According to Western Digital report , in the fourth quarter 2014 revenue were $ 3.9 billion., And net profit - $ 460 million. In the same quarter a year ago the company raised $ 4 billion. Against the background of $ 430 million Net profit. In comparison with the quarterly revenues decreased by approximately $ 60 million. And net income increased $ 37 million. The number assigned to the market drives for the reported quarter was 61 million Pieces. A year ago, in the same quarter, the company
sold 63.1 million. HDD, and in the third quarter of 2014 - 64.7 million. HDD. To supply turns negative trend in annual terms, and in the quarterly. The aggregate market share of Western Digital drives for the fourth quarter decreased to 43.4%.
The greatest demand in the fourth quarter for Western Digital drives was among buyers of boxed HDD (external drives) and among corporate customers. So, for the quarter supply storage boxes increased from 6.78 million. Units to 7,156,000. Pieces. Sales volumes increased server HDD with 7,763,000. Units to 8,041,000. Pieces. The company notes the high demand for capacious drives with helium environment .
Conventional desktop hard drives and notebook drives were sold less than in the third quarter. The first volume of sales decreased from 16.32 million. Units to 15,375,000., The second - from 23,396,000. To 21.178 million. The decrease in volume occurred against the backdrop of increasing the average sale price of storage from $ 58 to $ 60, so the company was able to partially offset the decline in supplies.
It is reported that quarterly revenue from the supply of solid-state drive has reached $ 187 million. Finally, in the fourth quarter Western Digital had to pay serious compensation to Seagate - as much as $ 773 million.
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