Hewlett-Packard Gaining On Dell
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The personal computer maker reported solid sales growth for the second quarter.
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Dell Inc  returned to  double-digit percentage growth in global PC shipments in the  fourth quarter as its new retail sales strategy began to pay  off, while rival Hewlett-Packard Co's  growth slowed,  technology researcher IDC said on Wednesday.
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Server shipments and revenue increased in the second quarter as Sun Microsystems Inc. and Dell Inc. gained market share at the expense of Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) and IBM Corp., according to research released by Gartner Inc. Wednesday.
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U.S. computer company Hewlett-Packard said on Wednesday it was expanding a built-to-order system for personal computers and other high volume computer products, similar to rival Dell.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Hewlett-Packard Co. Tuesday reported quarterly profit rose 27 percent as the computer and printer maker saw record revenues in every business and every region and fixed problems with its server
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Hewlett-Packard Co.HPQ.N on  Wednesday posted a quarterly profit that rose slightly, helped  by gains across all of its businesses.
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It's been a busy Monday for Hewlett-Packard as the company announced not one, but two proposed purchases. Somewhat overshadowed by theÂ $1.6 billion HP is forking overÂ toÂ acquire datacenter automation specialist Opsware,Â is the $241 million the vendor is offering for Neoware.
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Computer giant Dell sees profits rise 25% despite slowing momentum in the PC market, as laptop sales soar.
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(InfoWorld) - IT investors had a mixed bag of news to digest this week, in the wake of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s boardroom spy scandal, and Xerox Corp.'s annual pilgrimage to New York to woo the Wall Street crowd. It's a measure of HP Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd's success so far that the company has not been harder hit by theÂ boardroom spy scandal, in which outside investigators hired by the board used allegedly illegal means to spy on employees, board members and reporters. In order to smooth things over, Hurd will replace Dunn in January and retain his CEO title. The spying was sparked by leaks to the press, which ironically included information on discussions that led to the firing of former CEO Carly Fiorina. It's ironic because under Hurd, the company's takeover of Compaq Computer Corp. -- a controversial acquisition engineered by Fiorina -- seems to be paying off. Hurd has reorganized the company to cut costs, and HP is gaining PC market share and growing almost as fast as its archrival in that market, Dell Inc. Since HP is much larger than Dell, that growth is remarkable. Much of it is the result of reorganized company logistics, supply-chain management, inventory control, as well as a continued push on the product front. The spy scandal has not implicated Hurd, and that's a good thing. Company shares did take a hit after Tuesday's disclosure by the California state attorney general on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer that he had enough evidence to charge HP officials. Still, shares (HPQ) closed Thursday at $36.25, about where they were right before the scandal broke last week. The share price is still up 3.12 percent for the month and 31.81 percent for the year. As long as Hurd is not implicated in the scandal, the company seems poised to continue its run, even if Dunn or other board members are indicted. Of the seven major brokers changing their recommendations on the company this year, all but one have been to upgrade their recommendations -- the one exception was before the scandal. Meanwhile, HP's archrival in printers, Xerox, is having a hard time gaining traction in the market. The company made its annual pitch to Wall Street last week in a series of product and services rollouts. The consensus among analysts appears to be that CEO Anne Mulcahy is making all the right moves: slimming down the company, integrating and expanding services, keeping up pressure on rivals in the small and medium-size business market, and keeping its lead on the high-end production market. But share price was not affected by her pitch to Wall Street. Shares (XRX) closed Thursday right where they were on the last day of her pitch last Friday, at $14.90. "The strategy is there, but Wall Street wants to see more growth," noted IDC analyst Keith Kmetz. Various competitors including Asian manufacturers have "nibbled away" at the low end of the market, Kmetz said, but Xerox still has a command position in the production market and is strong in the market for office color printing and multifunction devices. Only HP can claim to rival Xerox in the full scope of products and services. But growth is tepid. Xerox second quarter revenue rose to $3.98 billion from $3.92 billion last year. The message from company executives appears to that Xerox will be able to achieve growth rates experienced by HP as services grow nearer to 50 percent of company revenue. But as Mulcahy told IDG, "whether that will be in three, or five years, I can't say."
