Dell Technologies Inc.
DELL NYSEDell Technologies looks about 61% cheap — and the value checks agree.
The snowflake
checks passed on each axis- Value 2/3 checks
- Future 2/2 checks
- Past 2/2 checks
- Health 3/5 checks
- Dividend 3/6 checks
What does this show?
Five quick health scores — Value, Future, Past, Health and Dividend — each 0–100%. A bigger, more even shape means a stock that scores well across the board; a spiky one is strong on some axes and weak on others.
Learn more on Investopedia →Fair value
our estimate · not analyst forecast61% below our estimate — you'd be paying less than our numbers say it's worth.
How we got there
A 2-stage discounted-cash-flow on free cash flow: grow it at the capped historical trend for five years, fade to a 2.5% long-run rate, discount everything at 9.0%. It's a transparent estimate from past numbers, not a licensed forecast — treat it as one lens, not truth.
What does this show?
Our estimate of what one share is worth based on the cash the business is expected to generate (a discounted-cash-flow model), next to today's price. Below fair value hints undervalued, above hints expensive — it's an estimate, not a guarantee.
Learn more on Investopedia →Health checks
18 checks run on free data- ⚠ Debt/equity falling over time long-term debt/equity 1325.7% vs 325.2%
- ⚠ No dividend cut in recent years a cut shows in the record
- ⚠ P/E below peer average P/E 33.2 vs peers 23.1
- ⚠ Short-term assets cover short-term bills 57.6B vs 63.3B
- ⚠ Yield beats the market yield 0.58% vs market ~1.5%
- ⚠ Yield in the top quartile of payers yield 0.58% vs 5.05% cut among the 12 payers Otto tracks
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Value 2/3 passed
- ✓ Trading below our fair-value estimate +61% vs our DCF estimate
- – P/B below industry industry P/B not on the free feed
- – P/E below industry industry P/E not on the free feed
- ⚠ P/E below peer average P/E 33.2 vs peers 23.1
- – P/S sane vs its own history needs multi-year P/S (Tier B)
- ✓ More than 20% below fair value +61% margin of safety
Future 2/2 passed
- ✓ Earnings trending up latest above earliest
- – Growth beats the industry industry growth not on the free feed
- – Earnings growth beats the market
- ✓ Revenue trending up 6.9%/yr over 9yr
- – Return on equity improving n/a
Past 2/2 passed
- ✓ Earnings grew over the period -1.2B → 5.9B
- – High-quality earnings (few one-offs) one-off detection deferred — needs statement detail
- – Growth accelerating vs its average n/a (loss years)
- ✓ Revenue higher than five years ago 62.2B → 113.5B
- – Return on equity above 20%
Health 3/5 passed
- ⚠ Debt/equity falling over time long-term debt/equity 1325.7% vs 325.2%
- – Debt is under 40% of equity
- ✓ Debt well covered by cash flow operating cash flow covers 36.0% of debt
- ✓ Interest comfortably covered by profit EBIT covers interest 5.2×
- ✓ Short-term assets cover long-term debt 57.6B vs 40.5B
- ⚠ Short-term assets cover short-term bills 57.6B vs 63.3B
Dividend 3/6 passed
- ✓ Dividend covered by earnings and cash flow covered by both earnings and free cash flow
- ✓ Dividend growing over time over 10yr on record
- ⚠ No dividend cut in recent years a cut shows in the record
- ✓ Payout ratio under 75% payout 17.6% of earnings
- ⚠ Yield beats the market yield 0.58% vs market ~1.5%
- ⚠ Yield in the top quartile of payers yield 0.58% vs 5.05% cut among the 12 payers Otto tracks
What does this show?
Pass/fail rules on the company's finances — debt levels, profitability, cash cover and so on. More greens means a sturdier balance sheet; an n/a just means we didn't have that data point.
Learn more on Investopedia →Past performance
10-yr history from SEC EDGAR filingsRevenue
Earnings
Free cash flow
dashed line = what it'd look like growing at our ~9% market-average benchmark, for comparison
What does this show?
How revenue, earnings and free cash flow have grown over the years. Bars rising left-to-right show a growing business; the dashed line is a market-average pace for comparison.
Learn more on Investopedia →Future
trend, not analyst forecastRevenue · extended at 6.9%/yr
Dashed bars just extend the historical trend (capped at ±15%/yr) — the same growth our DCF uses. It's arithmetic on the past, not an analyst forecast; real futures bend.
What does this show?
Solid bars are history; dashed bars simply extend the past growth trend a few years forward — capped so it stays sane. It's a trend line, not an analyst forecast.
Learn more on Investopedia →Dividend
from cash actually paid, not promisesTotal dividends paid · split-proof, unlike per-share history
What does this show?
The share of profit paid back to shareholders as cash. Yield is that cash as a % of the price; the payout gauge shows how much of earnings is paid out (over ~75% can be hard to sustain).
Learn more on Investopedia →Ownership & insiders
from SEC Form 4 filings0 open-market buys · 5 sales in the last 10 saved filings
- Exercise Silver Lake Technology Investors V, L.P. · Director 636 sh 2026-07-06
- Sell Silver Lake Technology Investors V, L.P. · Director 636 sh · $261,081 2026-07-06
- Exercise Sl Spv-2, L.P. · Director 93,371 sh 2026-07-06
- Sell Sl Spv-2, L.P. · Director 63,204 sh · $25.95M 2026-07-06
- Exercise Silver Lake Technology Investors Iv, L.P. · Director 1,410 sh 2026-07-06
- Sell Silver Lake Technology Investors Iv, L.P. · Director 1,409 sh · $578,426 2026-07-06
- Exercise Silver Lake Partners V De (Aiv), L.P. · Director 51,884 sh 2026-07-06
- Sell Silver Lake Partners V De (Aiv), L.P. · Director 36,982 sh · $15.18M 2026-07-06
- Exercise Silver Lake Partners Iv, L.P. · Director 95,851 sh 2026-07-06
- Sell Silver Lake Partners Iv, L.P. · Director 72,766 sh · $29.87M 2026-07-06
Insiders must report within two business days. Sales are often pre-planned (10b5-1) rather than a signal — buys tend to say more.
What does this show?
Buys and sells by the company's own directors and officers, from their SEC filings. Insiders sell for many reasons, but clusters of open-market buying can signal confidence.
Learn more on Investopedia →Competitors
hand-picked peers · tap to jumpWhat does this show?
A few peers in the same business, each with its own mini snowflake, so you can see how this company stacks up rather than judging it in isolation.
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