Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) Trading Down 6.4% – What’s Next?

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI)’s stock price dropped 6.4% during trading on Monday . The stock traded as low as $33.63 and last traded at $34.10. Approximately 32,535,530 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 33% from the average daily volume of 48,267,465 shares. The stock had previously closed at $36.42.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have issued reports on SMCI. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Super Micro Computer in a research note on Monday. Wedbush lowered their price objective on shares of Super Micro Computer from $48.00 to $42.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. Raymond James Financial reduced their target price on shares of Super Micro Computer from $53.00 to $50.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. KGI Securities upgraded shares of Super Micro Computer from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $60.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. Finally, Argus set a $64.00 price target on shares of Super Micro Computer in a research report on Thursday, November 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have issued a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $48.38.

Super Micro Computer Stock Performance

The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $47.71 and its 200-day simple moving average is $46.14. The firm has a market cap of $20.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.30 and a beta of 1.50. The company has a current ratio of 5.25, a quick ratio of 3.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74.

Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 4th. The company reported $0.35 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.46 by ($0.11). The business had revenue of $5.02 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.48 billion. Super Micro Computer had a return on equity of 17.14% and a net margin of 4.77%.The company’s quarterly revenue was down 15.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.73 EPS. Super Micro Computer has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.460-0.540 EPS. FY 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Super Micro Computer, Inc. will post 1.86 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO David E. Weigand sold 25,000 shares of Super Micro Computer stock in a transaction on Monday, September 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $45.14, for a total value of $1,128,500.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 100,188 shares in the company, valued at $4,522,486.32. The trade was a 19.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, SVP George Kao sold 40,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $43.88, for a total transaction of $1,755,200.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 21,820 shares in the company, valued at approximately $957,461.60. The trade was a 64.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 90,000 shares of company stock valued at $3,890,950 in the last ninety days. 16.30% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Super Micro Computer

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Anfield Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Super Micro Computer in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in Super Micro Computer in the second quarter worth $25,000. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. purchased a new position in Super Micro Computer during the third quarter valued at $29,000. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. lifted its position in Super Micro Computer by 68.6% during the third quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. now owns 661 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 269 shares during the period. Finally, TD Private Client Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Super Micro Computer by 46.0% during the 2nd quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 800 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,000 after buying an additional 252 shares in the last quarter. 84.06% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Super Micro Computer Company Profile

Super Micro Computer, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, develops and manufactures high performance server and storage solutions based on modular and open architecture in the United States, Europe, Asia, and internationally. Its solutions range from complete server, storage systems, modular blade servers, blades, workstations, full racks, networking devices, server sub-systems, server management software, and security software.