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(InfoWorld) - With U.S. markets closing for Thanksgiving, Google Inc.'s skyrocketing share price andÂ Dell Inc.'s earnings report are ending the fall trading season on a high note. Both developments, which pushed the Nasdaq Composite Index to rise 11.14 points and close at 2465.98 before the Thanksgiving break, highlight positive underlying trends but are shadowed by questions about long-term profits. Google (ticker symbol: GOOG), breaking the US$500 share-price mark Tuesday and staying above the magic number until Thanksgiving, has a market value greater than any media company and all IT companies except for Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. Google's lead in online search helps it grab a lion's share of online advertising revenue. Earlier this month, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) reported that companies spent about $4.2 billion on online ads in the third quarter, as the market grew for the eighth consecutive quarter. But what happens when that growth inevitably slows? Google, expected to generate $2.8 billion in profit this year, is spending enough on R&D to defend its search turf and challenge Microsoft and other software developers in a new generation of Internet-based applications. It is hiring developers at a dizzying rate, and there's no doubt its young talent is generating a wealth of ideas. Most analysts polled by Thomson First Call expect shares to go higher still. Meanwhile, analysts applauded Dell's earnings report, issued Tuesday: Research firm Bear Stearns immediately boosted its rating from "peer perform" to "outperform" while Needham & Co. upped its rating from "hold" to "buy." Shares of Dell (DELL) jumped by $2.31, to close Wednesday at $27.13 Dell said third-quarter net income was $677 million and earnings per share were $0.30. This compares with a profit of $606 million last year, and earlier expectations of $0.24 per share, according to a survey by Thomson Financial. At first blush, the earnings look great. Dell's gross profit margin increased to 17 percent from 15.5 percent in its disastrous second quarter. Following Hewlett-Packard Co.'s tremendous report last week, when it said it quadrupled quarterly profit, this suggests that manufacturers may not have to rely on deep discounts going forward. Dell pointed to strong sales of servers based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc. chips, suggesting that the hardware market is invigorated by competition with Intel Corp. But Dell is under investigation by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission for possible accounting misstatements. It still has not submitted a confirmed, official earnings report. The quarter's figures, as well as prior-quarter numbers, may be restated. Also, while Dell may be doing well in the server market, its notebook sales are not rising as fast as the market in general, and HP notebook sales growth is outpacing Dell's. Adding insult to injury, HP has overtaken Dell in PC sales. So while the hardware market is doing better than expected earlier this year, the spoils may not be evenly divided. Â
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Today, the first preliminary numbers for worldwide PC unit shipments from electronics research firm iSuppli are in: Dell lost 1.6% in global PC market share between 2005 and 2006, and its PC shipments declined 8.6% for the year. Hewlett-Packard, meanwhile, gained 2.7% of market share for the year, and shipped more than 20% more PCs than Dell during the fourth quarter.
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Offering a stark counterpoint to rival Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Inc. (DELL) reported a nearly 30 percent jump in net income as strong sales of printers, servers and notched double-digit gains in overseas markets...
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Hewlett-Packard again reported huge gains, mostly because of its flexibility in being able to focus on geographic regions that show the biggest strength, analysts say.
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Hewlett-Packard Co expects to follow 6% growth to $97bn in 2007 with a 4% to 6% increase to a range of $100.9bn to $102.8bn in 2008, with expansion driven by its computer hardware and printing business.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Dell is winning over Wall Street again - but some of its customers remain unhappy with the beleaguered PC giant. Dell on Thursday reported preliminary revenue of $14.8 billion for the quarter ended Aug. 3, up from $14.1 billion a year ago. The No. 2 PC maker also conceded that a shortage of laptop parts continues to prevent it from filling some orders.
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Computer giant Dell sees profits rise 25%despite slowing momentum in the PC market, as laptop sales soar.
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By Connie Guglielmo Bloomberg News  Hewlett-Packard Co., the world's largest personal-computer maker, said first-quarter profit rose 26 percent after the company took consumer sales from Dell Inc.