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FBN reiterated its Outperform rating on Dell (NASDAQ: DELL). At the same time, FBN raised its price target on the company's stock from $19 to $20. In today's trading, Dell added 0.64% to its value to trade around $16.52.

Goldman Sachs is maintaining its $13 PT on Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), which hosted its 2011 Analyst Meeting in Austin, Texas. “The company's overall tone remained unchanged since the May earnings call, and it maintained FY2012 and long-term guidance,” Goldman Sachs writes. “Management did, however,...

FBN Securities has raised the price target on Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) from $19 to $20 and maintains its Outperform rating.

BMC reiterated its Buy rating on Dell (NASDAQ: DELL). At the moment, BMC has a price target of $19 placed on the company's stock. On Wednesday, Dell added 2.56% to its value to finish the day at $16.42. Its shares continued to climb higher in today's pre-market trading, however, rising 0.12% to $16...

Sterne Agee reiterated its Neutral rating on Dell (NASDAQ: DELL). At the moment, Sterne Agee has a price target of $15 placed on the company's stock. On Wednesday, Dell added 2.56% to its value to finish the day at $16.42. Its shares continued to climb higher in today's pre-market trading, however...

Citi reiterated its Buy rating on Dell (NASDAQ: DELL). At the moment, Citi has a price target of $20 placed on the company's stock. In today's trading, Dell lost 0.12% of its value to trade around $15.99.

JP Morgan reiterated its Underweight rating on Dell (NASDAQ: DELL). On Tuesday, Dell finished the day at $16.01.

BMC is out with its report today on Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, BMC writes, "We feel incrementally bullish on our Buy rated Dell call after spending the evening with management. Overall, we believe revenue is tracking within Dell's updated FY11 guidance of 5% - 9% (...

BMC reiterated its Buy rating on Dell (NASDAQ: DELL). At the same time, BMC left its price target on the company's stock unchanged at $19. On Monday, Dell added 0.06% to its value to finish the day at $15.94. Its shares continued to climb higher in today's pre-market trading, rising 0.69% to $16.05...

J.P. Morgan provided color on Dell (NASDAQ: DELL). In a research report published today, J.P. Morgan stressed that Dell has some catching up to do. In the report, J.P. Morgan states, "we expect large cap tech companies such as Cisco, Dell, and Hewlett- Packard to make increasing organic and...

Auriga reiterated its Buy rating on Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) ahead of the company's analyst day, which will be held on June 28 and 29. In a research report published today, Auriga states, "We continue to believe Dell can grow its top-line roughly in-line with overall IT spending as it transforms...

FBN Securities has initiated coverage on the following companies: Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Outperform, $500 PT International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) Outperform, $200 PT Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) Outperform, $19 PT Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) Sector Perform, $38 PT