as of Oct 23
DELL
GrowthDELL TECHNOLOGIES INC - C
Dell Technologies Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, markets, sells, and supports various comprehensive and integrated solutions, products, and services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) and Client Solutions Group (CSG) segments. The ISG segment provides modern and traditional storage solutions, including all-flash, purpose-built, hyper-converged infrastructure, software-defined storage, and general-purpose and AI-optimized servers.
Close · 3M
+11.58%
Held by 6 AI ETFs
Signal performance
Each tracked ETF's moves on this stock, grouped by fund. Returns are measured from the signal date to the latest close — hypothetical, no commissions or slippage.
AIUP · Accumulation · 5d
weight 4.430% → 14.890% (+10.460 pp)·stock down 14.8% in the 30 days before
Oct 23·entry $456.44·now $456.44Fresh
AIUP · Weight increase · 4d
weight 0 → 4.610% (new)·stock down 17.6% in the 30 days before
Oct 22·entry $452.95·now $456.44Fresh
AIUP · Weight increase · 3d
weight 0 → 4.570% (new)·stock down 11.5% in the 30 days before
Oct 21·entry $485.88·now $456.44Fresh
AIUP · Weight increase · 2d
weight 0 → 4.510% (new)·stock down 19.8% in the 30 days before
Oct 20·entry $461.56·now $456.44Fresh
AIUP · New entry · 1d
weight 0 → 4.430% (new)·stock down 19.8% in the 30 days before
Oct 19·entry $455.44·now $456.44Fresh
AMOM · Weight decrease · 4d
weight 2.290% → 1.980% (-0.310 pp)·stock down 23.2% in the 30 days before
Oct 16·entry $451.71·now $456.44
AMOM · Weight decrease · 3d
weight 2.290% → 1.990% (-0.300 pp)·stock down 16.0% in the 30 days before
Oct 15·entry $473.39·now $456.44
AMOM · Weight decrease · 2d
weight 2.290% → 2.110% (-0.180 pp)·stock down 6.5% in the 30 days before
Oct 14·entry $507.93·now $456.44
BUZZ · Weight increase · 2d
weight 0.490% → 0.510% (+0.020 pp)·stock down 11.5% in the 30 days before
Oct 21·entry $485.88·now $456.44Fresh
BUZZ · Weight decrease · 2d
weight 1.160% → 0.490% (-0.670 pp)·stock down 16.0% in the 30 days before
Oct 15·entry $473.39·now $456.44
PQUS · Weight increase · 2d
weight 0.490% → 0.520% (+0.030 pp)·stock down 11.5% in the 30 days before
Oct 21·entry $485.88·now $456.44Fresh
PQUS · Weight decrease · 4d
weight 0.620% → 0.490% (-0.130 pp)·stock down 23.2% in the 30 days before
Oct 16·entry $451.71·now $456.44
PQUS · Weight decrease · 3d
weight 0.620% → 0.510% (-0.110 pp)·stock down 16.0% in the 30 days before
Oct 15·entry $473.39·now $456.44
LQAI · Weight decrease · 4d
weight 0.400% → 0.320% (-0.080 pp)·stock down 23.2% in the 30 days before
Oct 16·entry $451.71·now $456.44
LQAI · Weight decrease · 3d
weight 0.400% → 0.330% (-0.070 pp)·stock down 16.0% in the 30 days before
Oct 15·entry $473.39·now $456.44
LQAI · Weight decrease · 2d
weight 0.400% → 0.350% (-0.050 pp)·stock down 6.5% in the 30 days before
Oct 14·entry $507.93·now $456.44
AIVL · Weight decrease · 5d
weight 0.370% → 0.283% (-0.087 pp)·stock down 23.2% in the 30 days before
Oct 16·entry $451.71·now $456.44
AIVL · Weight decrease · 4d
weight 0.370% → 0.296% (-0.074 pp)·stock down 16.0% in the 30 days before
Oct 15·entry $473.39·now $456.44
Sell signals show what the stock did after the AI exited. A negative number means the AI's exit was well-timed.
Buffett-style framework
Six AI ETFs hold Dell, and most recent moves are accumulation: AIVL, BUZZ, AMOM and PQUS all added in early October, LQAI made a new entry on 2026-09-29, and AMOM's late-September selling was mostly reversed. That momentum-driven buying conflicts with a Too Hard verdict, since the framework declines to underwrite a hardware assembler whose growth depends on an AI capital spending cycle.
- Circle of CompetenceDell's earnings now hinge on lumpy, fast-changing AI server orders from a handful of large customers on thin hardware margins, so ten-year unit economics are too uncertain to project, as the 49% revenue jump itself illustrates.
- Economic Moat
- Management
- Financial Health
- Margin of Safety
The framework stops at the circle of competence because Dell's AI server demand, low hardware margins and customer concentration make long-term owner earnings impossible to project with confidence. The 130.7% ROE is flattered by a small equity base from heavy buybacks and leverage, and a 32x earnings multiple with 18.5x book leaves little margin of safety even if the business could be modelled. Later stages were not scored, and this is an educational reading, not investment advice.
Educational interpretation generated by AI applying frameworks Warren Buffett documented in his shareholder letters and other public writings. Not a statement by Mr. Buffett or Berkshire Hathaway, and not investment advice.