Dell (DELL): FY27 Q2 earnings call, Sep 1, 2026

Tue, Sep 1Earnings callSpeaker-labelled transcriptDell

On its Sep 1, 2026 earnings call (FY27 Q2), Dell said 14 of the 21 words Kalshi and Polymarket listed; Parrot’s count agreed with 19 of 21 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each, with timed clips.

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21 words · 14 settled yes · our count agreed on 19 of 21

backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.

Listed words: result, our count under the market rule, the count over every speaker, whether they agree, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultOur countAll speakersAgreesProbabilityClipMarket
Quarter 20+ timesYes6464✓72%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 0:02, Quarter 20+ times–
AI / Artificial Intelligence 20+ timesYes5151✓79%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 3:27, AI / Artificial Intelligence 20+ times–
Data Center 10+ timesYes1010✓11%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 4:03, Data Center 10+ times–
Data Center Yes910✓78%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 4:03, Data Center–
Agentic Yes89✓64%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 8:10, Agentic–
Confidence Yes33✓61%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 10:06, Confidence–
PowerScale Yes22✓63%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 9:36, PowerScale–
Tailwind Yes22✓54%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 4:40, Tailwind–
Inflation / Inflationary Yes22✓50%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 26:15, Inflation / Inflationary–
Lightning Yes23✓45%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 42:40, Lightning–
AI Factory Yes11✓71%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 35:44, AI Factory–
Nvidia Yes12✓66%n=2+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 7:14, Nvidia–
Dividend 3+ timesYes11✗35%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 17:42, Dividend (3+ times)–
PowerEdge / Power Edge Yes00✗33%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Fiscal 20+ timesNo11✓8%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 0:00, Fiscal 20+ times–
Mistral No00✓40%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Headwind No00✓27%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Secure AI Alliance No00✓13%transcripts from the transcript model–
Texas No00✓10%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Trump No00✓10%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
China No00✓9%n=3+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 21, 2026 04:22 UTC.

Transcript

quotes of at most 25 words

Speaker-labelled transcript · Source and credits · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.

10 matches for “Data Center”; 5 quoted, at least 25 words apart.

Jeff Clarkecompanyprepared · 4:05Hear it 4:03, Jeff Clarke

…customers enter a new era of infrastructure modernization. Customers are modernizing their data centers for both AI and non-AI workloads, and the benefits are meaningful.…

Jeff Clarkecompanyprepared · 6:51Hear it 6:45, Jeff Clarke

…unique designs as customers optimize for workload performance, power, cooling, and the data center environment. This complexity plays to our strength. Our engineering capabilities, broad…

Jeff Clarkecompanyprepared · 7:54Hear it 7:48, Jeff Clarke

…coming from existing customers as they continue to refresh and modernize their data centers to support traditional workloads. Heightened security and resiliency requirements are also…

Jeff Clarkecompanyprepared · 11:11Hear it 11:06, Jeff Clarke

…several reinforcing factors. First, infrastructure demand is growing structurally, driven by data center modernization, AI adoption, and attractive economics of deploying workloads on-prem.

Jeff Clarkecompanyqa · 24:27Hear it 24:25, Jeff Clarke

…in the quarter, it is a consistent theme that I think we talked about last quarter. One, there is a modernization in the data center.

Where the listed words were said

Operatoroperator“Quarter (20+)” · prepared · 0:04Hear it 0:00, Operator

Good afternoon, and welcome to the fiscal year 2027 second quarter financial results conference call for Dell Technologies Inc. I'd like to inform all participants…

Jeff Clarkecompany“AI / Artificial Intelligence (20+)” · prepared · 3:29Hear it 3:24, Jeff Clarke

…the past 12 months, we have booked more than $130 billion in AI server orders. In just the past two quarters, we have generated almost…

Jeff Clarkecompany“Data Center (10+)” · qa · 26:23Hear it 26:17, Jeff Clarke

…more data is being created on the planet at the edge and data centers in the cloud, and that data has to be stored, it…

David Kennedycompany“Data Center” · qa · 29:49Hear it 29:46, David Kennedy

…first half, 71%. It is obvious we are seeing signs where the data center is turning in from this cost center approach to a value…

Jeff Clarkecompany“Agentic” · qa · 25:58Hear it 25:52, Jeff Clarke

…to be updated. Then increasingly, we're seeing enterprises drive AI workloads, specifically agentic workloads. I know your question was specifically the non-ones, but it's complemented…

Jeff Clarkecompany“Confidence” · prepared · 10:08Hear it 10:02, Jeff Clarke

…improve, supporting overall ISG profitability. Our share gains, expanding Dell IP mix, and accelerating pace of product development give us confidence in the opportunity ahead.

Jeff Clarkecompany“PowerScale” · prepared · 9:38Hear it 9:38, Jeff Clarke

…PowerVault, with PowerStore posting double-digit demand growth for the ninth consecutive quarter. PowerScale and ObjectScale also drove another exceptional quarter in unstructured storage, which…

Jeff Clarkecompany“Tailwind” · prepared · 4:42Hear it 4:41, Jeff Clarke

…this quarter, the most in our history. We are also seeing AI-related tailwinds in traditional servers and networking, along with early signs of increased storage…

Jeff Clarkecompany“Inflation / Inflationary” · qa · 44:40Hear it 44:38, Jeff Clarke

…the quarter before and the quarter before. So there's a notion of inflation inside our growth. But the underlying demand for the technology is significant.…

Jeff Clarkecompany“Lightning” · qa · 42:42Hear it 42:41, Jeff Clarke

For Project Lightning, our parallel file system. There's an echo, sorry. Parallel file system designed for native AI use cases. We continue to have the…

Jeff Clarkecompany“AI Factory” · qa · 35:46Hear it 35:40, Jeff Clarke

…in our remarks, we now have more than 6,500 customers buying Dell AI Factory. 3,300 of them have happened in the last three quarters. It…

Jeff Clarkecompany“Nvidia” · prepared · 7:16Hear it 7:10, Jeff Clarke

…again by becoming the first to ship rack systems engineered on the NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform. The AI market is evolving rapidly, and we are…

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