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• Third quarter revenue down 6% at $24.7 billion
• Operating income up 68% at a record $1.8 billion, and non-GAAP operating income up 22% at a
record $2.4 billion
• Diluted earnings per share at $0.33, and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share at $2.30
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Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) announces financial results for its fiscal 2023 third quarter. Revenue
was $24.7 billion, down 6%. Operating income was a record $1.8 billion, up 68%, representing 7.1% of
revenue, and non-GAAP operating income was a record $2.4 billion, up 22%, representing 9.6% of
revenue. Net income from continuing operations was $241 million, and non-GAAP net income was $1.7
billion. Diluted earnings per share was $0.33, and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share was $2.30.
Dell Technologies ended the quarter with remaining performance obligations of $39 billion and deferred
revenue of $27.1 billion. Recurring revenue for the third quarter was approximately $5.4 billion, up 11%
year-over-year. Cash and investments were $6.5 billion, and $847 million was returned to shareholders in
the third quarter through share repurchases and dividends.
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Third Quarter Fiscal 2023 Financial Results
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
October 28, October 29, October 28, October 29,
2022 2021 Change 2022 2021 Change
Infrastructure Solutions Group delivered record third quarter revenue of $9.6 billion, up 12% year-
over-year and its seventh consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth. Servers and networking revenue
was $5.2 billion, up 14%. Storage revenue was $4.4 billion, up 11%. Operating income was a record $1.4
billion, up 54% and approximately 14.3% of Infrastructure Solutions Group revenue.
Client Solutions Group delivered third quarter revenue of $13.8 billion, down 17% year-over-year.
Commercial revenue was $10.7 billion, down 13%, and Consumer revenue was $3 billion, down 29%.
Operating income was $1.1 billion, down 7% and approximately 7.7% of Client Solutions Group revenue.
• Dell launched Cybersecurity Advisory Services and a new vulnerability management service,
providing organizations with tools and actionable insights to secure their IT environments.
• As part of continuing APEX momentum, Dell PowerFlex block storage is now available in the
AWS Marketplace.
• Dell added a customer-managed option for APEX Data Storage Services, helping customers easily
transition to an as-a-Service environment.
• Dell announced Project Frontier, an edge operations software platform that centralizes customers’
software applications, operational technologies and multicloud environments with Zero Trust-
enabled security protection to securely scale edge operations for any enterprise use case.
• As part of Dell’s edge portfolio, the Latitude 7230 Rugged Extreme Tablet is now available and is
the lightest and most powerful 12” fully rugged tablet on the market, offering more speed and
reduced energy consumption for workers in extreme environments.
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Executive Quotes:
• “We played our hand in Q3 exceptionally well; it’s what we do,” said Jeff Clarke, vice chairman
and co-chief operating officer, Dell Technologies. “We reduced backlog to meet customer needs
and deliver record business results, including record third quarter ISG revenue of $9.6 billion. At
the same time, our innovation engine is operating at full throttle in strategic areas like edge,
multicloud and as-a-Service.”
• “We executed Q3 with focus and delivered strong operating results, successfully navigating the
challenging environment we highlighted in our Q2 earnings call," said Chuck Whitten, co-chief
operating officer, Dell Technologies. “With the industry’s largest direct sales force and our
technology ecosystem, we anticipated the changing landscape and responded quickly. We
combatted slower demand and drove record profitability, with record operating income of $1.8
billion.”
• “We continue to perform well in any environment, driving record operating income and growing
revenue 6% year-to-date to $77 billion,” said Tom Sweet, chief financial officer, Dell
Technologies. “We’re creating long-term value with strong share positions in the most profitable
parts of the market, generating solid free cash flow over time and returning capital to
shareholders.”
For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, the final remarks and presentation with financial guidance
will be available following the broadcast, and an archived version will be available at the same location
for one year.
Contacts
Investors: Investor_Relations@Dell.com
Media: Media.Relations@Dell.com
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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; material impairment of the value of goodwill or intangible assets; weak economic
conditions and the effect of additional regulation on Dell Technologies’ financial services activities; counterparty default risks; the loss by
Dell Technologies of any contracts for ISG services and solutions and its ability to perform such contracts at their estimated costs; loss by
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policy and dividend rate.
