Will Dell’s Dominant Shareholders Buy More After These New Product Launches?

In 2012, Dell Inc.’s (NASDAQ:DELL) shares are down 27.82 percent. On Thursday, the company announced a new XPS dockable Windows tablet and convertible ultrabook.

The tablet, named XPS 10, is 10 inches and runs on Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows RT; it is powered by an ARM (NASDAQ:ARMH) processor and is less expensive than tablets running on Windows 8.

The ultrabook, XPS Duo 12, has a screen-flipping design and is reminiscent of the Inspiron Duo convertible tablet. Its specs include premium materials such as its aluminum and carbon fiber chassis along with its Corning Gorilla Glass 12.5-inch display. This has been described as ”97% more pixels than standard HD.”

With its new tablet and ultrabook, will this prompt Dell’s largest shareholders to increase their holdings? 787 institutional firms indicated owning shares of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) in Q2 2012. These firms reported owning a total of 1.247 billion shares on 06/30/2012. The shares closed at $12.51 on 06/30/2012.

Here are the ten largest positions in Dell Inc. at the end of June 30th, 2012.

Southeastern Asset Management Inc/TN/ held 132,591,870 shares on 06/30/2012 worth $1,658,724,324. This brought the portfolio total to 7.02%.

Price T Rowe Associates Inc /MD/ held 66,242,067 shares on 06/30/2012 worth $828,688,273. This brought the portfolio total to 0.26%.

State Street Corp held 66,108,075 shares on 06/30/2012 worth $827,012,033. This brought the portfolio total to 0.13%.

Vanguard Group Inc held 64,157,483 shares on 06/30/2012 worth $802,610,127. This brought the portfolio total to 0.11%.

Invesco Ltd. held 40,824,707 shares on 06/30/2012 worth $510,717,094. This brought the portfolio total to 0.28%.

Blackrock Institutional Trust Company N.A. held 40,169,101 shares on 06/30/2012 worth $502,515,463. This brought the portfolio total to 0.12%.

Mackenzie Financial Corp held 39,347,708 shares on 06/30/2012 worth $492,239,836. This brought the portfolio total to 2.32%.

Citigroup Inc held 31,168,385 shares on 06/30/2012 worth $389,916,503. This brought the portfolio total to 0.34%.

Dodge & Cox held 24,043,200 shares on 06/30/2012 worth $300,780,438. This brought the portfolio total to 0.41%.

Franklin Resources Inc held 23,085,295 shares on 06/30/2012 worth $288,797,046. This brought the portfolio total to 0.2%.

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