DELL released second quarter earnings net profit of $1 billion 20 million

DELL released the 2006 fiscal second quarter earnings today. The report shows that due to the increase in sales of notebook computers and market share, DELL's second quarter net profit rose by 28%.

In the quarter ended July 29th, DELL's net profit of $1 billion 20 million, earnings per share of 41 cents. This performance is better than the same period last year, the 2005 quarter of fiscal year second, DELL's net profit of $799 million, earnings per share of 31 cents. DELL's second quarter sales of $13 billion 430 million, an increase of $11 billion 710 million over the same period last year, $15%. DELL's second quarter net profit was included in the tax revenue of $3 per share, if not included in this earnings, Dai Erdi earnings per share in the two quarter was $38.

DELL's earnings per share exceeded Wall Street's expectations, but revenues are somewhat lower than Wall Street's expectations. Thomson Financial survey, analysts had expected DELL's second quarter earnings per share of 37 cents, revenue of $13 billion 710 million. DELL CEO Kevin - (Kevin Rollins), said: Although the average price of the product fell more than we expected, but our net profit is still steady growth.

In the second quarter of this year, DELL's revenue from outside the United States accounted for the proportion of total revenue of the company in, an increase of 24% over last year. Among them, DELL in the Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan) revenue grew 24%, in Europe, the Middle East and Africa revenue grew 21% in the Americas (not including the United States) in revenue grew 34%, revenue grew 11% in the United states.

The second quarter of this year, DELL storage systems division revenue was $400 million, an increase of 26%; desktop division revenue was $5 billion 100 million, an increase of 2%, accounting for the proportion of total revenues was 37%; notebook computer sector revenue of $3 billion 400 million, an increase of 20%, accounting for the proportion of total revenues was 26%; the server department revenue of $1 billion 300 million, an increase of 9%; enhance the service revenue of $1 billion 200 million, an increase of 41%; the software and peripherals division revenue was $2 billion, an increase of 25%.

The second quarter of this year, DELL sold a total of 9 million 100 thousand computer systems, including desktop sales grew 17%, the share increased by 0.5 percentage points in the global market; notebook computer sales rose 47%, mainly due to the growing number of customers from the desktop to notebook computer; the server sales grew 25% in the global market share share growth of 3 percentage points. DELL expects fiscal third quarter earnings per share of 39 cents to 41 cents, sales of $14 billion 100 million to $14 billion 500 million. Thomson Financial survey, analysts expect DELL third quarter earnings per share of 41 cents, sales of $14 billion 600 million, an increase of 17%. 2005 quarter of fiscal year third, DELL earnings per share of $33, sales of $12 billion 500 million.

The same day, DELL shares fell $0.15 in regular trading on the Nasdaq, to close at $39.58, down 0.38%. In the subsequent after hours trading, DELL shares fell $3.13, to close at $36.45, down 7.91%.