WD hard drive Q3 shipments dropped sharply by 12%

According to the latest financial report, Western Digital shipped 62.5 million HDDs in the third quarter of this year, a decrease of 12% from the previous quarter. Since Seagate will not announce its new financial report until the end of this month, it is hard for the two sides to contend for the first time. However, under the bleak environment, the days of Seagate may not be too good, and the gap between the two parties may also be reduced.

In the first quarter of this year, Western Digital and Seagate respectively shipped 44.2 million hard disks and 61 million hard disks. The worst-hit Western Digital in the floods in Thailand did not recover its strength at that time. Seagate took the opportunity to record a record, and by the second quarter, Western Digital shoved Increased to 71 million, Seagate only increased to 65.9 million, Western Digital regained the first.

If Seagate can maintain its previous level this time, it will re-surpass the Western Digital, but taking into account the overall situation of the PC industry, it is estimated that Seagate's shipments will decline a lot.

As of September 28, 2012, Western Digital achieved a quarterly revenue of 4 billion U.S. dollars, net profit of 519 million U.S. dollars, and earnings per share of 2.06 U.S. dollars, a decrease of 16.7 percent, 30.3 percent, and 28.2 percent respectively from the previous quarter. The season harvested 936 million U.S. dollars in cash and now has about 3.5 billion U.S. dollars in cash and cash equivalents.