{"id":1037,"date":"2010-02-23T01:06:11","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T01:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/Wordpress\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2016-01-21T12:00:10","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T12:00:10","slug":"hp_more_optimistic_after_profits_rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/hp_more_optimistic_after_profits_rise","title":{"rendered":"HP More Optimistic after Profits Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Strong Xmas sales of PCs and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/office-machines-supplies\/printers-fax-machines\/c-2466\">printers<\/a> have seen a 25% rise in the profits of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/Ink-Cartridges-And-Toners\/HP\">Hewlett-Packard (HP)<\/a>. Its net profit for the three months to 31 January totalled $2.32bn (&pound;1.48bn), compared to $1.86bn for the same first quarter period a year earlier. Revenues were up 8% to $31.2bn, higher than market predictions. The company has subsequently raised its profit prediction for its current financial years, from its previous estimate of between $4.25 and $4.35 per share to $4.37 to $4.44.<\/p>\n<p>The figures were read positively by analysts for the computer industry. &ldquo;We&#8217;re seeing it right now in the numbers here,&rdquo; said computer analyst Louis Miscioscia of Collins Stewart. &ldquo;I think 2010 is going to be a good year for tech.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Not, perhaps, for 6,700 ex-HP employees who lost their jobs last year in cost-cutting measures to strengthen the company&#8217;s profitability.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">* * *<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/computer-accessories\/c-310\">Computer supplies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strong Xmas sales of PCs and printers have seen a 25% rise in the profits of Hewlett-Packard (HP). Its net profit for the three months to 31 January totalled $2.32bn (&pound;1.48bn), compared to $1.86bn for the same first quarter period a year earlier. Revenues were up 8% to $31.2bn, higher than market predictions. The company [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Computer_Supplies","category-Ink_Cartridges_And_Toners"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HP More Optimistic after Profits Rise<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/hp_more_optimistic_after_profits_rise\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HP More Optimistic after Profits Rise\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Strong Xmas sales of PCs and printers have seen a 25% rise in the profits of Hewlett-Packard (HP). 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