Dell Inc (DELL): Today's Featured Computer Hardware Laggard
(
) pushed the Computer Hardware industry lower today making it today's featured Computer Hardware laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.2%. By the end of trading, Dell fell $0.17 (-1.3%) to $13.15 on average volume. Throughout the day, 18,308,977 shares of Dell exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 21,834,400 shares. The stock ranged in price between $13.14-$13.30 after having opened the day at $13.29 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $13.32. Other companies within the Computer Hardware industry that declined today were:
(
), down 5.5%,
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), down 4.9%,
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), down 4.1% and
(
), down 2.6%.
Dell Inc., an information technology company, provides a range of technology solutions worldwide. Dell has a market cap of $23.4 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 31.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are no analysts that rate Dell a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 20 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Dell
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its reasonable valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and increase in stock price during the past year. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including feeble growth in the company's earnings per share, deteriorating net income and poor profit margins.
- You can view the full Dell Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
(
), up 11.7%,
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), up 10.7%,
(
), up 7.9% and
(
), up 7.0% , were all gainers within the computer hardware industry with
(
) being today's featured computer hardware industry leader.
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iShares Dow Jones US Technology
(
) while those bearish on the computer hardware industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Short Semiconductor
(
).
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