DELL Stock — Dell Technologies Inc.

Dell Technologies Inc. (DELL)

Updated October 16, 2026.

DELL is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.56%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.51%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 92/100 (Safe). Total return is 4023.4% over the past 10.2 years, 3712.0 points ahead of SPY at 311.4%.

Dell Technologies Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells computing infrastructure and client devices globally, operating through two main segments: Infrastructure Solutions Group, which provides servers, storage, and networking products for enterprise customers; and Client Solutions Group, which offers notebooks, desktops, workstations, and peripherals for businesses and consumers. The company distributes a modest quarterly dividend. Dell Technologies does not pay a management fee structure typical of funds.

DELL performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 4023.4% over the past 10.2 years, 3712.0 points ahead of SPY at 311.4%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 202.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 32.3%.

DELL key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

92 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.52%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

08/17/2016

Distribution rate

0.56%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.51%

5-year average yield

1.29

Last close

$451.71 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$142,484,325,351

Average volume

8416299.0

Dividend

$0.63

Ex-dividend date

10/20/2026

Payment date

10/30/2026

Beta

1.442

Payout ratio

13.7%

P/E ratio

26.26

Forward P/E

21.322

EPS

$17.20

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.56%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.51%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

DELL risks and drawbacks

DELL's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 32.3%.

Who may consider DELL — and who may not

DELL may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (DELL pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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