{"id":2139,"date":"2010-11-19T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dell-smashes-earnings-expectations\/2139\/"},"modified":"2010-11-19T13:18:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-19T13:18:00","slug":"dell-smashes-earnings-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dell-smashes-earnings-expectations\/2139\/","title":{"rendered":"Dell Smashes Earnings Expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2124\" href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/recent-events\/dell-reports-huge-profit\/2123\/attachment\/index-13\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2124\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/smw-news-wp\/stock-market-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/index12-150x150.jpg\"><\/a>Dell<\/strong>&#8216;s (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/nasdaq\/today.aspx\">NASDAQ<\/a>:<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=DELL\"><strong>DELL<\/strong><\/a>) third  quarter earnings showed an increase of 27% in its sale of PC&#8217;s, networking  solutions and servers along with a 20% increase in Gross margin.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-2139\"><\/span>This  result surpassed expectations and is something not seen from Dell (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/nasdaq\/today.aspx\">NASDAQ<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/smw-news-wp\/stock-market-news\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_biggrin.gif\"> ELL)  since a long time. Analysts were expecting earning around 12 % -17.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) has been  fighting for the second spot in the PC market with Acer (NASDAQ:CSCO)  since a long while and has been losing in developing markets to HP (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/nyse\/today.aspx\">NYSE<\/a>:HPQ).  The benefits were accredited to reduced prices of screens and hard drives.  There have been fears of reduced public spending raised by companies  such as Cisco which mean bad news for future Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) profits.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:5px;margin-bottom:20px;font-size:11pt;\">&laquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/\">Return to Stock Market News<\/a> &laquo; <\/div>\n<div style=\"padding:0px;margin:0px;margin-bottom:15px;\">\n<div style=\"width:338px;height:280px;\">\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW Single Post - Footer *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"9968072899\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dell&#8216;s (NASDAQ:DELL) third quarter earnings showed an increase of 27% in its sale of PC&#8217;s, 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