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Dell Technologies stock: AI server growth, rising FY27 guidance, and EPS upside support a Hold rating. Click for more on DELL stock.

Key TakeawaysDell stock fell 21% over the five trading sessions ending October 19, significantly underperforming the Nasdaq 100. Barclays downgraded Dell, questioning whether higher memory prices rather than stronger enterprise AI demand are driving revenue growth.

MSFT's cloud growth and Azure acceleration face mounting capacity constraints, while PC market weakness and capex above $50 billion weigh on the outlook.
Boost ROI through hybrid cloud, edge integration, AI workload optimization, automated orchestration, and unified infrastructure management that reduces complexity and improves efficiency.Dublin, Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- "Converged Infrastructure Market Report 2026" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Converged Infrastructure Market to Reach $16.44 Billion by 2030 as Hybrid Cloud and AI Workloads Accelerate The global converged infrastructure market is experiencing rapid

Honeywell Technologies (NASDAQ:HON) has launched Forge Plant Cognition, an artificial intelligence platform designed for industrial operations, with its first deployment at Dangote’s petroleum refinery in Lekki, Nigeria. The platform combines Honeywell’s industrial technology with AI and accelerated computing capabilities from NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) and infrastructure supplied by Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL).
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) is supplying AI infrastructure for Honeywell's Forge Plant Cognition platform at the Dangote refinery in Nigeria. The firm is also providing AI systems for sports performance and education analytics projects, including work with the University of Texas. Dell is positioned as a potential hardware partner as Japan advances large scale national AI data center investment plans. The extension of Dell's AI infrastructure into Honeywell's Dangote refinery project is...
Here is how Dell Technologies (DELL) and CDW (CDW) have performed compared to their sector so far this year.

Key TakeawaysDell stock is down about 18. 5% in the past month after Barclays downgraded it on Oct.

Musk says lenders have shut out AI cloud firms. CoreWeave's debt costs hit a record as SpaceX borrows $40 billion.
These leaders in cybersecurity, data analytics, and servers are benefiting from growth in AI spending.
AMD’s Helios blueprint expands its rack-scale AI strategy beyond GPUs to CPUs, creating a broader inference opportunity, though adoption and revenue timing remain uncertain.

Many AI stocks beat the Nasdaq Composite this year, and these three picks look like they can repeat the feat in 2027.
AI servers are quietly driving up the cost of every laptop on the shelf, and the companies caught in the middle face a choice between shrinking margins and shrinking sales. How each major PC maker is navigating that trap reveals a lot about which stocks are actually positioned to survive it.
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Japan has prioritized artificial intelligence infrastructure in a 15-year strategic investment plan.
OpenAI’s decision to cut its own valuation by US$150b has punctured some of the hype around pure software AI stories. Attention is shifting to the quieter picks and shovels of this boom: the routers, switches and servers that keep AI models running every second of the day. This article highlights three stocks from the AI networking and server hardware universe that investors may want on their watchlist. The three stocks below are just a starting sample from the AI networking and servers...
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise is pulling away from its AI server rivals on a day when the broader market stumbled, and the reasons behind that gap stretch from industrial factory floors all the way to the surface of the Moon.

Dell's record $95B AI server backlog and lower valuation set it apart from Applied Digital, whose $36B contracted pipeline comes with mounting financial risks.

Everpure CTO Rob Lee explain AI data center power demands are accelerating the shift from hard drives to flash storage.
The Nasdaq fell 2.6% as Meta’s higher capex floor revived doubts about AI spending, dragging chip stocks and hyperscalers lower. Lockheed Martin, Spotify and Procter & Gamble rallied, the 10-year yield dropped below 5%, and Brent oil climbed above $113.
In the latest trading session, Dell Technologies (DELL) closed at $452.81, marking a -6.81% move from the previous day.

