In transient: With staff shifting from conventional work environments to residence places of work as a result of ongoing pandemic, PC producers needed to ramp up shipments to reply to the growing wants. That has now come to an finish, as analysts are reporting a decline within the variety of PCs bought to distribution channels and end-users.
After two years of continued development, PC shipments at the moment are declining, as we see a 5.1 % lower within the first quarter of 2022 in comparison with the identical interval in 2021. This is probably going a results of firms calling staff to return to their places of work, even when they do not need to.
The reported lower doesn’t suggest we’re witnessing the beginning of a crash. Instead, we should always take a look at these numbers contemplating the prevailing provide chain and logistical points. Even dealing with these challenges, producers shipped 80.5 million PCs (down from 84.8 million in Q1 2021).
Ryan Reith, VP of IDC’s Worldwide Mobile Device Trackers, acknowledged there was a lower within the cargo of training and shopper PCs, however demand for business units stays excessive. Moreover, he believes the buyer market will enhance quickly.
The desk beneath offers you a greater understanding of how these firms fared in comparison with the identical interval in 2021 (shipments are in thousands and thousands of items):
Company | 1Q22 Shipments | 1Q22 Market Share | 1Q21 Shipments | 1Q21 Market Share | 1Q22/1Q21 Growth |
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Lenovo | 18.3 | 22.7% | 20.1 | 23.7% | -9.2% |
HP Inc. | 15.8 | 19.7% | 19.2 | 22.7% | -17.8% |
Dell Technologies | 13.7 | 17.1% | 12.9 | 15.3% | 6.1% |
Apple | 7.2 | 8.9% | 6.9 | 8.1% | 4.3% |
Asus | 5.5 | 6.9% | 4.7 | 5.6% | 17.7% |
Acer Group | 5.4 | 6.8% | 5.8 | 6.8% | -5.9% |
Others | 14.5 | 18.0% | 15.1 | 17.8% | -4.0% |
Total | 80.5 | 100.0% | 84.8 | 100.0% | -5.1% |
Lenovo held its prime place year-over-year, adopted by HP and Dell. Apple got here in fourth, whereas Asus and Acer fought for fifth place within the rating. Out of those six distributors, solely Asus, Apple, and Dell reported a rise in year-over-year shipments.
“Even as elements of the market gradual as a consequence of demand saturation and rising prices, we nonetheless see some silver linings in a market that has reached an inflection level in the direction of a slower tempo of development,” mentioned Jay Chou, analysis supervisor for IDC’s Quarterly PC Monitor Tracker. “Aside from business spending on PCs, there are nonetheless rising markets the place demand had been uncared for within the earlier intervals of the pandemic, and better finish shopper demand additionally has held up.”
If historical past serves us proper, shipments ought to enhance within the following quarters, peaking in This autumn with the vacation season. By then, we should always higher perceive what the longer term holds for the PC trade.