ROUND ROCK, Texas, May 30, 2019 — (PRNewswire) —

News summary

• First quarter revenue of $21.9 billion, up 3 percent; non-GAAP first quarter revenue of $22.0 billion, up 2 percent
• Operating income of $550 million; non-GAAP operating income of $2.2 billion
• Diluted earnings per share of $0.38; non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.45

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Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) today announced financial results for its fiscal 2020 first quarter ended May 3, 2019. First quarter revenue was $21.9 billion, up 3 percent, and non-GAAP revenue was $22.0 billion, up 2 percent over the same period in the prior year. The company generated operating income of $550 million¹, compared to an operating loss of $153 million last year, and non-GAAP operating income of $2.2 billion, compared to $2.0 billion last year. Net income was $329 million or 1.5 percent of revenue, non-GAAP net income was $1.2 billion or 5.5 percent of non-GAAP revenue, and adjusted EBITDA was $2.6 billion or 11.7 percent of non-GAAP revenue. Cash flow from operations was approximately $682 million for the quarter with diluted earnings per share of $0.38 and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.45.

"We're in the middle of a technology led investment cycle that's fueled by the explosion of data," said Jeff Clarke, vice chairman, Dell Technologies. "No one is better positioned to deliver the solutions customers need to grow in the data era. One example is our new Dell Technologies Cloud platform jointly engineered with VMware to expedite customers' moves to hybrid cloud environments."

Unveiled at Dell Technologies World earlier in the quarter, the Dell Technologies Cloud combines the power of VMware and Dell Technologies to make hybrid cloud environments simpler to deploy and manage with consistent infrastructure, operations, and services. Dell Technologies Cloud seamlessly extends from the public cloud into the data center with the option of hyperconverged or converged infrastructure, including VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail, as well as being able to be consumed as a fully managed Data Center-as-a-Service, VMware Cloud on Dell EMC.

Also at Dell Technologies World 2019, the company extended its leadership in edge computing with the announcement of Unified Workspace, which integrates solutions across Dell devices and services, VMware Workspace ONE, and Secureworks to simplify the entire device lifecycle for IT.

First Quarter Fiscal 2020 Financial Results

Dell Technologies ended the quarter with a cash and investments balance of $9.8 billion. The company paid down approximately $400 million in gross debt in the first quarter and approximately $15 billion in gross debt over the two and a half years since the closing of the EMC transaction, excluding Dell Financial Services-related debt, public subsidiary debt, and debt incurred to finance the Class V transaction. The company is on track to repay approximately $4.8 billion of gross debt in fiscal year 2020.

"I am pleased that we grew revenue and profitability while taking share in a dynamic environment," said Tom Sweet, chief financial officer, Dell Technologies. "We remain focused on long-term relative growth and innovating across our family of businesses to help our customers transform for their digital future."

Operating segments summary

Infrastructure Solutions Group revenue for the first quarter was $8.2 billion, a 5 percent decrease year-over-year. This was driven by a 1 percent decrease in storage revenue to $4.0 billion and a 9 percent decrease in server and networking revenue to $4.2 billion. Operating income was $843 million for the first quarter, or 10.3 percent of Infrastructure Solutions Group revenue.

Key highlights:

• Newer software-defined data center solutions and hyper converged infrastructure are growing rapidly, including VxRail, which grew triple digits again during the first quarter
• Launched midrange storage portfolio with new Unity XT solution announced at Dell Technologies World 2019, as well as new Cloud Storage Services extending support for hybrid cloud environments
• Strengthened data protection portfolio with announcement of PowerProtect X400 and PowerProtect Software platform offerings at Dell Technologies World 2019

Client Solutions Group revenue for the first quarter was $10.9 billion, up 6 percent versus the first quarter of last year. Commercial revenue grew 13 percent to $8.3 billion, and Consumer revenue was down 10 percent to $2.6 billion. Operating income was $793 million for the first quarter, or 7.3 percent of Client Solutions Group revenue.

