If Seagate sold 55.2 million hard drives during the quarter , then Western Digital shipped 60.4 million drives. The average selling price in Seagate was higher: $ 61 per share , compared to $ 58 from Western Digital. Total revenue for Western Digital quarter was $ 3.7 billion , net income of $ 375 million , the profit rate was equal to 28.6%. This is slightly worse than the same period last year , but still higher than Seagate, except for net income ($ 395 million). It turns out that at a lower average cost of a Western Digital drive manages to maintain margins at a higher level compared to Seagate (28,2%).
During the quarter Western Digital could fetch $ 134 million from the sale of enterprise-class SSDs. About 53% of total revenue received from Western Digital segments are not directly related to personal computers. Distribution of revenue sources and geographic regions shown in the following two charts:
Western Digital representatives estimated the total market capacity hard drives in the last quarter to 137 million units. Company enthusiastically looks to segment of enterprise-class SSD , the proposals will be expanded and improved . In the presence of Western Digital will need to buy assets and companies associated with SSD development . Purchases of finished computers and servers allowed corporations Western Digital again to talk about the revival of demand , while new gaming consoles breathed life into the consumer market segment. Supply and demand in the market HDD are now in a state of equilibrium , as the guide to Western Digital. PC market managed to somewhat stabilize, although the consumer sector continues to shrink .
Average storage capacity Western Digital in the last quarter reached 888 GB , of the total 60.4 million units in the desktop systems has registered 16.6 million hard drives in laptops - 21.8 million hard drives in the corporate sector have been used .
Beginning Hard Drives Hitachi 6TB volume filled with helium , Western Digital expects to extend this technology to other segments of the market and achieve increasing data density . Over time, the volume of this type of storage will grow to 8-10 TB . What will become more capacious drives , the more Western Digital will pay attention to their output testing. This will lead to a certain increase in cost producer.