Why Would You Ever Buy Dell?

The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which Chief Technology Officer Jeremy Phillips and senior technology analyst Eric Bleeker discuss topics across the investing world.

Dell just released earnings, and they're ugly. The company is hopelessly behind in PCs and has no eye to future growth markets. Its not a major player in merging markets, and has no significant toehold in mobile or tablets. Aside from PCs, the company's services and IT solutions strategy still isn't as capable as perpetual laggard HP, either. While Eric's not a fan of either stock, he's left to wonder why investors would choose Dell over HP at this point, especially considering HP is cheaper on some metrics, like operating profits. More to the point, while IT looks to have some rough quarters ahead, its at times like these Eric would rather re-trench with broad market leaders like IBM or a company that dominates its niche and has global growth like EMC. To see Eric and Jeremy's full thoughts on Dell, watch the video below.

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