DELL: AI BACKLOG AT $11.7B EXITING Q2
$DELL | Dell Posts Strong Q2, ISG Drives Record Growth; FY26 EPS Outlook Raised 📊 Q2 2025 Results: EPS: $2.32 vs $2.29 est. (+$0.03 beat) Revenue: $29.78B vs $29.02B est. (+19% Y/Y) 📂 Segment Highlights: Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG): $16.8B, +44% Y/Y (Record)
Dell $DELL raised its full-year AI server shipments guidance to $20B from its prior view of $15B+, noting that shipments in the first half of the year reached $10B. Q2 saw record AI server shipments of $8.2B, up 4.5x versus Q1's $1.8B. $NVDA $CRWV $SMCI
Dell Technologies reported fiscal second-quarter 2026 revenue of $29.78 billion, a 19% year-on-year increase and ahead of analyst estimates. Adjusted earnings per share reached $2.32, also topping expectations, while GAAP operating income rose 27% to $1.8 billion. Cash flow from operations more than doubled to $2.5 billion, supporting $1.3 billion returned to shareholders through buybacks and dividends. Demand for artificial-intelligence infrastructure continued to reshape the business. Revenue in the Infrastructure Solutions Group jumped 44% to a record $16.8 billion, driven by a 69% surge in Servers and Networking sales to $12.9 billion. Dell said it shipped $10 billion of AI servers in the first half of the year and ended the quarter with an AI backlog of $11.7 billion. Management lifted its full-year AI server shipment target to $20 billion, up from a prior view of more than $15 billion. Looking ahead, Dell forecast third-quarter revenue of $26.5 billion to $27.5 billion and adjusted EPS of $2.35 to $2.55, the midpoint of which trails consensus profit estimates but exceeds sales expectations. For the full fiscal year, the company now projects revenue of $105 billion to $109 billion and non-GAAP earnings of about $9.55 per share. Shares edged higher in after-hours trading following the results.