Corporate Fact Sheet
Hewlett-Packard Corporate Facts
- Founded in 1939 (Find out about the HP garage, the company's first "manufacturing site.")
- Corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif.
- Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer - Lewis E. Platt
- 102,300 employees worldwide
- 600 sales and support offices and distributorships worldwide in more than 120 countries; 61 divisions worldwide (approx.)
- #1 America's Most Admired Computer/Office Equipment Company - Fortune
- #2 U.S.-based Computer/Office Equipment Company - Fortune
- #3 information-technology supplier in the world - Datamation
- #10 U.S. exporter - Fortune
- #10 America's Most Admired Companies - Fortune
- #22 Fortune 500 list of U.S. industrial and service corporations
- #23 BusinessWeek 1000
- #27 Forbes 500 Super 50 list of U.S. public companies
- #30 Wall Street Journal annual ranking of world's largest industrial companies and financial institutions
- #38 employer among the Fortune 500 U.S. industrial and service corporations (based on number of employees)
- 1995 Outstanding Corporate Performer, Forbes Magazine
- 1994 Business Ethics Award, Business Ethics Magazine
- Honor Roll for Social Responsibility, Council on Economic Priorities (U.S.)
Results at a Glance
Net Revenue (in billions) | | |
1990 | | 13.2 billion |
1991 | | 14.5 billion |
1992 | | 16.4 billion |
1993 | | 20.3 billion |
1994 | | 25.0 billion |
1995 | | 31.5 billion |
(Note: HP's fiscal year ends Oct. 31.)
Net Income | | |
1990 | | 739 million |
1991 | | 755 million |
|
1992* | | 881 million |
|
1993 | | 1.2 billion |
|
1994 | | 1.6 billion |
|
1995 | | 2.4 billion |
|
*Earnings before effect of accounting change
Results at a Glance
| 12 Months Ended Oct. 31 1995 | | | 12 Months Ended Oct. 31 1994 |
| | | |
Net revenue | $31.5 billion | | | $25.0 billion |
Net income | 2.4 billion | | | 1.6 billion |
R&D expenditure | 2.3 billion | | | 2.0 billion |
Revenue by region | | | | |
United States | 14.0 billion | | | 11.5 billion |
International | 17.5 billion | | | 13.5 billion |
| ----------- | | | ----------- |
Totals | $31.5 billion | | | $25.0 billion |
| | |
| | | |
Revenue stream | | | | |
Equipment | $27.1 billion | | | $21.4 billion |
Services | 4.4 billion | | | 3.6 billion |
| ----------- | | | ----------- |
Totals | $31.5 billion | | | $25.0 billion |
| | |
| | |
Computers | 25.3 billion | | | 19.7 billion |
Test and Measurement | 3.3 billion | | | 2.7 billion |
Medical | 1.3 billion | | | 1.1 billion |
Analytical | 806 million | | | 754 million |
Components | 856 million | | | 742 million |
| ----------- | | | ----------- |
Totals | $31.5 billion | | | $25.0 billion |
COMPUTERS - Computer equipment and systems (hardware and software); networking products; printers, plotters and scanners; disk and tape drives; terminals and handheld calculators; support and maintenance services; and parts and supplies.
TEST AND MEASUREMENT - Instruments and measurement systems used for design, production and maintenance of electronic equipment; support; and maintenance services.
MEDICAL PRODUCTS - Instruments and information systems used for patient-care monitoring; diagnostic cardiology; computer equipment; systems integration and application software; support and maintenance services; and hospital supplies.
ANALYTICAL - Gas and liquid chromatographs; mass spectrometers and spectrophotometers; and support and maintenance services.
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - Microwave, semiconductor and optoelectronic devices.
Orders and Net Revenue by Groupings
of Similar Products and Services (unaudited)
For the 12 months ended Oct. 31, 1995 (in millions)
Orders | | |
| | |
Computer products, service and support | | $25,815 |
Electronic test and measurement instrumentation, systems and service | | 3,488 |
Medical electronic equipment and service | | 1,399 |
Analytical instrumentation and service | | 844 |
Electronic components | | 964 |
| | ----------- |
| | $32,510 |
| | |
Net revenue | | |
| | |
Computer products, service and support | | $25,269 |
Electronic test and measurement instrumentation, systems and service | | 3,288 |
Medical electronic equipment and service | | 1,300 |
Analytical instrumentation and service | | 806 |
Electronic components | | 856 |
| | ----------- |
| | |
| | $31,519 |
Revenue Stream 1995
Computers | | 80% | | $25.3 billion |
Test and Measurement | | 10% | | 3.3 billion |
Medical | | 4% | | 1.3 billion |
Analytical | | 3% | | 806 million |
Components | | 3% | | 856 million |
| | | | |
| | | | ----------- |
Totals | | 100% | | $31.5 billion |
Annual Revenue Per Employee | | |
1990 | | $141,500 |
1991 | | $160,000 |
1992 | | $180,800 |
1993 | | $215,200 |
1994 | | $256,900 |
1995 | | $314,100 |
Annual R&D Expenditure | | |
1990 | | 1.4 billion |
1991 | | 1.5 billion |
1992 | | 1.6 billion |
1993 | | 1.8 billion |
1994 | | 2.0 billion |
1995 | | 2.3 billion |
Fiscal 1995 Revenue by Region | | |
United States | 14.0 billion | - 44.3% |
Europe | 11.1 billion | - 35.3% |
Asia Pacific, Canada and Latin America | 6.4 billion
| - 20.4%
|
(Note: Europe also includes the Middle East and Africa).
