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
(2017
sales of 1.02 trillion Japanese Yen [US$9.56 billion]
of which 67%
was Printing solutions),
TPV Technology Limited
of Hong Kong
(74.71 billion Hong Kong Dollars [US$9.52 billion]
of which 51%
was LCD Monitors), and
Konica Minolta Inc
(962.56 billion Japanese Yen [US$8.98 billion]
of which 80%
was Information Equipment Business).
Sales Analysis.
Hitachi Limited reported sales of ¥9.16 trillion (US$85.48 billion)
for the
fiscal
year ending
March of 2017.
This
represents
a
decrease of 8.7%
versus 2016, when the company's sales were ¥10.03 trillion.
The sales level in 2017 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2012, Hitachi Limited had sales
of ¥9.67 trillion.
Contributing to the drop in overall sales was the 57.2% decline
in Other, from ¥878.66 billion to ¥375.90 billion.
There were also decreases in sales in
Information and Communication Systems Bu (down 2.3% to ¥1.82 trillion)
and
Highly Functional Materials Business (down 6.0% to ¥1.41 trillion)
and
Automotive Systems (down 0.7% to ¥988.93 billion)
and
Life Ecosystem (down 18.3% to ¥528.63 billion)
and
Financial Services (down 50.2% to ¥170.58 billion)
.
However, these declines were partially offset by the increase in sales of
Social and Industrial System (up 0.1% to ¥2.05 trillion)
and
Electronic Equipment and Systems (up 5.0% to ¥1.07 trillion)
and
Construction Machinery Business (up 0.6% to ¥747.12 billion)
and
Eliminations and Corporate (up 161.1% to ¥6.54 billion)
.