Key Stats for Dell StockCurrent Price: $485. 88Target Price (Mid): ~$750Street Target: ~$593Potential Total Return: ~54%Annualized IRR: ~11% / year__Now Live: Discover how much upside your favorite stocks could have using TIKR’s new Valuation Model (It’s free)__ >>> What Happened?Dell Technologies (DELL:NYSE) unveiled new AI Factory hardware with NVIDIA (NVDA) at GTC Berlin on October 21, one week after Barclays downgraded the stock over doubts about enterprise AI demand.
The data-center buildout trouble continues this week as Texas suspends its automated electronic filing system.
Apple just posted its strongest quarter in years, but analysts still slap Sell ratings on the stock while our model points toward a very different conclusion. Here is what the bears are missing and why the next growth chapter may be bigger than the last.
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 41.25% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 52.16%. Currently, Dell Technologies has a market capitalization of

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Supermicro just booked a record order backlog while its stock sits near 52-week lows, trading at a fraction of what rivals Dell and Arista command. Whether that gap represents a rare opportunity or a value trap depends on one critical question the next earnings report will answer.
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The server maker raised its outlook to between $18.5 billion and $19.5 billion and signaled margin expansion.
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Elon Musk promised a share of SpaceX to every kid in America, Trump called it proof his accounts are working, but the enrollment numbers tell a far more complicated story.
Shares of computer hardware and IT solutions company Dell (NYSE:DELL) jumped 6.3% in the pre-market session after AI server peer Super Micro Computer raised its quarterly financial outlook, signaling robust enterprise demand for artificial intelligence platforms.

Dell stock is on pace for its best daily percentage gain since Sept. 11.

On Oct. 21, 2026, strong demand for AI hardware powered a broad rally across cloud infrastructure and semiconductor stocks this morning.
S&P 500 top movers for Oct. 21, 2026: Supermicro rose 9.18% among gainers, while Dexcom fell 6.22% among losers.
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Super Micro Computer (SMCI) jumped after reporting preliminary quarterly results that topped analysts' estimates. The server maker said sales will be $18.5 billion to $19.5 billion in the quarter that ended Sept. 30. Analysts, on average, estimated $15 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Gross margins will be in the range of 12% to 12.5%, Super Micro said Tuesday in a statement. - AT&T (T) shares fall after it reported third-quarter wireless postpaid phone net additions that missed the average analyst estimate. - Netflix (NFLX) reported its slowest sales jump in three years and forecast a fourth consecutive quarter of slowing growth, a projection that amplifies concerns about the performance of the world's leading online TV network.
Futurum CEO Daniel Newman joins SlateStone Wealth partner and chief market strategist Kenny Polcari to discuss where to put new money in the AI trade, with a focus on infrastructure, semiconductor companies, and chip equipment.
Super Micro Computer's (SMCI) preliminary earnings numbers topped analysts' estimates. The company also raised its first quarter revenue guidance, providing a boost to the tech sector on Wednesday. The 8:30 Hosts Julie Hyman, Pras Subramanian, and Jake Conley discuss the latest.
Stocks opened higher on Wednesday as traders digested SpaceX earnings ahead of Meta and Tesla quarterly results.
Super Micro Computer's preliminary quarter landed far outside what management had promised, and the ripple through AI server stocks raises a bigger question about whether demand is accelerating faster than anyone guided.
BERLIN, October 21, 2026--NVIDIA GTC – Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) announces a broad set of advancements across the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA, spanning AI solutions and ecosystem innovations, new deskside agentic solutions and purpose-built AI infrastructure, helping enterprises move agentic AI from experimentation to production on infrastructure they own and control. With more than 6,500 customers, up from 5,000 last quarter,1 Dell continues to prove that an end-to-end approach delivers me

Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) shares climbed 5. 2% in pre-market trading on Wednesday after fellow artificial intelligence server manufacturer Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) raised its quarterly revenue guidance substantially above its previous forecast.
Honeywell International, Inc. (NASDAQ:HON) on Monday announced that it launched the Forge Plant Cognition, an industrial AI platform developed with NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Dell Technologies Inc (NYSE:DELL). The platform will debut at Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lekki, Nigeria, where Honeywell estimates it could generate more than $60 million in gross annual operational benefits at full capacity. Honeywell Targets $60 Million-Plus Benefit At Dangote Refinery Forge Plant Cognition combines


Dell Technologies has delivered substantial long term share price gains, and the question now is whether the business can generate enough cash to support where the stock trades today. Over the past 5 years, Dell Technologies has returned about 792%, which puts pressure on the current valuation to be supported by future cash generation. The company is closely linked to NVIDIA's AI infrastructure initiatives, from modular AI factories to on premises AI servers, which can influence how...


Dell stock fell 7% on Thursday as supply chain concerns and profit-taking overshadowed expanding AI server adoption.

DELL and HPE both recently received downgrades. Neoclouds have a lot to do with that.


