Lenovo posts forecast-beating 23% jump in April-June net profitAugust 15, 2013 - 09:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lenovo Group Ltd booked a forecast-beating 23 percent jump in April-June net profit to deliver its second-best quarterly earnings, as its push into smartphones and tablets begins to bear fruit, Reuters reported. With the traditional PC sector on the decline, Lenovo has accelerated its foray into mobile devices, rapidly rising to become the No. 2 smartphone vendor in China, the world's largest smartphone market. It is also expanding into other emerging economies and has said it will start selling phones in the United States, perhaps this year. Lenovo, which toppled Hewlett-Packard Co in PC rankings this year, posted a net profit of $174 million in the quarter ended June, beating a consensus estimate of $166.0 million. It overtook ZTE Corp as the world's No. 4 smartphone maker in April-June with market share of 4.7 percent, behind Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Apple Inc and LG Electronics Inc, according to research firm IDC. As sales of its LePhones and tablet PCs gain traction, margins are expected to improve and revenue from its mobile Internet and digital home (MIDH) unit is set to rise to 25 percent in its fiscal year ended March 2015 from 16 percent in the year ended March 2013, analysts have said. Overall quarterly revenue for the ThinkPad maker rose 9.7 percent to $8.8 billion. Its gross profit margin for the quarter was up 0.5 percentage points from 13.1 percent a year earlier, it said in a statement on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Lenovo quickly gained market share in PCs on the back of a string of acquisitions and speculation is rife that it will do the same to expand further in smartphones and tablets. It has been mentioned as a possible partner for HTC Corp and as potentially interested in BlackBerry Ltd, which is exploring a sale of itself. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Pashinyan’s spokesperson denies intention to visit Baku for COP29 Pashinyan’s agenda doesn’t include a trip to Baku for the COP29 conference, his press secretary Nazeli Baghdasaryan has said. Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Lithuania sending €100,000 to help Armenia fight floods consequences Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. |