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Lenovo’s Positive AI PC Momentum: Key Considerations for ITADs

I am impressed with Lenovo’s latest earnings results as it seems to be leading the charge in the AI PC sector, showcasing strong performance. Dell and HP are expected to release their earnings results at the end of the month and we should see whether the Lenovo story is a broad-based market trend or unique to the Chinese company. Lenovo’s latest earnings report highlights strong growth, characterized by a 20% increase in sales, with net income up even more. Continue reading below.
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I believe Lenovo is the first company to signal positive momentum in the AI PC sector on the front end. Most of the positive news about AI PCs has come from companies that are behind the scenes, like AMD, Nvidia, and others, who are primarily involved in building the technology inside the PC and on the cloud. In fact, Intel spoiled the party with its latest earnings showing negative performance after making so much noise about AI PC is going to be everywhere this year.  And so on the PC side, Lenovo seems to be the first one to show some really good news.

My understanding of their earnings presentation [I could not find their earnings transcript anywhere, so I had to go through a full hour of financial presentation without the soda and popcorn, a bit tedious], suggests that the first contingent of AI PCs that saw positive acceptance happened in China. It is likely that the China market was the main driver of Lenovo’s solid performance, confirming what component vendors like Arrow and Avnet reported about Asia being strong.

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David Daoud has researched the mainstream IT hardware market since 1996 and expanded into hardware disposition research in 2003. He has spearheaded the creation of IDC’s GRADE certification. Since then, David has been providing consulting and expert advice to companies looking to establish best practice in their IT equipment decommissioning and helped leading ITAD service providers assess demand, understand competition, and forecast what’s to come. David is currently the Principal Analyst at Compliance Standards, which focuses entirely on the end-of-life of IT equipment. He can be reached at 508-981-6937 or at ddaoud@compliance-standards.com
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