Publicly traded on the NASDAQ, Dell has been a volatile stock over the past year with a high of $26.01 and a low of $ 7.84 per share. Dell's 12-month stock performance is 48.29%, which is due in large part the global recession At the end of FY09, Dell had 29542 stockholders. of which 69 percent were institutional owners Dell has never paid a dividend in history. In percentage of long term debt to capi FY09, Dell's rose from a decade average of 11.3 percent up to 70.8 percent earning Dell an A-sScP credit rating Dell continues to increase its investment in r and development to improve and expand their product lines in their. five key areas , spending $ 693 million in 2008, with the company expanding rapidly in international markets, their customer base is broad and no single customer accounted for more then 10 percent. of their sales the last three fiscal years. Dell's sales breakdown by geographic region is available in Exhibit 11