Dell Technologies Inc. vs INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, two Computer Hardware stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DELL and IBM diverge most: on ev/ebitda, DELL reads 25.7 and IBM reads 483.2; on dividend yield, DELL reads 0.5% and IBM reads 3.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's DELL price has a different growth bar priced in than IBM (+36.3% implied for DELL vs +9.9% for IBM); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What DELL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | DELL | IBM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $404.75 | $223.80 |
| Market cap | $265.5B | $213.3B |
| Sector | Computer Hardware | Computer Hardware |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +36.3% | +9.9% |
| P/E | 32.3 | 19.8 |
| P/B | — | 6.18 |
| P/S | 1.98 | 3.09 |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.7 | 483.2 |
| Revenue growth | +39.2% | +8.0% |
| Gross margin | 17.8% | 57.7% |
| Operating margin | 8.3% | — |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 12.4% |
| Return on equity | — | 24.9% |
| Return on assets | 6.8% | 5.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 24.8% | — |
| FCF yield | 3.6% | 6.5% |
| Dividend yield | 0.5% | 3.0% |
| Debt / equity | — | 1.79 |
| Current ratio | 0.95 | 0.79 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.68 | 2.92 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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