Stock Analysis on Net
Stock Analysis on Net

Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL)

Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

Dell Technologies Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Jul 31, 2026 May 1, 2026 Jan 30, 2026 Oct 31, 2025 Aug 1, 2025 May 2, 2025 Jan 31, 2025 Nov 1, 2024 Aug 2, 2024 May 3, 2024 Feb 2, 2024 Nov 3, 2023 Aug 4, 2023 May 5, 2023 Feb 3, 2023 Oct 28, 2022 Jul 29, 2022 Apr 29, 2022 Jan 28, 2022 Oct 29, 2021 Jul 30, 2021 Apr 30, 2021 Jan 29, 2021 Oct 30, 2020 Jul 31, 2020 May 1, 2020
Net income 4,133 3,438 2,259 1,548 1,164 965 1,532 1,170 882 992 1,158 1,004 455 578 606 241 506 1,069 1 3,888 880 938 1,343 881 1,099 182
Depreciation and amortization 754 758 773 756 762 738 774 765 784 800 841 822 831 809 854 832 744 726 830 1,242 1,240 1,239 1,373 1,361 1,340 1,316
Stock-based compensation expense 184 189 189 165 179 190 186 198 191 210 203 227 223 225 228 235 236 232 216 472 499 435 390 436 413 370
Deferred income taxes (22) 45 (45) 112 129 (256) 214 (78) (17) (327) 153 (50) (101) (93) 28 (363) (136) (246) 85 (150) (130) (170) (180) 165 (159) (225)
Other, net (67) (387) 277 48 215 174 (168) 164 233 224 88 41 172 308 313 199 540 (91) 1,182 (4,017) (213) (82) 234 (811) 385 104
Accounts receivable 2,903 (8,331) (5,758) 3,310 (5,265) 691 736 172 (2,886) 683 460 535 (1,018) 3,000 (690) 1,729 (1,790) 864 (606) (1,320) (2,117) 1,850 (1,281) 231 (630) 1,284
Financing receivables (6,667) 263 (1,036) (1,135) (592) 23 (532) 233 (487) (165) (136) 575 (497) 367 (175) (364) (202) 280 (475) 48 (90) 276 (104) (80) (530) (14)
Inventories (6,225) (4,715) (3,578) 206 119 (734) (193) (805) (1,281) (1,236) (228) 153 366 684 1,360 (372) 306 (419) (451) (1,272) (395) (396) (45) 164 (10) (352)
Other assets and liabilities 265 496 363 991 3,888 (3,276) 207 1,893 840 (593) 626 152 (926) (1,322) 543 2,140 (825) (885) (324) 819 (151) (2,292) 519 345 (286) (2,234)
Due from/to related party, net (78) 36 848 (1,458) 1,290 (557) 693 (777) 479
Accounts payable 4,542 11,661 9,746 (3,696) 2,104 4,511 (2,272) (751) 3,521 1,205 (1,347) (415) 2,153 (726) (4,080) (2,766) (199) (1,501) 593 3,796 1,478 (125) 1,814 351 971 (1,538)
Deferred revenue 2,425 664 1,484 (1,133) (160) (230) 101 (1,408) (440) (750) (207) (928) 708 (595) 2,437 (558) 851 479 1,563 (255) 724 565 1,814 (49) 739 311
Changes in assets and liabilities (2,757) 38 1,221 (1,457) 94 985 (1,953) (666) (733) (856) (910) 108 1,634 (50) 685 (748) (1,166) (1,959) 779 1,816 (551) (122) 2,717 962 254 (2,543)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities (1,908) 643 2,415 (376) 1,379 1,831 (947) 383 458 51 375 1,148 2,759 1,199 2,108 155 218 (1,338) 3,092 (637) 845 1,300 4,534 2,113 2,233 (978)
Change in cash from operating activities 2,225 4,081 4,674 1,172 2,543 2,796 585 1,553 1,340 1,043 1,533 2,152 3,214 1,777 2,714 396 724 (269) 3,093 3,251 1,725 2,238 5,877 2,994 3,332 (796)
Purchases of investments (211) (124) (26) (46) (28) (97) (42) (19) (25) (39) (29) (30) (98) (15) (7) (21) (28) (52) (94) (50) (124) (146) (42) (122) (118) (56)
Sales of equity and other investments 89 1 116 71 28 31 45 121 97 119 76 23 108 19 17 31 50 18 59 119 79 256 71 27 32 39
Capital expenditures and capitalized software development costs (1,239) (963) (721) (669) (675) (568) (735) (639) (682) (596) (727) (704) (624) (701) (759) (747) (807) (690) (740) (799) (632) (625) (498) (480) (545) (559)
Acquisition of businesses and assets, net (84) 1 (127) (70) (6) (10) (19) (71) (296) (38)
Divestitures of businesses and assets, net 533 3,957 2,067 120
Other 24 19 20 27 20 13 54 13 53 60 10 13 9 13 23 7 7 4 28 14 14 6 2 14 3 9
Change in cash from investing activities (1,337) (1,067) (695) (617) (655) (88) (678) (524) (557) (456) (669) (825) (605) (684) (796) (730) (778) (720) (747) 3,241 (669) (519) (486) 1,435 (924) (485)
Dividends paid by VMware, Inc. to non-controlling interests (2,240)
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock 4 1 1 2 4 2 2 1 4 8 140 26 160 63 168 105 116
Repurchases of common stock (3,796) (1,628) (1,847) (1,247) (940) (1,980) (734) (429) (725) (700) (878) (702) (260) (240) (165) (600) (682) (1,436) (629) (214) (552) (443) (474) (299) (291) (540)
Repurchases of common stock for employee tax withholdings (18) (537) (11) (22) (5) (352) (17) (25) (14) (521) (18) (42) (6) (306) (18) (22) (8) (350)
Net transfer of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash to VMware, Inc. (5,052)
Payments of dividends and dividend equivalents (405) (464) (346) (351) (366) (396) (311) (312) (316) (336) (261) (266) (269) (276) (236) (238) (242) (248)
Proceeds from debt 4,386 2,465 1,232 6,502 962 6,308 645 3,680 1,941 2,992 871 2,249 2,134 2,521 3,700 2,314 3,431 3,034 7,388 9,102 1,209 2,726 1,619 2,925 1,712 10,135
Repayments of debt (1,017) (2,788) (1,121) (3,977) (1,114) (2,310) (976) (3,200) (2,917) (3,477) (1,480) (2,684) (3,384) (3,698) (1,746) (1,837) (3,539) (2,703) (13,654) (4,646) (4,353) (4,070) (3,675) (7,024) (4,815) (5,405)
Debt-related costs and other, net (32) (2) (52) (3) (33) 2 (29) (2) (35) (55) (5) (44) (5) (22) (3) (7) (7) (1,402) (99) (3) (11) (80) (148) (42)
Change in cash from financing activities (882) (2,954) (2,093) 857 (1,465) 1,237 (1,391) (315) (2,032) (2,077) (1,819) (1,446) (1,827) (2,002) 1,513 (386) (1,046) (1,706) (15,581) 4,283 (3,673) (1,638) (2,467) (4,310) (3,437) 4,264
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash (22) (13) 87 30 15 89 (101) 19 (42) (55) 14 (83) (59) (58) 239 (149) (83) (111) (52) (33) (16) (5) 103 (15) 84 (136)
Change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash (16) 47 1,973 1,442 438 4,034 (1,585) 733 (1,291) (1,545) (941) (202) 723 (967) 3,670 (869) (1,183) (2,806) (13,287) 10,742 (2,633) 76 3,027 104 (945) 2,847

