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Dell Technologies DELL
Issue No. 11 pick · September 4, 2026 · Updated October 16, 2026
Setup Snapshot
The Setup in One Card
How DELL moved and the catalyst behind the move, from its Issue No. 11 write-up. It is not on the current Scoreboard, so it carries no Friday Five Score this week.
Issue No. 11
Original Pick
Sector Trend
Slippingdown 4.3 percent
Covered In
Issue No. 11 · September 4, 2026
Catalyst
Guidance RaiseRaised full year revenue guidance by 25 billion dollars on a record 95 billion dollar AI server backlog
Return measured from the Thursday, August 27 close to the Thursday, September 3 close, the week it appeared in Issue No. 11.
Why It Moved
The Story Behind the Move
Catalyst
Raised full year revenue guidance by 25 billion dollars on a record 95 billion dollar AI server backlog
Why It Mattered
It is the largest guidance raise in the screen and it happened in a week when the technology sector fell 1.40 percent and software fell 3.05 percent, so none of the move is sector drift. At 20.3 times the company own raised earnings forecast, the price is not demanding for a business that just added 25 billion dollars to its revenue outlook in one quarter.
Risk Note
AI servers carry thinner margins than the rest of what Dell sells, so a mix that keeps shifting toward them can deliver the revenue and leave profit standing still. The stock closed at 97.3 percent of its 52 week high, and insiders filed five notices of proposed sale inside the measurement week after the move.
Reader Takeaway
A backlog is an order book, not a contract that cannot move. When a company raises a forecast this hard, the question that matters next is what margin the new revenue arrives at, not how large the number is.
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