Shares of Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI – Get Free Report) traded up 1.7% during mid-day trading on Friday . The company traded as high as $40.60 and last traded at $39.84. 61,529,450 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 36% from the average session volume of 45,376,379 shares. The stock had previously closed at $39.16.
Key Headlines Impacting Super Micro Computer
Here are the key news stories impacting Super Micro Computer this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Strong earnings and fiscal 2027 outlook: Super Micro reported quarterly EPS of $1.70, well above the $0.92 consensus estimate, while revenue rose 93% year over year to $11.12 billion. Management forecast fiscal 2027 revenue of $65 billion to $72 billion, substantially above Wall Street expectations. Big Beat, Big Backlog, Big Caveats: Inside Super Micro’s 33% Upside Potential
- Positive Sentiment: Record AI demand and backlog: More than $60 billion in new orders and continuing data-center capacity constraints are supporting the bullish case. Investors view the backlog as evidence that hyperscaler and enterprise spending on AI infrastructure remains robust. Super Micro Stock Extends Rally After Blockbuster Earnings
- Positive Sentiment: Analyst support and sector momentum: Needham assigned SMCI a “Buy” rating, Citi raised its price target to $39, and Bernstein increased its target after the strong guidance. Broader optimism around AI-server demand, including Lenovo’s expanding pipeline, is also lifting the sector. Super Micro Computer Earns Buy Rating from Needham
- Neutral Sentiment: Technical rebound: Momentum traders are focused on SMCI’s breakout and substantial recovery from its recent lows, but coverage is increasingly asking where the rally may peak after the rapid advance. Stock of the Day: Where Is the Top for Super Micro Computer?
- Negative Sentiment: Margin rebound may not persist: Fourth-quarter gross margin benefited from delayed, higher-margin projects and reached roughly 17.5%, but management expects fiscal Q1 2027 margin to fall back near 10.6% as lower-margin hyperscale business dominates the mix. Super Micro’s Margin Surprise Is Already Guided Back Down
- Negative Sentiment: Execution and financing risks remain: Quarterly revenue fell short of estimates, while rapid growth could consume significant working capital. Investors also remain cautious about customer concentration, possible order cancellations, execution history, and dilution from the company’s large equity and convertible financing.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on SMCI shares. CJS Securities raised Super Micro Computer from a “market underperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Barclays set a $39.00 price target on Super Micro Computer and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Northland Securities set a $36.00 price objective on shares of Super Micro Computer in a research note on Wednesday, July 22nd. Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of Super Micro Computer from $33.00 to $39.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Wolfe Research began coverage on shares of Super Micro Computer in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. They issued a “peer perform” rating on the stock. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $42.13.
Super Micro Computer Stock Performance
The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 2.66 and a quick ratio of 1.29. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.96 billion, a PE ratio of 12.45, a P/E/G ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 1.95. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $30.23 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $30.53.
Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 11th. The company reported $1.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.92 by $0.78. The company had revenue of $11.12 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $11.60 billion. Super Micro Computer had a return on equity of 31.02% and a net margin of 5.71%.Super Micro Computer’s revenue was up 93.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.31 EPS. Super Micro Computer has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.010-1.100 EPS. Research analysts expect that Super Micro Computer, Inc. will post 2.97 EPS for the current year.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Super Micro Computer by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 13,808,499 shares of the company’s stock valued at $402,627,000 after buying an additional 41,314 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in Super Micro Computer by 21.2% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 9,953,780 shares of the company’s stock valued at $291,347,000 after buying an additional 1,738,749 shares during the period. Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN grew its stake in Super Micro Computer by 16.5% in the 2nd quarter. Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN now owns 9,730,773 shares of the company’s stock worth $476,905,000 after acquiring an additional 1,381,046 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Super Micro Computer during the fourth quarter worth approximately $136,569,000. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its position in shares of Super Micro Computer by 2.8% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 4,082,780 shares of the company’s stock worth $92,872,000 after acquiring an additional 111,388 shares during the period. 84.06% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Super Micro Computer Company Profile
Super Micro Computer, Inc (Supermicro) is a technology company that designs, develops and manufactures high-performance server, storage and networking solutions for enterprise, cloud, data center, high performance computing (HPC) and edge computing customers. The company’s product portfolio includes rackmount and blade servers, storage subsystems, motherboards, chassis, power supplies and networking components, with an emphasis on high-density, energy-efficient configurations and platforms optimized for GPU-accelerated workloads and artificial intelligence applications.
Headquartered in San Jose, California, Supermicro combines in-house engineering with a global manufacturing and distribution footprint to deliver configurable, application-specific systems.
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