In the last quarter, Seagate has gained $ 2.7 bn., Received a net income of $ 70 million. And the rate of return on the level of 24.9%. All were released 36.8 million. Hard drives with an average capacity of 1.7 TB and the average selling price of $ 67. These figures became a record since the flood in Thailand in 2011. Over the past five years, the number of sold hard drives Seagate has decreased by 15%, but the average capacity increased by 133%, and the aggregate - 112%. This shows that the demand shifts toward the "cloud" data storage.
Both the leading manufacturer of hard drives are already offering customers in different segments of the market volume 10 TB products that are filled with helium in order to increase the density of the placement of the magnetic plates. At the height of the housing standard in this case is placed seven platters instead of five, and it allows you to reach the claimed storage volume .
During the reporting quarterly conference Seagate CEO said that the company supplies the market with hard drives in volume of 10 TB for various purposes, but also noted that the current quarter will be deployed delivery drives 12 TB volume samples. According to company management, Seagate hard drives volume of 10 TB with a helium-filled are the best on the market by the ratio of energy consumption and performance.
Last quarter, Seagate has received only 25% of the proceeds from the sale of hard disk drives used in personal computers. Storage volume of 8 TB for the server application formed a significant part of revenue from the sale of the corporate direction, and their popularity will continue to grow over the next two years, but only in this segment of the market Seagate has received 45% of total revenues. Seagate has decided not to participate in the fight for the segment of cheap laptops and gaming devices, so here it's market share will decline. These steps, in spite of the increase in demand for hard drives in the corporate sector, demanded reduction of production volumes - with past 55-60 million hard drives per quarter to more appropriate 35-40 million hard drives per quarter... This year, the world market of hard drives must meet the 110 million. Copies sold.
Storage volume 10 TB are much less demand, because they are more expensive. In the long term, according to the company's management, it will be possible to start production of hard disk drives 16 TB volume, but it will significantly reduce the cost needed.