DELL vs LRCX vs NTAP Stock Comparison

Dell Technologies, Lam Research and NetApp Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DELL Dell Technologies Inc.
$456.57 -16.9% 1M +196.0% 1Y
Market cap
$301.57B
P/E
26.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$151.20B
Div. yield
0.01%
Server and Storage Hardware Technology
7 wins
LRCX Lam Research Corp
$230.10 -25.1% 1M +56.0% 1Y
Market cap
$296.82B
P/E
35.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$26.13B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Equipment Technology
2 wins
NTAP NetApp, Inc.
$215.48 +9.8% 1M +82.9% 1Y
Market cap
$43.53B
P/E
30.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.39B
Div. yield
–
Server and Storage Hardware Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Dell Technologies leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Dell Technologies 7, Lam Research 2, NetApp 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDELLLRCXNTAPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $301.57B $296.82B $43.53B DELL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.5x 35.1x 30.7x DELL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.7x 23.1x 20.5x DELL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +49.0% +33.4% +12.2% DELL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.5% 32.3% 19.2% LRCX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 37.4% 49.6% 36.7% LRCX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.3x -0.4x -0.5x NTAP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +196.0% +56.0% +82.9% DELL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +51.1%/yr +32.8%/yr +18.3%/yr DELL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 74.1% 65.6% 44.7% NTAP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 67/100 57/100 DELL

Percentile Scorecard

DELLLRCXNTAP

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisDELLLRCXNTAP
Valuation 77 #27 of 112 53 #45 of 95 43 #64 of 112
Growth 93 #9 of 109 85 #15 of 93 52 #53 of 109
Profitability 78 #24 of 105 94 #6 of 91 91 #10 of 105
Financial Health 12 #103 of 117 46 #56 of 102 28 #85 of 117
Shareholder Returns 82 #16 of 82 59 #32 of 76 70 #25 of 82
Overall 68 67 57
  • DELL ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • LRCX ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • NTAP ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodDELLLRCXNTAPSPY
1 month -16.9%-25.1%+9.8% -1.0%
3 months +4.4%-24.6%+28.5% +2.9%
6 months +111.3%-14.1%+98.2% +6.4%
Year to date +262.7%+34.4%+101.2% +11.4%
1 year +196.0%+56.0%+82.9% +13.1%
3 years +582.0%+281.0%+191.8% +79.4%
3 years, per year +89.7%+56.2%+42.9% +21.5%
5 years +686.5%+313.3%+131.7% +67.7%
5 years, per year +51.1%+32.8%+18.3% +10.9%
10 years +3,343.2%+2,257.6%+535.3% +255.2%
10 years, per year +42.5%+37.2%+20.3% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureDELLLRCXNTAPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 74.1%65.6%44.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 62.1%65.0%38.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.423.251.34 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.650.851.86 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -60.0%-56.8%-43.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -22.4%-46.9%-9.9% -2.5%
52-week high $588.49$433.33$239.18 $779.14
52-week low $111.07$139.59$94.11 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleDELLLRCXNTAP
P/E now vs peer median 25.9xmedian 31.3x 34.1xmedian 41.5x 29.8xmedian 31.3x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 2.6x 11.0xmedian 6.9x 5.7xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 18.2xmedian 19.6x 28.0xmedian 27.3x 20.3xmedian 19.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 34.1xmedian 28.3x 44.0xmedian 35.6x 25.6xmedian 28.3x
P/B now vs peer median -204.8xmedian 2.9x 20.7xmedian 4.2x 28.3xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 0.30median 1.15 1.09median 2.31 3.63median 1.15

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsDELLLRCXNTAP
Revenue $151.20B $26.13B $7.39B
Gross profit $29.94B $13.34B $5.22B
Operating income $14.25B $9.65B $1.85B
Net income $11.38B $8.45B $1.42B
Free cash flow $8.56B $6.54B $1.65B
R&D $3.64B $2.47B $1.02B
EPS (diluted) $17.45 $6.73 $7.09
Cash & equivalents $11.57B $7.44B $1.57B
Total debt $34.47B $16.44B $9.95B
Shares (diluted) 652.00M 1.26B 200.00M
Enterprise value $257.33B $272.87B $26.35B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricDELLLRCXNTAP
P/E 25.9x 34.1x 29.8x
P/FCF 34.1x 44.0x 25.6x
P/Operating cash flow 24.0x 37.9x 22.3x
P/S 1.9x 11.0x 5.7x
P/B -204.8x 20.7x 28.3x
P/Tangible book -50.6x 20.7x 29.0x
EV/EBITDA 18.2x 28.0x 20.3x
EV/EBIT 22.1x 29.4x 22.3x
EV/Revenue 2.1x 10.9x 5.6x
EV/FCF 36.8x 43.4x 24.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 25.9x 37.4x 21.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.30 1.09 3.63

