Dell Technologies Delivers Record Third Quarter Fiscal 2022 Results

Nov. 23, 2021 —

News summary

Best third quarter in Dell Technologies history, driven by robust demand, durable competitive advantages and strong execution
Record third quarter revenue of $28.4 billion, up 21%
Third quarter diluted earnings per share of $4.87, non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $2.37

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Dell Technologies announces record financial results for its fiscal 2022 third quarter. The company generated record revenue of $28.4 billion, up 21%, driven by growth in all business units, customer segments and geographies, as well as broad strength across commercial PCs, servers and storage. Operating income was a third quarter record of $1.3 billion, a 19% increase over the same period the prior year, and non-GAAP operating income was a third quarter record of $2.9 billion, up 5%. Net income was $3.9 billion, non-GAAP net income was $2.0 billion and adjusted EBITDA was $3.4 billion. Net cash from operating activities was $3.3 billion. Diluted earnings per share was $4.87, up 351% and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share was $2.37, up 17%.

Third Quarter Fiscal 2022 Financial Results

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	October 29, 2021		October 30, 2020		Change	October 29, 2021		October 30, 2020		Change
	(in millions, except per share amounts and percentages; unaudited)
Total net revenue	$	28,394	$	23,482	21%	$	79,003	$	68,112	16%
Operating income	$	1,349	$	1,129	19%	$	4,096	$	2,967	38%
Net income	$	3,888	$	881	341%	$	5,706	$	2,162	164%
Earnings per share – diluted	$	4.87	$	1.08	351%	$	7.08	$	2.64	168%

Non-GAAP net revenue	$	28,405	$	23,521	21%	$	79,037	$	68,241	16%
Non-GAAP operating income	$	2,868	$	2,725	5%	$	8,393	$	7,504	12%
Non-GAAP net income	$	2,015	$	1,711	18%	$	5,745	$	4,475	28%
Adjusted EBITDA	$	3,410	$	3,231	6%	$	9,976	$	8,938	12%
Non-GAAP earnings per share – diluted	$	2.37	$	2.03	17%	$	6.75	$	5.28	28%

Information about Dell Technologies’ use of non-GAAP financial information is provided under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below. All comparisons in this press release are year-over-year unless otherwise noted.

Dell Technologies ended the quarter with remaining performance obligations of $47 billion, up 26%, deferred revenue of $31 billion, and cash and investments of $24.2 billion. The company has paid down a total of $15.9 billion of debt year-to-date and received an Investment Grade corporate family rating from all three of the major credit rating agencies.

Operating Segments Summary

Client Solutions Group revenue for the third quarter was up 35% to a record $16.5 billion. Operating income was a third quarter record of $1.1 billion, up 14%, and 6.9% of Client Solutions Group revenue. Commercial revenue was a record $12.3 billion, up an unprecedented 40%, and consumer revenue was also a record $4.3 billion, up 21%.

Key highlights:

Continued growth in high-value segments, including commercial PCs, high-end consumer and gaming – which will drive long-term profitable share gains.
Achieved highest year-over-year PC share gain in Dell’s history for calendar third quarter, with shipments up 26.6% and global PC share up 3.0 points to 17.4%.¹
Announced new Latitude Rugged notebooks – including the industry’s smallest 5G-capable 13″ fully-ruggedlaptop.
Timed to the 25^th anniversary of Alienware – released the redesigned Alienware Aurora, the pinnacle of gaming desktop experiences. With a special focus on airflow and thermals, the open-air design provides better accessibility and improved performance – enriching the gaming experience in every possible way.

Infrastructure Solutions Group revenue for the third quarter was $8.4 billion, up 5% and the third consecutive quarter of positive year-over-year revenue growth, as customers accelerate IT investments. Storage revenue was $3.9 billion, up 1%. Servers and networking revenue was $4.5 billion, up 9% for a fourth consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth. Operating income was $892 million or approximately 10.6% of Infrastructure Solutions Group revenue. Customer investments in IT infrastructure and digital transformation will continue to drive strong demand for compute and storage and create future growth opportunities for new innovations in multi-cloud, telecom and 5G.

Key highlights:

Introduced updates to the network-attached storage (NAS) portfolio, including new Dell EMC PowerScale systems and software enhancements, all focused on providing customers with the flexible and secure consumption and management of unstructured data.
Launched the industry’s first end-to-end NVMe/TCP solution, featuring SmartFabric Storage Software, which provides the intelligence for automated storage connectivity at scale.
Announced edge innovations across the portfolio to help organizations simplify deployments and capture more value from data generated and processed outside the traditional data center and public cloud.
Introduced new telecom software, solutions and services to help communications service providers (CSPs) accelerate their open, cloud-native network deployments and create new revenue opportunities at the edge.
Announced APEX Cloud Services with VMware Cloud, which gives organizations the ability to move workloads across multiple cloud environments and scale resources quickly with predictable pricing and transparent costs.

VMware revenue was $3.2 billion for the third quarter, up 10% driven by broad-based strength across a diverse product portfolio. Operating income for the quarter was $837 million, or 26.3% of VMware revenue.

Executive quotes:

“We continue to deliver strong results, with more than $13 billion in cash flow from operations on a trailing-twelve-month basis,” said Tom Sweet, chief financial officer, Dell Technologies. “The digital trends are tailwinds for our business, and along with our strategy and financial flexibility, lead us to be optimistic about our long-term growth prospects.”
“Technology is more essential today than ever before, and we are clearly winning in our core, keeping us at the center of customers’ IT and digital agendas,” said Jeff Clarke, vice chairman and co-chief operating officer, Dell Technologies. “Our product, global operations and sales teams did an outstanding job this quarter as we shipped a record number of products and delivered record revenue of $28.4 billion.”
“We’re three quarters into what will prove to be a historic year for Dell, and we are just beginning to write the next chapter of the Dell Technologies story,” said Chuck Whitten, co-chief operating officer, Dell Technologies. “We are uniquely positioned in the data era, with durable advantages and market-leading positions. Our strategy is focused on growing our core business and in adjacent multi-billion-dollar markets including multi-cloud, edge, telecom and as-a-Service.”

Conference call information
As previously announced, the Company will hold a conference call to discuss its third quarter performance today, Nov. 23, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. CST. 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.

Additional financial and operating information may be downloaded from https://investors.delltechnologies.com/financial-information/quarterly-results

Read our quarterly blog from Bill Scannell, Dell Technologies president of Global Sales & Customer Operations, to learn more about how we are helping customers with their digital transformations: https://www.delltechnologies.com/en-us/blog/accelerating-customers-digital-journeys-every-step-of-the-way/

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