Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) Get Ready for a Rating's Cut by S&P - ATML, UMC, SNDK

Pompano Beach, FL -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/06/2013 -- Michael Dell, founder of once the largest Pc maker, and private equity company Silver Lake Partners have decided to purchase Dell in a $24.4 billion agreement that would load debt onto the PC-manufacturer, and Standard & Poor’s stated that the deal could cost the firm its investment-grade credit rating.

Dell (DELL), which would also get a $2 billion loan from Microsoft (MSFT) as an element of the agreement, presently holds an A- rating at S&P, which declared that it is keeping the firm on “CreditWatch Negative” on Tuesday.

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The status indicates the company’s viewpoint that the leveraged takeover “will substantially damage Dell’s financial risk status.

The possible result is a downgrade to Dell’s (DELL) corporate credit rating to no greater than BB and possibly to a single B level, as per reported by S&P analyst Martha Toll-Reed.

At the current trading session, Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) shares are up +0.07% to $13.43 while the stocks are trading within the range of $13.39 – $13.44. In the past year, the stock has traded within a range of $8.69 – $18.36. Average daily trading volume is 46.84 million shares.

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If we look at a few other stocks at the tech sector, Atmel Corporation, United Microelectronics Corp and SanDisk Corporation are in the gainer list. Let’s have a quick look on their Market performance.

Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ:ATML) shares are up +0.07% to $7.07 while the stock is trading within the range of $7.01 – $7.10 in the current trading session. In the last 12 months the shares have traded between $4.37 and $10.74. The average daily trading volume is 6.42 million shares.

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United Microelectronics Corp (ADR) (NYSE:UMC) shares in the current session moved up +1.31% reaching $1.93. The stocks are trading in a range of $1.89 – $1.94. In the last year the stock has moved within a range of $1.75 – $2.77. The Company’s average daily trading volume is 3.31 million shares.

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Another rival company, SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), is trading up +1.08% to $50.33. Intraday trading recorded the stock price in a range of $49.55 to $50.57. In the previous 52 weeks the stock’s price ranged between $30.99 and $51.80. Their average daily trading volume is 4.50 million shares.

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