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDELLLRCXNTAP
Revenue growth (1Y) 49.0% 33.4% 12.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 17.3% 18.2% 6.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 39.7% 38.1% 13.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 10.9% 23.4% 7.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 109.0% 49.3% 35.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 39.3% 29.0% 25.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 135.2% 45.4% 21.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 79.0% 28.6% 5.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 147.5% 47.0% 22.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 86.5% 31.1% 8.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 62.5% 18.7% 3.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.5% 15.3% 14.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 76.1% 17.8% -0.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 17.5% 13.2% 15.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDELLLRCXNTAP
Gross margin 19.8% 51.1% 70.6%
EBITDA margin 11.4% 38.7% 27.5%
Operating margin 9.4% 37.0% 25.0%
Pretax margin 9.1% 37.2% 24.7%
Net margin 7.5% 32.3% 19.2%
FCF margin 5.7% 25.0% 22.3%
Operating cash flow margin 8.0% 29.0% 25.7%
Return on equity – 64.1% 99.6%
Return on assets 9.4% 33.9% 13.1%
Return on invested capital 37.4% 49.6% 36.7%
Return on capital employed 38.1% 54.8% 29.4%
Asset turnover 1.2x 1.0x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 0.9x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 1.5% 5.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDELLLRCXNTAP
Debt / assets 27.1% 14.2% 22.7%
Debt / equity -24.2x 0.3x 1.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.3x -0.4x -0.5x
Debt / FCF 4.0x 0.6x 1.5x
Liabilities / assets 101.1% 47.2% 86.4%
Equity / assets -1.1% 52.8% 13.6%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 1.0x 2.5x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.4x 1.8x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.1x 1.0x 0.8x
Altman Z-score 3.00 18.53 4.06

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDELLLRCXNTAP
Dividend yield 0.5% 0.5% 1.0%
Net buyback yield 2.9% 1.3% 1.8%
Shareholder yield 3.4% 1.8% 2.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) 13.8% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 18.3% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 13.1% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 15.4% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusDELLLRCXNTAP
Forward P/E 16.7xFY2026 23.1xFY2027 20.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $27.26FY2026 $9.95FY2027 $10.49FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +164.7%FY2026 +71.0%FY2027 +29.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +20.2% +12.4% +8.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $203.24BFY2026 $32.59BFY2027 $8.49BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +79.0%FY2026 +40.3%FY2027 +22.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.3% +24.6% +8.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDELLLRCXNTAP
Held by institutions 73.2% 85.6% 97.4%
Institutions holding 2,118 3,130 959
Change in shares held, QoQ -3.9% +6.2% -1.0%
Institutions buying 1,191 1,695 501
Institutions selling 746 1,162 336
Buyers to sellers 1.60 1.46 1.49

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

DELLLRCXNTAP
DELL 1.00 0.36 0.66
LRCX 0.36 1.00 0.23
NTAP 0.66 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DELL, LRCX and NTAP?

Dell Technologies (DELL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Dell Technologies (DELL) $301.57B, Lam Research (LRCX) $296.82B, NetApp (NTAP) $43.53B.

Which stock is cheaper, DELL, LRCX and NTAP?

Dell Technologies (DELL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Dell Technologies (DELL) 26.5x, Lam Research (LRCX) 35.1x, NetApp (NTAP) 30.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Dell Technologies (DELL) is cheapest (Dell Technologies (DELL) 16.7x, Lam Research (LRCX) 23.1x, NetApp (NTAP) 20.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Dell Technologies (DELL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Dell Technologies (DELL) +49.0%, Lam Research (LRCX) +33.4%, NetApp (NTAP) +12.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Lam Research (LRCX) has the highest net margin (Dell Technologies (DELL) 7.5%, Lam Research (LRCX) 32.3%, NetApp (NTAP) 19.2%). On return on invested capital, Lam Research (LRCX) leads (Dell Technologies (DELL) 37.4%, Lam Research (LRCX) 49.6%, NetApp (NTAP) 36.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Dell Technologies (DELL) returned the most: Dell Technologies (DELL) +196.0%, Lam Research (LRCX) +56.0%, NetApp (NTAP) +82.9%. Over five years, Dell Technologies (DELL) compounded fastest (Dell Technologies (DELL) +51.1%/yr, Lam Research (LRCX) +32.8%/yr, NetApp (NTAP) +18.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Dell Technologies (DELL) 0.01%, Lam Research (LRCX) 0.00%, NetApp (NTAP) 0.00%. Lam Research (LRCX) and NetApp (NTAP) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, NetApp (NTAP) has been the steadiest (Dell Technologies (DELL) 74.1%, Lam Research (LRCX) 65.6%, NetApp (NTAP) 44.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DELL, LRCX and NTAP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Dell Technologies (DELL) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.