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To: Johnny Canuck who wrote (43078)	2/17/2006 3:52:47 AM
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Dell profit rises 52% on higher sales Laptops, software, peripherals offset flat revenue in PCs E-mail \| Print \| \| Disable live quotes By Matt Andrejczak, MarketWatch Last Update: 5:16 PM ET Feb 16, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Dell Inc. said late Thursday its quarterly profit rose 52%, as the world's No. 1 maker of personal computers sold more laptops and non-PC gear to corporations and non-U.S. customers. Round Rock, Texas-based Dell (DELL : dell inc com News , chart, profile, more Last: 0.000.000.00% 12:18am 02/17/2006 Add to portfolio Analyst Create alertInsider Discuss Financials Sponsored by: DELL0.00, 0.00, 0.0%) posted net income of $1.01 billion, or 43 cents a share, in its fiscal fourth quarter, up from $667 million, or 26 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter, which the company said was one week shorter. Shares of Dell, which lost 29% last year, dipped in after-hours trading after the results were released. Revenue rose 13% to $15.2 billion, even though desktop PC sales were flat. The increase reflected strong demand for Dell's laptops, software and peripheral computer products. The results topped Wall Street's expectations for the company to earn 41 cents a share on revenue of $14.8 billion. Dell padded its leading share of the global PC market in 2005, according to market researcher Gartner Inc., thanks to its direct-sales model and low-cost supply chain. "It's almost impossible for anyone to compete with Dell in the low-end market," said Mark Hillman, chief investment officer of Hillman Capital Management in Bethesda, Md. Dell said sales outside the U.S. rose 21%, led by strong demand in Europe and Asia. Even so, the company is facing increased competition from International Business Machines Corp. (IBM : International Business Machines News , chart, profile, more Last: 0.000.000.00% 12:05am 02/17/2006 Add to portfolio Analyst Create alertInsider Discuss Financials Sponsored by: IBM0.00, 0.00, 0.0%) and a resurgent Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ : Hewlett-Packard Co. News , chart, profile, more Last: 0.000.000.00% 12:33am 02/17/2006 Add to portfolio Analyst Create alertInsider Discuss Financials Sponsored by: HPQ0.00, 0.00, 0.0%) in the market for high-end PCs and servers. Sales of those Dell products rose 10% from a year earlier. For the first quarter, Dell expects to post sales between $14.2 billion to $14.6 billion and earnings of 39 to 41 cents a share -- a forecast that slightly lags Wall Street's expectations. Analysts expect the company to rack up sales of $14.7 billion and earnings of 41 cents a share, according to a Thomson First Call survey. Matt Andrejczak is a reporter for MarketWatch in San Francisco.