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Dell
(NasdaqNM: DELL)
USA
The world's biggest PC maker, Dell keeps getting bigger. It posted sales of $56.7 billion in the most recent 12-month period through the first quarter of 2006, thanks in part to growth in sales of computer services to big businesses and in PC sales in Asia and Europe. The company, based in Round Rock, Tex., also is seeing revenue gains in non-PC hardware, including servers and storage machines. At the same time, Dell's once-strong sales growth rate is slowing, largely due to problems in its core U.S. market; its growth rate is currently 11%, well below that of other companies and down from the 15%-to-18% rate Dell was posting a year ago. Dell's poor stock return of -36.4 reflects its sagging stock price, which has fallen about 36% during the 12 months ended May 31.
Company Info |
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| 2005 Rank | 7 |
| Sales* ($ Millions) | 56,738.0 |
| Sales Growth (over prev. year) |
11 % |
| Profits* ($ Millions) | 3,400.0 |
| Return on Equity | 100.8 % |
| Total Return on Sales (12-mo.) | -36.4 |
| Share Price As of 5/31/06 | 25.38 |
| CURRENT MARKET INFO | NasdaqNM: DELL |
| No. of Employees | 65,200 |
| Industry | Computers & Peripherals |
| COMPANY WEB SITE > | |
*Trailing 12 months
Stock price data as of 5/31/06
DATA: Standard & Poor's Compustat
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Company Snapshot
Dell and its subsidiaries engage in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, sale, and support of various computer systems and services to customers worldwide. The company's products and services enable customers to build their information technology and Internet infrastructures. It offers various products, including desktop computer systems and workstations; mobility products, such as notebook computers, mobile workstations, MP3 players, and handhelds; software and peripherals that consist of printers and displays, projectors, peripheral products, software titles, notebook accessories, networking and wireless products, digital cameras, power adapters, scanners, and other products; servers and networking products; and storage devices. Dell also provides various services, which comprise assessment, design, and implementation services; deployment services; asset recovery and recycling services; training services; enterprise support services; client support services; and managed lifecycle services. Further, it offers various financing alternatives, asset management services, and other customer financial services for business and consumer customers in the U.S., through Dell Financial Services, a joint venture between the company and CIT Group. The company sells its products directly to large corporate, government, healthcare, and education accounts, as well as small-to-medium businesses and individual consumers. Dell operates principally in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia Pacific-Japan. The company was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell as Dell Computer Corporation and changed its name to Dell, Inc. in 2003. Dell is headquartered in Round Rock, Tex.
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