HP leads Indian PC sales in June quarter

The company's overall market share, however, declined from 29.4% to 26.3% during the quarter

Hewlett-Packard (HP) dominated the Indian personal computer (PC) segment in the June quarter, with 26.3 per cent market share, even as overall sales declined 13 per cent to 2.2 million units during the period, primarily due to lack of demand from enterprises, according to data compiled by technology advisory firm Gartner.

“HP maintained the number one position, despite a decline in market share in the second quarter of 2015,” it said in a report.

The company’s overall market share, however, declined from 29.4 per cent to 26.3 per cent during the quarter.

During the same period, Lenovo saw the steepest rise in market share, accounting for 18.1 percent of the overall PC shipments, against 14 per cent in the corresponding period last year. The growth was aided by the consumer PC segment, which expanded 59 per cent.

Dell retained the second-largest market share at 21.6 per cent, against 18.9 per cent in the year-ago period.

The overall decline in PC sales was largely due to slack demand from the enterprise segment. Enterprise consumers such as the government, educational institutes and business houses are key drivers of PC demand in India while the rest are filled up by demand from individual customers.

During the quarter, consumers accounted for 48 per cent of total PC sales.

“In the absence of any substantial demand from enterprises this quarter, the Indian PC market performed dismally, re-emphasising the fact that the sentiment wasn’t very positive in the second quarter of 2015.The segment might witness some growth due to government and education projects. However, there might not be a significant bounce-back,” Gartner said in the report.