Computer hardware and IT solutions company Dell (NYSE: DELL) will be reporting results this Thursday after the bell. Here’s what to look for.
Dell met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $27.01 billion, up 10.8% year on year. It was an exceptional quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EPS guidance for next quarter estimates and revenue guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Dell’s revenue to grow 32.5% year on year, improving from the 7.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Dell has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Dell’s peers in the hardware & infrastructure segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Super Micro delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 123%, beating analysts’ expectations by 21.5%, and Diebold Nixdorf reported revenues up 11.7%, in line with consensus estimates. Super Micro traded up 13.8% following the results while Diebold Nixdorf was also up 11%.
Read our full analysis of Super Micro’s results here and Diebold Nixdorf’s results here.
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