RS Components issued a press release today:
http://www.electrocomponents.com/media/press-releases/2012/07/13th/
saying
"In the first quarter Group sales were at a similar level to last year.
The International business declined by 2% and the UK grew by 5%;
2% of which was accounted for by Raspberry Pi (1)."
Their first quarter ended 30 June 2012. It isn't clear to me when
they say "2% of which" whether they are referring to 2% of UK sales
or 2% of worldwide sales. If we assume it means worldwide sales,
then we can do some sanity checks.
They don't say what quarterly worldwide sales were,
other than similar to last year, and I don't see last year's
quarterly sales either. Annual sales for 2012 were reportedly
£m 1,267.4, so dividing by 4 gives an estimated quarterly
sales of £m 317, and 2% of that is £m 6.3 in RPi sales.
Dividing by an estimated £22.5 per unit gives an estimated
282000 units, which seems a little high to me. So maybe the
2% means 2% of UK sales, since RPi sales seem to be more
concentrated in the UK.
They don't say what their RPi profit is, unfortunately, but their
annual report says their gross margin was 46.8% in 2012. I think
RPi gross margin is much lower than that, so RPi probably accounts
for much less than 2% of worldwide profits.
