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Huawei reports 16.5% drop in revenues in first quarter
Published on: 2021-04-29
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Chinese tech giant Huawei said Wednesday that its revenues dropped sharply in the first quarter as U.S. sanctions took a toll on its business.
 

Huawei’s revenues fell 16.5% year-on-year to 152.2 billion Chinese yua in the three months ending March 31, according to unaudited financial results revealed by the company on Wednesday. It marks the second consecutive quarter in which Huawei’s revenues declined.
 

This was largely down to pain in Huawei’s consumer business, which includes smartphones and other devices. Huawei hasn’t been able to ship its phones with Google’s licensed Android operating system since the companies parted ways in 2019. Huawei’s smartphone shipments plunged 41% in the fourth quarter of 2020. The company sold its Honor budget smartphone brand to a consortium of investors last year.
 

Huawei said it actually managed to increase its profit margin by about 3.8 percentage points year-on-year to 11.1%. This was in part down to the $600 million Huawei received in patent royalties in the quarter.
 

In March, Huawei said it would begin charging smartphone makers a royalty to use its patented 5G technology. Huawei has thousands of declared 5G patent families, and the company is hoping this part of its business can provide it with a new revenue stream as other parts of its business falter.
 

Huawei said Wednesday that it would ramp up investment in software going forward to incorporate software and services in its revenue mix. The company has been boosting its efforts in software, including areas like cloud computing and smart cars, as U.S. sanctions hurt its hardware unit.

华为第一季度财报:多方影响下,利润不降反增

4月28日,华为发布2021年第一季度经营业绩。数据显示,华为实现营业收入1500.57亿元,同比下降16.9%;净利润实现了增长,数额达到168.76亿,同比增长3.8%,总体实现了经营预期。
 

制裁带来的影响还在持续,华为已经连续两个季度出现营收负增长。
 

这次收入下滑的原因,一部分受2020年11月出售智能终端品牌荣耀的影响,还有一部分和手机销量大幅下滑有关。
 

市场研究机构Strategy Analytics的最新研究表明,2021年Q1全球智能手机出货量为3.4亿部,同比增长24%。中国手机品牌小米、oppo、vivo市场份额都有所提升,然而华为全球智能手机出货量跌出前五名。自受到制裁以来,华为的手机业务受到严重打击,而手机又是华为消费者业务的收入支柱。直到今年第一季度,华为手机市场占有率仅为5.3%。
 

好消息是,财报显示,第一季度净利润率11.1%,同比增长3.8个百分点。华为称,这主要得益于公司改善经营质量,持续提升管理效率,并受益于收到一笔6亿美元的专利许可费。

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