Comparing The Share Market,HP is NO.1 Again

Vendor Highlights

* HP remains the number 1 hardcopy peripheral vendor in terms of worldwide shipments (11.9 million units), with 41.0% market share and 22.3% year-over-year growth. HP's strongest region in 2Q10 was APeJ, with 39.5% year-over-year growth, compared to 22.1% and 12.4% shipment growth in the Americas and EMEA respectively. On a worldwide basis, the vendor's MFP segment grew 26.1% and printer 15.7% year-over-year.
* Canon continues to be the number 2 ranked vendor in 2Q10 with worldwide market share of 19.3% and 13.5% year-over-year growth. The EMEA region was strongest for Canon in 2Q10, with 17.5% year-over-year unit growth, followed by APeJ and the Americas, with 15.4% and 6.4% growth, respectively. Canon posted a stronger growth in the worldwide MFP market, 21.6% versus 1.8% for printers.
* Epson maintained its position as the number 3 vendor worldwide. While its market share has remained unchanged at 14.0%, compared to a year ago, the vendor posted 20.1% year-over-year shipment growth in 2Q10. The vendor experienced the highest year-over-year growth in the Americas with 50.0%, followed by 14.2% in APeJ and 7.6% in EMEA. Epson achieved growth in both the MFP and printer markets, with strongest showing from laser MFPs, which experienced 90.1% year-over-year growth.
* Samsung strengthened its position as the number 4 vendor, gaining more than 1 point from the previous year to 5.7% share in the overall hardcopy market in 2Q10. The vendor posted the strongest year-over-year shipment growth among the top 5 vendors, with 52.3%. Samsung enjoyed significant growth (more than 50%) across APeJ, EMEA, and the Americas. On a year-over-year basis, the vendor grew 44.5% to nearly 742,000 MFP units, and 59.3% to more than 926,000 printer units worldwide.
* Brother accounted for 5.3% of the total hardcopy market in 2Q10. The vendor posted 17.7% year-over-year growth on a worldwide basis. Unlike the previous quarter, where the Americas posted the highest year-over-year shipment growth, 2Q10 saw APeJ as the best performance region with 29.9% year-over-year growth, followed by the Americas (13.7%) and EMEA (11.6%). The vendor's printer segment recorded a higher year-over-year shipment growth than MFP, 33.4% vs. 13.6%, respectively.Read More