HP and Lenovo were in a virtual tie for the top spot in the PC market based on shipments.

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 67 million units in the third quarter of 2017, a 3.6 percent decline from the third quarter of 2016, according to preliminary results by Gartner. This is the 12th consecutive quarter of declining PC shipments.

“While there were signs of stabilization in the PC industry in key regions, including EMEA, Japan and Latin America, the relatively stable results were offset by the U.S. market, which saw a 10 percent year-over-year decline in part because of a very weak back-to-school sales season,” said Mika Kitagawa, principal analyst at Gartner. “Business PC demand, led by Windows 10 upgrades, continued to drive PC shipments across all regions, but its refresh schedule varies by region. The countries with stable economies, such as the US, have created a positive sentiment among businesses, especially for small and midsized businesses (SMBs), which are more vulnerable to external events, such as economic or political.”

There are ongoing component shortages, with DRAM shortages getting particularly worse during the third quarter of the year compared with the first half of 2017. “The component price hike impacted
the consumer PC market as most vendors generally pass the price hike on to consumers, rather than absorbing the cost themselves,” Kitagawa said. “We expect the DRAM shortage to continue to the end of 2018, but it will not be reflected in the final PC prices immediately.”

In the third quarter of 2017, HP and Lenovo were in a virtual tie for the top spot in the PC market based on shipments (see Table 1). However, HP is in an upward trend, as it has experienced five consecutive quarter of global PC growth, while Lenovo is in a downward trend with declining shipments in eight of the last 10 quarters.

Table 1

Preliminary worldwide PC vendor unit shipment estimates for 3Q17 (thousands of units)

Company

3Q17 Shipments 3Q17 Market Share (%) 3Q16 Shipments 3Q16 Market Share (%) 3Q17-3Q16 Growth (%)
HP Inc. 14,592 21.8 13,983 20.1 4.4
Lenovo 14,356 21.4 14,576 21.0 -1.5
Dell 10,154 15.2 10,194 14.7 -0.4
Asus 4,892 7.3 5,373 7.7 -9.0
Apple 4,613 6.9 4,886 7.0 -5.6
Acer Group 4,323 6.5 4,610 6.6 -6.2
Others 14,077 21.0 15,889 22.9 -11.4
Total 67,005 100.0 69,510 100.0 -3.6

Notes: Data includes desk-based PCs, notebook PCs and ultramobile premiums (such as Microsoft Surface), but not Chromebooks or iPads. All data is estimated based on a preliminary study. Final estimates will be subject to change. The statistics are based on shipments selling into channels. Numbers may not add up to totals shown due to rounding.

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