Benzinga | Oct 11, 2021 02:43PM EDT

Canalys Sees Mac Shipments Growing BY 14.4% In Q3 Before New Launches

* Canalys sees Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) shipping 7.82 million Macs during Q3 CY21, up 14.4% year-over-year, reaching a 9.3% market share, from 8.5% market share in Q3 CY20, 9 to 5 Mac reports.

* Apple is the fourth-largest PC maker trailing behind Lenovo Group Ltd (OTC:LNVGY), Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE), and Dell Technologies Inc (NYSE:DELL), and Acer Inc (OTC:ACEYY).

* The global PC market grew by 5% during Q3 to 84.1 million shipments, following five quarters of double-digit growth due to supply chain disruptions.

* Canalys sees an ongoing crisis "well into 2022." It sees significant updates to the Mac in the coming weeks, which could boost shipments for the holiday quarter.

* Apple will announce its Q4 FY21 earnings on October 28.

* Price Action: AAPL shares traded higher by 0.34% at $143.39 on the last check Monday.

* Photo by Joshua Woroniecki from Pixabay