惠普公司最新公布的截至7月31日的第三財季季報顯示，公司當(dāng)季虧損88.6億美元，合每股虧損4.49美元；原因是受大規(guī)模減值支出及重組費用拖累，同時主營業(yè)務(wù)利潤和收入均出現(xiàn)下滑。分析人士稱，個人電腦(PC)市場的萎縮將持續(xù)累及惠普和戴爾等電腦制造商的業(yè)績。
In both cases，PC sales fell more steeply than the companies’overall revenue. HP said revenue from its PC group slipped 10% from a year earlier，while Dell reported a 14% drop. Both companies rely heavily on PCs，with sales of the computers accounting for nearly a third of HP’s revenue and half of Dell’s.
無論是惠普還是戴爾，PC業(yè)務(wù)營收在兩家公司各自總營收中所占比率都急劇下降。惠普表示，其PC部門營收同比下降10%，戴爾PC業(yè)務(wù)營收也同比下滑14%。兩家公司都嚴(yán)重依賴PC業(yè)務(wù)，其中惠普將近三分之一營收來自PC業(yè)務(wù)，而戴爾約一半營收來自PC業(yè)務(wù)。(《華爾街日報》)
隨著PC機身份由貴重物品向低成本日常生活用品的轉(zhuǎn)變，PC業(yè)務(wù)也逐漸成為惠普和戴爾兩家公司的沉重包袱。
“There’s no question that the PC market is weak，”Ms. Whitman said in an interview. She added that the shift to devices like tablets and smartphones was eating into PC sales.
(惠普首席執(zhí)行官)惠特曼(上周)在接受采訪時表示：“毫無疑問，目前PC市場并不景氣。”惠特曼還表示，平板電腦和智能手機產(chǎn)業(yè)的興起，也在一定程度上蠶食了原本屬于PC市場的份額。(《華爾街日報》)
美國市場研究公司Gartner此前發(fā)布的統(tǒng)計數(shù)據(jù)顯示，今年第二季度期間，全球PC出貨量與上一年同期持平。導(dǎo)致此現(xiàn)象的主要原因有兩點：一是全球經(jīng)濟仍處于低迷狀態(tài)；二是消費者將眼光瞄向了平板電腦、智能手機等新型電子產(chǎn)品。
HP，which is cutting 27000 jobs across its businesses，also said falls in the company’s share price had prompted a review the value of its assets. Its shares are down 60 per cent over five years，37 per cent over one year and 25 per cent year to date.
正在各部門執(zhí)行2.7萬人裁員計劃的惠普還表示，股價下跌促使該公司對自身資產(chǎn)進行了重估。5年之中，惠普股價下跌了60%，一年內(nèi)下跌37%，今年迄今跌幅達25%。(《金融時報》)
惠普首席執(zhí)行官惠特曼正致力于重組集團。在動蕩的過去兩年里，惠普解雇了兩位首席執(zhí)行官，在以消費者或商業(yè)客戶為核心的兩種戰(zhàn)略之間搖擺不定，致使公司股價大跌。
HP’s business continued to be hit by a slowing economy in most of its biggest regions，including Western Europe and China.The“pretty soft underlying macro economic environment”is continuing into the current quarter，Lesjak said but added that there were some“bright spots”such as Eastern Europe and Japan.
惠普的營運持續(xù)受到其幾大區(qū)域市場內(nèi)多數(shù)經(jīng)濟體經(jīng)濟增長放緩的沖擊，包括西歐及中國等地。(惠普財務(wù)長)Lesjak指出，“非常疲軟的基本宏觀經(jīng)濟環(huán)境”正延續(xù)至本季，但他稱東歐和日本則有一些“亮點”。(路透社)
據(jù)悉，惠普第三財季裁員4000人，到2012財年結(jié)束時可能將裁掉11500個崗位。