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-05-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2026-01-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-08-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-05-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-11-01), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-08-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-05-03), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-02-02), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-11-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-08-04), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-05-05), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-02-03), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-05-01).


Operating cash flow demonstrates a general trend of growth, characterized by significant volatility in the early periods followed by a period of stabilization and subsequent acceleration. The ability to generate cash from core operations has consistently exceeded net income, primarily due to the impact of non-cash charges and strategic working capital management.

Operating Cash Flow Dynamics
Net income exhibits a long-term upward trajectory, rising from 182 million in May 2020 to 4,133 million by July 2026. This growth is complemented by consistent depreciation and amortization expenses, although these charges experienced a step-down around January 2022. Significant fluctuations in accounts receivable and accounts payable indicate a dynamic approach to managing working capital, where large inflows from payables frequently offset outflows from receivables to stabilize net cash from operations.
Investment Expenditures and Asset Management
Cash used in investing activities is predominantly driven by capital expenditures and capitalized software development. These expenditures remained relatively stable, generally ranging between 500 million and 800 million for several years, before increasing sharply to 1,239 million by July 2026. Periodic divestitures of businesses and assets provided substantial cash infusions, most notably in 2020 and 2021, which served to offset routine capital outflows during those periods.
Financing and Capital Structure
Financing activities are characterized by a continuous cycle of debt issuance and repayment. Large-scale debt repayments occurred frequently, often paired with significant new borrowings to maintain liquidity. Shareholder returns have expanded over time; dividend payments remained relatively steady before increasing in 2025 and 2026, while stock repurchases accelerated aggressively, peaking at 3,796 million in July 2026.

The overall cash position is subject to high variability, largely dictated by the timing of debt repayments and the scale of share repurchase programs. Despite this volatility, the increasing trend in both net income and operating cash flow suggests an improving capacity to fund internal growth and return capital to shareholders while maintaining necessary liquidity levels.

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