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Technology Stocks : Dell Technologies Inc.
DELL 113.22+1.9%Jan 21 3:59 PM EST

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To: wayne nikituk who wrote (115981)4/10/1999 2:17:00 PM
From: jim kelley  Read Replies (1) of 176387
 
CPQ has a different situation than DELL.

Infobeads is reporting that DELL is showing a 4% share gain in the US workplace market through March while CPQ lost a percentage point. In the large business market, DELL has opened a 10% gap on CPQ at 31%. These share movements occurred this quarter.

CPQ business model is inferior to DELL's. CPQ has intrinsically much higher operating costs and is losing its cost of goods advantage over DELL. Overall, DELL's costs are much lower than CPQ's.

This is the recipe for the decline of CPQ over time. CPQ has been trying to offset this trend with acquisitions and diversification of their businesses. So far the results have been disappointing.

DELL is stating that it is on track to deliver against estimates this quarter, I suspect they will exceed estimates, The problem is not really demand as CPQ would have you believe but a host of other problems that are company specific and unlikely to improve. DELL has built a reputation for telling its shareholders the truth and building shareholder value. CPQ has done just the opposite.

Just my opinion....
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