of $13.29 to $18.36. The stock has 5.4% price performance for the year 2012. The following table provides the key financial ratios for Dell:
Key Ratio | Value |
Current Ratio | 1.34 |
PEG | 1.43 |
P/E | 8.2 |
Forward P/E | 6.98 |
Profit Margin | 5.63% |
Return On Assets (ROA) | 8.40% |
Return On Equity (ROE) | 41.86% |
Recent News
- On May 9, 2012, Dell Enhances Desktop Virtualization Solutions [DVS] Enterprise Offerings with Unidesk, helping to make it easier and more affordable for IT organizations with complex environments or diverse user needs to implement virtual desktop infrastructures [VDI].
- On May 9, 2012, Dell announced it has finalized its acquisition of SonicWALL, Inc., a leader in advanced network security, secure remote access, email security, backup and recovery, and management and reporting.
- On May 8, 2012, Dell and Red Hat, Inc. (RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, announced they have signed an agreement to produce Dell and Red Hat hardware/software solutions for IT manufacturers worldwide.
- On May 8, 2012, Dell Services announced the first offers in its new Dell Cloud suite for SAP solutions, further enriching Dell's portfolio in support of SAP solutions.
- On April 4, 2012, Dell announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Make Technologies, a leading global provider of application modernization software and services that reduce the cost, risk and time required to re-engineer applications.
- On April 3, 2012, Dell announced it has acquired Clerity Solutions, a leading global provider of applications modernization and re-hosting solutions and services.
- On April 2, 2012, Dell announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, to significantly extend its desktop virtualization offerings.
- On February 24, 2012, Dell announced it has acquired AppAssure, a global leader in complete application protection for virtual, physical and cloud infrastructures.
Analyst Guidance and Earnings History
The first quarter revenues are expected to be $14.92 billion when compared to $15.02 billion for the same quarter last year. Earnings per share for the first quarter are expected to be 0.46 a share, down from 55 cents a share in the year-ago period.
The average price target from analyst for Dell is $19.10 with average rating is OVERWEIGHT.
Out of the last 4 quarters, Dell has met or exceeded the EPS estimates 3 times. The following chart shows the Analyst estimates history and the actual EPS results:
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Sources: Some of the data is sourced from Google Finance, Yahoo Finance, Finviz and investor sites.
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