Key highlights:

• Gained year-over-year worldwide PC share² for 25^th consecutive quarter
• Double-digit revenue growth in commercial notebooks, desktops, and workstations
• Launched new Dell Latitude mobile PC portfolio with breakthroughs in security, productivity, and connectivity

VMware revenue was $2.3 billion for the first quarter, up 13 percent driven by broad-based strength across a diverse product portfolio. Operating income for the first quarter was $614 million, or 26.9 percent of VMware revenue.

Conference call information

As previously announced, the company will hold a conference call to discuss its first quarter performance today, May 30, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. CDT. The conference call will be broadcast live over the internet and can be accessed at https://investors.delltechnologies.com/events-and-presentations/upcoming-events For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, an archived version will be available at the same location for one year.

A slide presentation containing additional financial and operating information may be downloaded from Dell Technologies' website at https://investors.delltechnologies.com/financial-information/quarterly-results  

About Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) is a unique family of businesses that helps organizations and individuals build their digital future and transform how they work and live. The company provides customers with the industry's broadest and most innovative technology and services portfolio spanning from edge to core to cloud. The Dell Technologies family includes Dell, Dell EMC, Pivotal, RSA, Secureworks, Virtustream and VMware.

Copyright © 2019 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. 

1 Due to the EMC transaction, significant non-cash bridging items will remain between GAAP and non-GAAP results for the next few years.
2 IDC WW Quarterly Personal Computing Device (PCD) Tracker CY19Q1

Non-GAAP Financial Measures:

This press release presents information about Dell Technologies' 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 non-controlling interest, non-GAAP net income attributable to Dell Technologies Inc. - basic, non-GAAP net income attributable to Dell Technologies Inc. - diluted, non-GAAP earnings per share attributable to Dell Technologies Inc. - basic, non-GAAP earnings per share attributable to Dell Technologies Inc. - diluted, EBITDA, and adjusted EBITDA, 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 historical 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.

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: competitive pressures; Dell Technologies' reliance on third-party suppliers for products and components, including reliance on single-source or limited-source suppliers; Dell Technologies' ability to achieve favorable pricing from its vendors; adverse global economic conditions and instability in financial markets; Dell Technologies' execution of its growth, business and acquisition strategies; the success of Dell Technologies' cost efficiency measures; Dell Technologies' ability to manage solutions and products and services transitions in an effective manner; Dell Technologies' ability to deliver high-quality products and services; Dell Technologies' foreign operations and ability to generate substantial non-U.S. net revenue; Dell Technologies' product, 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; weak economic conditions and additional regulation; counterparty default risks; the loss by Dell Technologies of any services contracts with its customers, including government contracts, and its ability to perform such contracts at its estimated costs; Dell Technologies' ability to develop and protect its proprietary intellectual property or obtain licenses to intellectual property developed by others on commercially reasonable and competitive terms; infrastructure disruptions, cyberattacks, or other data security breaches; Dell Technologies' ability to hedge effectively its exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates; expiration of tax holidays or favorable tax rate structures, or unfavorable outcomes in tax audits and other tax compliance matters; impairment of portfolio investments; unfavorable results of legal proceedings; increased costs and additional regulations and requirements as a result of Dell Technologies' operation as a public company; Dell Technologies' ability to develop and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting; compliance requirements of changing environmental and safety laws; the effect of armed hostilities, terrorism, natural disasters, and public health issues; Dell Technologies' substantial level of indebtedness; the impact of the financial performance of VMware; and the market volatility of Dell Technologies' pension plan assets.

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 February 1, 2019, 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 non-controlling interest, non-GAAP net income attributable to Dell Technologies Inc. - basic, non-GAAP net income attributable to Dell Technologies Inc. - diluted, non-GAAP earnings per share attributable to Dell Technologies Inc. - basic, non-GAAP earnings per share attributable to Dell Technologies Inc. - diluted, EBITDA, and adjusted EBITDA, 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 conjunction with the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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