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DELL stock drops premarket as AI tech selloff hits hardware makers. Read analyst price forecasts and technical support levels.
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The S&P 500 reached new all-time highs on October 6, 2026, climbing 0.85% to 7,840 as falling oil prices eased inflation concerns. Nuclear stocks surged following a Constellation Energy deal with Google, while semiconductor stocks like Marvell Technology jumped over 7% on strong investor day guidance. Memory stocks declined amid reports of Toshiba's market expansion plans.
The U.S. expansion is 78 months old. Comfort Systems, Bloom Energy and Nvidia lead the S&P 500, as the AI buildout rewarded builders over the megacaps.
Mizuho analyst Vijay Rakesh maintains Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) with a Outperform and raises the price target from $600 to $650.
Sandisk stock surged over 11% in September 2026 due to optimistic forecasts about persistent memory shortages driven by AI demand. Intel's CEO warned of memory scarcity extending to 2028, while Citigroup predicted shortages lasting until 2031. Analyst upgrades from Rosenblatt (buy rating, $2,400 target) and Mizuho, plus Sandisk's addition to the S&P 100 index, further boosted the stock. The company is well-positioned as a trusted flash memory manufacturer to benefit from the AI infrastructure build-out.
SpaceX has expanded significantly beyond rockets into AI infrastructure, with major compute contracts worth billions annually from companies like Reflection AI, Google, and Anthropic. Recent milestones include Starship reaching orbit and successful launch cadences. However, at a $2 trillion valuation, the stock may already reflect this growth. The author recommends dollar-cost averaging rather than chasing momentum ahead of Q3 earnings, as the company needs to demonstrate these contracts are translating into actual revenue and improved economics.
SpaceX stock has declined 29% from its peak and trades at an expensive P/S ratio of 94, suggesting potential further downside. Microsoft is presented as a better investment alternative, trading at a more reasonable valuation (P/S of 11.6, P/E of 28.8) while benefiting from dominant positions in enterprise AI through Copilot and Azure cloud services, which is experiencing accelerating growth at 43% in Q4.