HP Spectre
Categories

While Q4 printer outlook is weak, HP says it’s gaining share in PCs

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
  • Updated
  • 2 min

Hewlett-Packard said its outlook for the current quarter is weaker than expected due to falling printer demand, but Dion Weisler, president and CEO of HP, expressed optimisim in an analyst earnings call because the company is gaining share in personal computers.

HP beat analysts’ estimates for its third fiscal quarter results in both revenues and non-GAAP earnings per share. But the company said its estimate for the fourth fiscal quarter, ending in October, will be 34 cents to 37 cents a share, lower than analysts’ anticipated 41 cents per share. That reveal evidently caused HP’s after-hours stock price to fall 4.5 percent.

Unlock premium content and VIP community perks with GB M A X! Join now to enjoy our free and premium perks. 

Join now →

Sign in to your account.

Written by

Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.