Preliminary 2CQ17 HDD Results: 96 to 98 Million Units Shipped - Trendfocus

In its SDAS: HDD Information Service, Preliminary CQ2 ’17 Quarterly Update, published on July 10, 2017, analyst company Trendfocus, Inc. wrote:

PRELIMINARY CQ2 ’17 Results: Slightly Softer Demand Tempers CQ2
All Suppliers Projected to Post Flat-to-Lower Results HDD Sales

3.5-inch desktop/CE HDDs: Total desktop/CE HDD shipments (including 3.5-inch HDDs) sales tracked seasonal demand trends were slightly down in CQ2 approximately 33-34 million units.
2.5-inch mobile/CE HDDs: Slightly softer notebook demand was offset by seasonal increases in gaming HDDs. As a result, 2.5-inch mobile/CE HDD volumes ended around 48 million units.
3.5-inch/2.5-inch enterprise HDDs: For a third consecutive quarter, total enterprise sales were lower sequentially, led by performance enterprise declines. Nearline HDD volumes were flattish, resulting total quarterly enterprise shipments for the quarter of around 15-16 million.

2CQ17 preliminary WW HDD shipments

Vendor	HDDs in million	Q/Q growth	Y/Y growth	Market share
Seagate	35.50 – 36.00	-2.5% / -1.1%	-3.8% / -2.4%	37.0% – 36.7%
Toshiba	22.00 – 23.00	-4.9% / -0.6%	2.1% / 6.7%	22.9% – 23.5%
WDC	38.50 – 39.00	-1.5 / -0.3%	-4.0% / -2.8%	40.1% – 39.8%
TOTAL	96.00 – 98.00	-2.7% / -0.6%	-2.6% / -0.6%	100% – 100%