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Dell Technologies Delivers First Quarter Fiscal 2026 Financial Results

1. DELL's Q1 revenue rose 5% to $23.4 billion. 2. Operating income surged 21% to $1.2 billion amid strong sales growth. 3. AI demand drove record $6.3 billion revenue in servers and networking. 4. Forecasts signal 8% revenue growth for full FY26, with strong EPS expectations. 5. Shareholder returns reached a record $2.4 billion this quarter, doubling prior average.

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ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) announces financial results for its fiscal 2026 first quarter. The company also provides guidance for its fiscal 2026 second quarter and full year.

First-Quarter Summary

  • First-quarter revenue of $23.4 billion, up 5% year over year
  • First-quarter operating income of $1.2 billion, up 21% year over year, and non-GAAP operating income of $1.7 billion, up 10%
  • First-quarter diluted EPS of $1.37, flat year over year, and non-GAAP diluted EPS of $1.55, up 17%

“All of our core businesses grew as we reached $23.4 billion in revenue in our first quarter, and non-GAAP EPS grew three times faster than revenue,” said Yvonne McGill, chief financial officer, Dell Technologies. “We generated record first-quarter cash flow from operations of $2.8 billion and returned $2.4 billion to shareholders, more than double our quarterly average since we started our capital allocation program in FY23.”

“We achieved first-quarter record servers and networking revenue of $6.3 billion, and we’re experiencing unprecedented demand for our AI-optimized servers,” said Jeff Clarke, vice chairman and chief operating officer, Dell Technologies. “We generated $12.1 billion in AI orders this quarter alone, surpassing the entirety of shipments in all of FY25 and leaving us with $14.4 billion in backlog.”

Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG)

  • Revenue: $10.3 billion, up 12% year over year
  • Servers and Networking revenue: First-quarter record $6.3 billion, up 16%
  • Storage revenue: $4.0 billion, up 6%
  • Operating income: $1.0 billion, up 36% year over year

Client Solutions Group (CSG)

  • Revenue: $12.5 billion, up 5% year over year
  • Commercial Client revenue: $11.0 billion, up 9%
  • Consumer revenue: $1.5 billion, down 19%
  • Operating income: $653 million, down 16% year over year

Capital Return

Dell Technologies returned a record $2.4 billion to shareholders in the first quarter through share repurchases and dividends.

Guidance Summary

  • Full-year FY26 revenue expected between $101.0 billion and $105.0 billion, up 8% year over year at the midpoint of $103.0 billion
  • Full-year FY26 GAAP diluted EPS expected to be $7.99 at the midpoint, up 25% year over year, and non-GAAP diluted EPS to be $9.40 at the midpoint, up 15%
  • Second-quarter FY26 revenue expected between $28.5 billion and $29.5 billion, up 16% year over year at the midpoint of $29.0 billion
  • Second-quarter FY26 GAAP diluted EPS expected to be $1.85 at the midpoint, up 50% year over year, and non-GAAP diluted EPS to be $2.25 at the midpoint, up 15%

First Quarter Fiscal 2026 Financial Results

Item Three Months Ended Change
Net revenue $ 23,378 $ 22,244 5%
Operating income $ 1,165 $ 965 21%
Net income $ 965 $ 992 (3)%
Change in cash from operating activities $ 2,796 $ 1,043 168%
Earnings per share — diluted $ 1.37 $ 1.37 —%

Information about Dell Technologies’ non-GAAP financial measures is provided under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below. All comparisons in this press release are year over year unless otherwise noted.

Operating Segments Results

Item Three Months Ended Change
Client Solutions Group $ 12,509 $ 11,967 5%

Conference call information

As previously announced, the company will hold a conference call to discuss its performance and financial guidance on May 29 at 3:30 p.m. CST. Prior to the start of the conference call, prepared remarks and a presentation containing additional financial and operating information may be downloaded from investors.delltechnologies.com. The conference call will be broadcast live over the internet and can be accessed at the link provided.

For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, the final remarks and presentation with additional financial and operating information will be available following the broadcast, and an archived version will be available at the same location for one year.

About Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) helps organizations and individuals build their digital future and transform how they work, live and play. The company provides customers with the industry’s broadest and most innovative technology and services portfolio for the AI era.

Copyright © 2025 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved. Dell Technologies, Dell, EMC, and Dell EMC are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures:

This press release presents information about non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP earnings per share attributable to Dell Technologies Inc. – diluted, free cash flow, and adjusted free cash flow, all of which are non-GAAP financial measures provided as a supplement to the results provided in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). A reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is provided in the attached tables for each of the fiscal periods indicated.

Special Note on Forward-Looking Statements:

Statements in this press release that relate to future results and events are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and are based on Dell Technologies’ current expectations. In some cases, you can identify these statements by such forward-looking words as “anticipate,” “believe,” “confidence,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “guidance,” “intend,” “may,” “objective,” “outlook,” “plan,” “project,” “possible,” “potential,” “should,” “will,” and “would,” or similar words or expressions that refer to future events or outcomes.

Forward-looking statements include, among others, any statements regarding Dell Technologies’ expectations for second-quarter and full-year fiscal 2026 revenue, GAAP diluted earnings per share and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share, and any other statements regarding Dell Technologies’ prospects and its future operations, financial condition, volumes, cash flows, expenses, or other financial items, including management’s plans or strategies and objectives for any of the foregoing and any assumptions, expectations, or beliefs underlying any of the foregoing.

Dell Technologies’ results or events in future periods could differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements because of risks, uncertainties, and other factors that include, but are not limited to, the following: adverse global economic conditions, trade disruptions, and instability in financial markets; competitive pressures; Dell Technologies’ ability to successfully execute its strategy; Dell Technologies’ relationships with third-party suppliers for products and components; Dell Technologies’ use of single-source or limited-source suppliers; effects on Dell Technologies’ operating performance related to demand for AI solutions; management of Dell Technologies’ AI solutions and use of AI in internal functions and operations; Dell Technologies’ ability to deliver high-quality products, software, and services and to manage solutions and products and services transitions in an effective manner; Dell Technologies’ ability to successfully implement its cost efficiency plans; Dell Technologies’ ability to successfully execute on strategic initiatives, including acquisitions and divestitures; security incidents, including cyber-attacks; Dell Technologies’ foreign operations and ability to generate substantial non-U.S. net revenue; Dell Technologies’ product, services, customer, and geographic sales mix, and seasonal sales trends; the performance of Dell Technologies’ sales channel partners; access to the capital markets by Dell Technologies or its customers; adverse economic conditions; changing customer mix; and other risks and uncertainties detailed more fully in Dell Technologies’ filings with the SEC.

This list of risks, uncertainties, and other factors is not complete. Dell Technologies discusses some of these matters more fully, as well as certain risk factors that could affect Dell Technologies’ business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects, in its reports filed with the SEC, including Dell Technologies’ annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K. These filings are available for review through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Any or all forward-looking statements Dell Technologies makes may turn out to be wrong and can be affected by inaccurate assumptions Dell Technologies might make or by known or unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including those identified in this press release. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements made in this press release, which speak only as of its date. Dell Technologies does not undertake to update, and expressly disclaims any duty to update, its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of circumstances or events that arise after the date they are made, new information, or otherwise.

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