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DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Basis of Presentation
Spin-Off of VMware, Inc. — On November 1, 2021, Dell Technologies Inc. completed its spin-off of VMware, Inc.
(“VMware”) by means of a special stock dividend (the “VMware Spin-off”). In accordance with applicable accounting
guidance, the results of VMware, excluding Dell’s resale of VMware offerings, are presented as discontinued operations in the
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and, as such, have been excluded from both continuing operations and segment
results for the three and nine months ended October 29, 2021. The Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows are
presented on a consolidated basis for both continuing operations and discontinued operations.
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Consolidated Statements of Income and Related Financial Highlights
(in millions, except percentages; unaudited)
Amounts are based on underlying data and may not visually foot due to rounding.
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Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
(in millions; unaudited)
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in millions; unaudited)
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Segment Information
(in millions, except percentages; unaudited; continued on next page)
Operating Income:
ISG operating income $ 1,374 $ 894 54% $ 3,502 $ 2,634 33%
% of ISG net revenue 14.3 % 10.4 % 12.3 % 10.5 %
% of total reportable segment
operating income 56 % 44 % 53 % 45 %
Operating Income:
CSG operating income $ 1,060 $ 1,142 (7)% $ 3,153 $ 3,208 (2)%
% of CSG net revenue 7.7 % 6.9 % 7.0 % 7.3 %
% of total reportable segment
operating income 44 % 56 % 47 % 55 %
Amounts are based on underlying data and may not visually foot due to rounding.
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Segment Information
(in millions, except percentages; unaudited; continued)
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SUPPLEMENTAL SELECTED NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
These tables present information about the Company’s non-GAAP net revenue, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating
expenses, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net income attributable to Dell Technologies Inc. -
basic and diluted, non-GAAP earnings per share attributable to Dell Technologies Inc. - basic, and non-GAAP earnings per
share attributable to Dell Technologies Inc. - diluted, 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
detailed discussion of Dell Technologies’ reasons for including these non-GAAP financial measures, the limitations associated
with these measures, the items excluded from these measures, and our reason for excluding those items are presented in
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Non-GAAP Financial Measures”
in our periodic reports filed with the SEC. Dell Technologies encourages investors to review the non-GAAP discussion in these
reports in conjunction with the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures.
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DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Selected Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(in millions, except per share amounts and percentages; unaudited)
Amounts are based on underlying data and may not visually foot due to rounding.
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Reconciliation of Selected Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(in millions, except percentages; unaudited; continued on next page)
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Reconciliation of Selected Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(in millions, except percentages; unaudited; continued)
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Reconciliation of Selected Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(in millions, except percentages and per share amounts; unaudited; continued)
Earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to Dell Technologies Inc.
Net income from continuing operations
attributable to Dell Technologies Inc. — basic $ 245 $ 3,685 $ 1,828 $ 4,976
Weighted-average shares outstanding —
basic 728 766 740 762
Earnings per share attributable to Dell
Technologies Inc. — basic $ 0.34 $ 4.81 (93)% $ 2.47 $ 6.53 (62)%
Earnings per share from discontinued operations attributable to Dell Technologies Inc.
Net income from discontinued operations
attributable to Dell Technologies Inc. — basic $ — $ 158 $ — $ 585
Weighted-average shares outstanding —
basic — 766 — 762
Earnings per share attributable to Dell
Technologies Inc. — basic $ — $ 0.21 NM $ — $ 0.77 NM
Incremental dilution from VMware, Inc.
attributable to Dell Technologies — (2) — (7)
Net income from discontinued operations
attributable to Dell Technologies Inc. —
diluted $ — $ 156 $ — $ 578
Weighted-average shares outstanding —
diluted — 788 — 785
Earnings per share attributable to Dell
Technologies Inc. — diluted $ — $ 0.19 NM $ — $ 0.74 NM
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