Zhixing Financial News learned that $Dell Technologies (DELL.US)$ The third quarter financial report will be announced after the market closes on November 26, Eastern Time. Some analysts expect moderate performance growth at present, but with the push from ai servers, the performance in the first half of 2025 will be stronger.
Analyst Erik Woodring and the team at morgan stanley maintain a "shareholding" rating on dell with a target price of $154 and emphasize that even without considering$Super Micro Computer (SMCI.US)$the market share transfer, dell's fundamentals next year are likely to "accelerate."
In fact, a survey by ubs group of 76 IT executives shows that the demand for dell's storage solutions is strong, far exceeding competitors. 71% of respondents believe that dell's all-flash storage is "powerful," leading the way.$NetApp (NTAP.US)$(53%)、$Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE.US)$(32%) and$Pure Storage (PSTG.US)$(20%). Overall, 66% of respondents believe that dell technologies' storage business is "strong" or "very strong," up from 57% a year ago. In contrast, only 24% and 37% of people think the same about hewlett packard enterprise and netapp, respectively.
However, morgan stanley stated that recent performance may be constrained by factors such as modest growth in ai servers, mixed storage trends, and weak performance in the personal computer market. Overall, analysts generally expect an adjusted eps of 2.07 dollars for the third quarter, with revenue of 24.66 billion dollars, representing growth of 10.1% and 11.3%, respectively.
Options traders expect substantial volatility in the stock price after the earnings announcement. TipRanks' options tool shows that options traders expect Dell stocks to experience 10.48% volatility after its earnings report is released—this figure is determined by calculating the price spread of the options closest to expiration after the earnings announcement.
However, it is worth noting that dell technologies' price fluctuations after earnings have exceeded the expected 10.48% five times in the past 10 quarters, and the magnitude is significant. This indicates that options may provide a speculative opportunity to profit from large post-earnings volatility.
Overall, based on 14 "buy" ratings, 3 "hold" ratings, and no "sell" ratings over the past three months, the analyst consensus rating for dell technologies stocks is "strong buy." The share price of dell technologies has increased by 90% over the past year, with an average target price of $146.43.
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