Company Analysis

Dell Technologies Inc. (DELL)

NYSE: DELL · Electronic Computers · Round Rock, TX · filing with the SEC since 2013
Grade5.4
◀ Past 5.5● Present 5.8▶ Future 4.7

The grade of Dell Technologies Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.4/10
◀ Past5.530% of the headline
● Present5.840% of the headline
▶ Future4.730% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2018-12-28.

weight 33% of this tense · 38th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Dell Technologies Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2018-12-28) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4.6% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 7 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Dell Technologies Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $79 billion in fiscal 2018 to $114 billion in fiscal 2026, up 4.6% a year; it rose in 6 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 14% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 7 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span4.6%top 50% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 36% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 50% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak13.6%top 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 3.2% a year. 59% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 2709 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 78th percentile among 4 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-30, Dell Technologies Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 3.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 59% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 2709 sales (8 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-26 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 7% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 102%: owes 102¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-30, Dell Technologies Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned about 22 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 102 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 5.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 6% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 36% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 36% of 7 in its family; net margin 5.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Dell Technologies Inc.'s standing among 7 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $114 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 21% by size; a net margin of 5.2% ranks in the top 50%; revenue growth of 3.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 36% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$113.5Btop 21% of its family
  • net margin5.2%top 50% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth3.5%top 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 25% of 6 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2016.

weight 22% of this tense · 75th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Dell Technologies Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Dell, Michael S (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2016-09-07, 10.2 years (top 42% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.1 years (top 25%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (top 8%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge7 in three years among 16 peopletop 8% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.1 yearstop 25% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10.2 yearstop 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 32% of 7 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Dell Technologies Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $12 billion against debt of $32 billion leaves -19.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 7% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 7.5% of revenue (top 21%); a gross margin of 20% (bottom 21%); research spending of 2.8% of revenue (bottom 21%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-19.7%bottom 7% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue7.5%top 21% of its family
  • gross margin20.0%bottom 21% of its family
  • research spending against revenue2.8%bottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 39% of 7 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Dell Technologies Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 3.5% a year over the last three filed years against 4.6% over all 9, slowing (top 36% of its family); the newest year grew 18.9% (top 50%); research spending grew 4.2% a year (top 50%); capital spending grew -4.3% a year (top 21%) (its annual reports). Dell Technologies Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2026: Product at $90 billion (80%), Service at $23 billion (20%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.1 points a yeartop 36% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth18.9%top 50% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending4.2%top 50% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-4.3%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 45% of 7 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 55th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Dell Technologies Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $114 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 22.9% above the $92 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 36% of its family); net income of $5.9 billion against a prior three-year average of $3.5 billion (top 50%); a net margin of 5.2% against 3.7% before (top 50%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace22.9%top 36% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+71%top 50% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+1.6 pointstop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton DELL · research, not advice