Hitachi Limited operates in the Computer peripheral equipment sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Hitachi Limited with three other
manufacturers of computers and peripheral equipment in Asia:
Seiko Epson
(2019
sales of 1.09 trillion Japanese Yen [US$10.29 billion]
of which 66%
was Printing solutions),
Fujitsu Frontech Limited
(102.30 billion Japanese Yen [US$965.72 million]
of which 40%
was Global Product Business), and
Wacom Co Ltd
(89.50 billion Japanese Yen [US$844.87 million]
of which 51%
was Brand products).
Sales Analysis.
Hitachi Limited reported sales of ¥9.48 trillion (US$89.50 billion)
for the
fiscal
year ending
March of 2019.
This
represents
a very small
increase of 1.2%
versus 2018, when the company's sales were ¥9.37 trillion.
The sales level in 2019 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2014, Hitachi Limited had sales
of ¥9.62 trillion.
Sales of Eliminations and Corporate saw an increase
that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up
70.9% in 2019, from
¥7.40 billion to ¥12.64 billion.
Hitachi Limited also saw significant increases in sales in
Social and Industrial System (up 8.2% to ¥2.31 trillion)
and
Information and Communication Systems Bu (up 2.7% to ¥1.94 trillion)
and
Highly Functional Materials Business (up 2.9% to ¥1.65 trillion)
and
Construction Machinery Business (up 7.8% to ¥1.03 trillion)
.
Not all segments of Hitachi Limited experienced an increase in sales in 2019:
sales of Electronic Equipment and Systems fell 13.2% to ¥846.92 billion.
Hitachi Limited also experienced decreases in sales in
Automotive Systems (down 3.3% to ¥963.13 billion)
and
Life Ecosystem (down 11.0% to ¥453.49 billion)
and
Other (down 7.4% to ¥270.77 billion)
.