Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. DELL scored 70.9, STX scored 63.1 — DELL leads.
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DELL
Dell Technologies Inc.
Computer Hardware · Quality-Growth
70.9
$586.06 · $372.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
7.8
DELL leads
STX
Seagate Technology Holdings plc
Computer Hardware · Quality-Growth
63.1
$783.00 · $178.0B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestDELL33.4x
Fastest growthDELL+49.0%
Highest qualityDELL83 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
DELL
stronger →← stronger
STX
83
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
75
87
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
81
49
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
41
DELL is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
DELL
STX
$8.6bB+
FCF
$3.1bB
+49.0%A
Rev
+34.1%A
Negative equity
D/E
1.80C
33.4xB
P/E
56.3xC
0.58A-
PEG
0.44A
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
DELL
STX
228% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
303% above
~41%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~56%/yr
-73%
1-yr DCF upside
-81%
-70%
5-yr DCF upside
-75%
-65%
10-yr DCF upside
-65%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
DELL
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
Durable high returns
STX
Why this score
Durable high returns
Diluting shareholders
The companies
DELLDell Technologies Inc.
Computer Hardware · $586.06 · beta 1.44
Why now
Computer Hardware · market cap $372.6b. Trading near 52-week high of $595.51 — momentum setup, limited technical margin of safety. Revenue growing +49% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.58 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 25 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $585.96 (implying -0% upside).
Moat
$372.6b market cap places it among the largest companies in the sector — distribution, R&D, and customer-acquisition costs amortize across a base peers can't replicate.
Risk
Trading within 2% of the 52-week high — limited technical margin of safety; a momentum reversal would test conviction. Beta 1.44 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Trailing P/E 33x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates.
STXSeagate Technology Holdings plc
Computer Hardware · $783.00 · beta 2.08
Why now
Computer Hardware · market cap $178.0b. Down 32% from 52-week high of $1145.00 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +34% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.44 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 23 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $1,144 (implying +46% upside).
Moat
Net margin 26% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. FCF converts 98% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. $178.0b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Trailing P/E 56.3x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating. Down 32% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Beta 2.08 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
STX leads DELL by 0.5 points (69.7 to 69.2), its sharpest advantage coming in PEG (grade A). A contrarian could still prefer DELL for its stronger P/S (grade A-).
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where DELL and STX diverge
On the headline score the gap is 7.8 points in favor of DELL. The widest single difference is Value, where DELL leads by 8.1 points.
ValueDELL 49.4 · STX 41.3DELL +8.1
QualityDELL 82.9 · STX 75.0DELL +7.9
GrowthDELL 87.1 · STX 81.0DELL +6.1
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is DELL or STX the better stock?
DELL scores higher: DELL 70.9, STX 63.1 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do DELL and STX differ most?
The widest gap is value, where DELL leads by 8 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. DELL leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are DELL and STX scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.