The outfit has seen strong growth in its personal systems business and its acquisition of Samsung’s printer business. The only downside in the results were some disappointing margins from the company’s printer business.

Investors had expected to see sequential increase in margins following the acquisition of Samsung’s printer business late last year.

In fact margins at the business fell for the third straight quarter, while revenue from the segment rose about 11 percent to $5.19 billion, above analysts’ estimate of $5.11 billion.

HP personal systems business, which includes desktops and notebooks and accounts for more than 60 percent of total revenue, rose 12 percent to $9.4 billion, beating analysts’ average estimate of $9.06 billion.

The outfit held the top position in worldwide PC shipments in the second quarter with a 23.9 percent market share, according to research firm IDC.

HP raised its forecast for full-year adjusted profit to between $2 and $2.03 per share, from $1.97 and $2.02 per share earlier. Analysts on average were expecting $2.

The outfit reported a profit of 52 cents per share for the third quarter ended July 31, one cent above the average analyst estimate. Net revenue rose about 12 percent to $14.59 billion. Analysts on average had expected revenue of $14.27 billion.