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The HP/Compaq merger. By the Numbers

September 7, 2001 12:00 PM ET





















































The HP/Compaq merger. By The Numbers:
HIGH-END

High-end Unix Servers: Worldwide (2000)


















Factory

Revenues ($m)
Market Share
Hewlett-Packard 512 11.4%
Compaq 134 3.0%



Closest Rival: Sun Microsystems with factory revenues of $2.1 billion and a 47.1% market share

High-end Unix servers: US (2000)


















Factory

Revenues ($m)
Market Share
Hewlett-Packard 124 6.1%
Compaq 66 3.3%



Closest Rival: Sun Microsystems with factory revenues of $1.2 billion and a 60.1% market share


Observation: Both HP and Compaq grew market share and factory revenues dramatically compared to 1999. Compaq sales were based on sales of the company's new GS320 servers.



MID-RANGE

Mid-range Unix servers: Worldwide (2000)


















Factory

Revenues ($m)
Market Share
Hewlett-Packard 3,673 30.3%
Compaq 488 4.0%



Closest Rival: Sun Microsystems with $2.8 billion in factory revenue and a 23.5% market share
Mid-range Unix servers: US (2000)


















Factory

Revenues ($m)
Market Share
Hewlett-Packard 1552 28.2%
Compaq 296 5.4%



Market Leader: Sun Microsystems with revenues of $1.7 billion and a 30.5% market share)



PERSONAL COMPUTERS

PC Shipments: Worldwide (in thousands of units)

































Hewlett-

Packard
Compaq
Units (q2/01) 2,065 3,590
Share (q2/01) 6.9% 12.1%
Units (q2/00) 2,260 4.011
Share(q2/00) 7.4% 13.2%
Growth -8.6% -10.5%



PC Shipments: US(in thousands of units)

































Hewlett-

Packard
Compaq
Units (q2/01) 991 1,332
Share (q2/01) 9.4% 12.7%
Units (q2/00) 1,221 2,293
Share(q2/00) 10.7% 20.1%
Growth -18.8% --21.3%



Market leader: Dell Computer Corp. with a 24% market share and a 9.8% growth in the same period.
LAPTOPS/NOTEBOOKS SMART HANDHELDS
Worldwide shipments of portable computers (thousands of units)
































Hewlett-

Packard		 Compaq
Units(q4/00) 318 817
Share(q4/00) 4.5% 11.6%
Units(q4/99) 139 739
Share(q4/99) 2.4% 13.%
Growth 129.2% 10.4%

Market leader: IBM with 932,000 units and a 13.3% market share





















Shipments

(in 000s)

Share

2000
Rank
Hewlett-Packard 254 3.8% 4
Compaq 129 1.9% 9



Market Leader: Palm with a 52.9% market share and 3.53 million units.
Source: IDC.