Dell shares slip after profit forecasts fail to impress market

Dell chairman and CEO Michael Dell. Shares of Dell Technologies ropped nearly 6% in premarket trading on Friday, as a dour quarterly profit forecast and weaker-than-expected second-quarter margin rate overshadowed upbeat full-year estimates. Picture: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Shares of Dell Technologies dropped nearly 6% in premarket trading on Friday, as a dour quarterly profit forecast and weaker-than-expected second-quarter margin rate overshadowed upbeat full-year estimates.

Dell Technologies employs close to 4,500 people in Dublin, Cork, and Limerick.