Chemical Analysis Group/
Components Group /
Hardcopy Products /
Computer Systems Organization /
Information Storage Group /
Medical Products Group /
Personal Information Products Group /
Test and Measurement Organization /
Worldwide Customer Support Operations /
HP Labs
Leading Products and Services
Leadership rankings are based on data from third parties or, when not available, on HP's own research. Sources are available from HP Press Relations.
Computers
Computer equipment and systems (hardware and software); networking products; printers, plotters and scanners; disk and tape drives; terminals and handheld calculators; support and maintenance services; and parts and supplies
- #1 worldwide in revenues for UNIX system-based computers
- #1 worldwide in X terminal revenues
- #1 worldwide commercial RISC/UNIX system-based-computer market
- #1 worldwide in RISC-system revenues
- #1 in overall customer satisfaction for the HP 3000
- #1 in overall customer satisfaction for HP-UX (among all UNIX system-based operating systems)
- #1 in network and systems management
- #1 worldwide in laser printers
- #1 worldwide in inkjet printers
- #1 worldwide in color printers
- #1 worldwide in desktop and network scanners
- #1 worldwide in inkjet plotters
- #1 in the United States in multifunction devices
- All HP printers qualify for Energy Star designation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- #1 worldwide in digital audio-tape drives and tape backup products
- #1 worldwide in 5.25-inch optical-disk-drive jukeboxes
- #1 DOS-based handheld PCs
- #1 highest overall customer satisfaction for desktop PCs
- #1 highest overall customer satisfaction for notebook PCs
- #1 worldwide in manageable stackable hubs
- #2 worldwide in workstation revenues
- #3 worldwide in x86-based servers
- #6 worldwide in desktop PCs
Professional Services and Support Services
Consulting, systems integration, training, end-user services, site services, network and systems-management services, business-recovery services, HP and multivendor hardware and software support.
- #1 in overall support satisfaction for UNIX system-based operating systems
- #1 in technical support for desktop computers, network servers and desktop printers
Electronic Components
Microwave semiconductor and optoelectronic devices
- #1 worldwide in LED lamps and displays
- #1 worldwide in fiber-optic communications transceiver modules
- #1 worldwide in optical encoders
- #1 worldwide in photo IC optocouplers
- World's brightest LEDs
- World's broadest line of fiber-optic components
- World's most advanced high-speed silicon bipolar process
- Technical leader for visible III-V products
Test and Measurement Products
Instrument and measurement systems used for the design, production and maintenance of electronic equipment and support and maintenance services
- #1 worldwide in overall test and measurement products
- Leading supplier to the telecommunications industry
- #1 worldwide in modulation-domain and time-interval analyzers
- #1 worldwide in communications test equipment
- #1 worldwide in network analyzers
- #1 worldwide in spectrum analyzers
- #1 worldwide in high-frequency computer-aided engineering software
- #1 worldwide in laser-based positioning systems
- #1 worldwide in radio-frequency and microwave-signal generators and sweepers, synthesized and unsynthesized
- #1 worldwide in VXI instrumentation
- #1 worldwide in logic analyzers
- #1 worldwide in logic signal sources
- #1 worldwide in ASIC (application-specific integrated circuits) verification and characterization equipment
- #1 worldwide in microprocessor development systems
- #1 worldwide in semiconductor process-control test equipment
- #1 worldwide in dc electronic loads
- #1 worldwide in electronic counters
- #1 worldwide in system dc power supplies
- #1 worldwide in impedance/LCR meters
- #1 worldwide in cesium (atomic) clocks
- #2 worldwide in lightwave test equipment
- #2 worldwide in digitizing oscilloscopes
Medical Products
Products that perform patient-monitoring, diagnostic, therapeutic and data-management functions; applications software; support and maintenance; and hospital supplies - one of the world's largest manufacturers of electromedical devices and systems
- #1 worldwide in patient-monitoring systems
- #1 worldwide in cardiac ultrasound imaging
- #1 worldwide in clinical information systems for critical care
- #1 in the United States in cardiac ultrasound-imaging service
Chemical Analysis Products
Gas and liquid chromatographs, mass spectrometers and spectrophotometers, and support and maintenance services
- #1 worldwide in gas-chromatography systems
- #2 worldwide in liquid-chromatography systems
- #3 worldwide in mass-spectrometry systems
- #3 worldwide in analytical-instrument systems
HP-UX is based on and is compatible with Novell's UNIX(R) operating system. It also complies with X/Open's(tm) XPG4, POSIX 1003.1, 1003.2, FIPS 151-1 and SVID2 interface specifications.
UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited.
X/Open is a trademark of X/Open Company Limited in the UK and other countries.
PA-RISC stands for Precision Architecture-reduced-instruction-set computing.
Chemical Analysis Group/
Components Group /
Hardcopy Products /
Computer Systems Organization /
Information Storage Group /
Medical Products Group /
Personal Information Products Group /
Test and Measurement Organization /
Worldwide Customer Support Operations /
HP Labs