Looking back on hardware & infrastructure stocks’ Q4 earnings, we examine this quarter’s best and worst performers, including Xerox (NASDAQ:XRX) and its peers.
The Hardware & Infrastructure sector will be buoyed by demand related to AI adoption, cloud computing expansion, and the need for more efficient data storage and processing solutions. Companies with tech offerings such as servers, switches, and storage solutions are well-positioned in our new hybrid working and IT world. On the other hand, headwinds include ongoing supply chain disruptions, rising component costs, and intensifying competition from cloud-native and hyperscale providers reducing reliance on traditional hardware. Additionally, regulatory scrutiny over data sovereignty, cybersecurity standards, and environmental sustainability in hardware manufacturing could increase compliance costs.
The 10 hardware & infrastructure stocks we track reported a slower Q4. As a group, revenues beat analysts’ consensus estimates by 1.1% while next quarter’s revenue guidance was in line.
Amidst this news, share prices of the companies have had a rough stretch. On average, they are down 22% since the latest earnings results.
Pioneering the modern office copier and inventing technologies like Ethernet and the laser printer, Xerox (NASDAQ:XRX) provides document management systems, printing technology, and workplace solutions to businesses of all sizes across the globe.
Xerox reported revenues of $1.61 billion, down 8.6% year on year. This print exceeded analysts’ expectations by 2.9%. Despite the top-line beat, it was still a slower quarter for the company with a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.
Xerox delivered the slowest revenue growth of the whole group. The stock is down 50.6% since reporting and currently trades at $4.80.
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Founded in 2009 as a pioneer in enterprise all-flash storage technology, Pure Storage (NYSE:PSTG) provides all-flash data storage hardware and software that helps organizations manage their data more efficiently across on-premises and cloud environments.
Pure Storage reported revenues of $879.8 million, up 11.4% year on year, outperforming analysts’ expectations by 1.2%. The business had a satisfactory quarter with an impressive beat of analysts’ EPS estimates but billings in line with analysts’ estimates.
Pure Storage achieved the highest full-year guidance raise among its peers. Although it had a fine quarter compared to its peers, the market seems unhappy with the results as the stock is down 28.7% since reporting. It currently trades at $44.52.
