Dell Stock Jumps As Computer Maker Seen Benefiting From Supermicro Woes

Dell Technologies (DELL) stock jumped Friday as the computer maker is expected to benefit from serious issues at rival Super Micro Computer (SMCI).

Late Thursday, news broke that federal prosecutors had charged three people connected with Super Micro Computer of conspiracy to violate U.S. export controls to smuggle servers with advanced Nvidia (NVDA) AI processors into China.

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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said the three defendants include Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw, company cofounder, board member and senior vice president of business development.

The company, better known as Supermicro, put Liaw on leave after learning of his alleged role in the scheme involving billions of dollars of servers, the Wall Street Journal reported. It also placed a second employee on leave and fired a contractor, both of whom were charged in the case.

In a statement, Supermicro said it is cooperating fully with the government and is not named as a co-defendant.

On the stock market today, Dell rose 0.6% to close at 157.67. Earlier in the session, it jumped as much as 8.4% to 169.90 but retreated during an overall down day for the market.

Meanwhile, Supermicro stock plunged 33.3% to close at 20.53.

Dell Called ‘Net Winner’

Mizuho Securities trading-desk analyst Jordan Klein said Dell is positioned as a “net winner” from Supermicro’s problems.

The worst part about the Supermicro scandal is that board member and cofounder Liaw is involved, Klein said.

“This is not some low-level grunt in the mail room trying to make a quick buck,” Klein said in a client note. “If true, this comes from the top ranks of SMCI and will require major overhaul of senior management and potentially result in more than a big fine (or injunction).”

Customers looking to buy servers with Nvidia processors might think twice about buying from Supermicro, he said.

Dell Stock Is A Recent Breakout

On Monday, Dell stock broke out of a cup-with-handle base at a buy point of 153.72, according to MarketSurge charts. The 5% buy zone extends to 161.41, based on IBD trading guidelines.

Investor’s Business Daily spotlighted Dell ahead of its breakout on March 12 as the IBD Stock Of The Day.

Further, Dell stock is on IBD’s Leaderboard.

Follow Patrick Seitz on X at @IBD_PSeitz for more stories on consumer technology, software and semiconductor stocks.

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