Super Micro Computer, Inc.
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Range $35 – $48
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About the company
Super Micro Computer, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, develops and sells server and storage solutions based on modular and open-standard architecture in the United States, Asia, Europe, and internationally. The company provides liquid and air-cooled AI servers for training and inferencing with integrated graphics processing units (GPUs) or PCIe based architectures; SuperBlade, MicroBlade, FlexTwin, GrandTwin, and BigTwin blade and multi-node systems; SuperStorage systems; Hyper, CloudDC, and WIO and rackmount systems; embedded (5G/IoT/Edge) systems; and MicroCloud server systems.
- CEO
- Charles Liang
- IPO
- 2007
- Employees
- 7,000
- HQ
- San Jose, CA, US
AI snapshot
Six angles, distilled from the data.
The stock is in a repaired uptrend after a deep 52-week drawdown, now trading above both the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. It remains well below the 52-week high of $58.78, so the setup is a recovery phase rather than a full trend reset.
Street sentiment is cautious-to-positive: the consensus is Hold, while the average target sits at $41.44 versus a $37.78 share price. Recent action has leaned constructive, with multiple firms raising targets into the $35-$48 range even as ratings stayed mostly unchanged.
Earnings momentum is strong, with SMCI beating EPS in 6 of the last 8 quarters and the latest quarter topping estimates by 189.3%. Next-year EPS is modeled at 4.87 versus 3.29 TTM, so shareholders should watch whether margin discipline and demand can sustain that step-up.
No notable discretionary insider buying or selling. Recent filings were dominated by award, exempt, and in-kind transactions for senior executives, which read as compensation-related activity rather than a directional trading signal.
Profitability is solid but not pristine: gross margin is 10.8%, operating margin is 13.38%, and net margin is 5.71%. Growth is the bigger story, with revenue up 93.2% year over year and EPS growth up 434.7%, though free cash flow was negative at -$6.65 billion in fiscal 2026.
SMCI wins on AI server exposure and modular rack-level deployment, which keeps it squarely in the higher-growth part of the hardware group. The valuation is not cheap on quality-adjusted metrics, but the P/E of 10.55 leaves it below many fast-growth hardware peers if execution holds.
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- Market Cap
- $26.04B
- P/E
- 11.03
- Fwd P/E
- 9.28
- PEG
- 0.06
- P/S
- 0.67
- P/B
- 1.67
- EV/EBITDA
- 8.30
- Div Yield
- 0.00%
- Gross Margin
- 10.82%
- Op Margin
- 7.09%
- Net Margin
- 5.71%
- ROE
- 25.08%
- ROIC
- 9.73%
Latest fiscal year · YoY change
- Revenue
- $39.06B+77.8%
- Gross Profit
- $4.23B+74.0%
- Op Income
- $2.77B
- Net Income
- $2.23B+112.7%
- EPS
- $3.65+106.2%
- OCF Growth
- -510.4%
- FCF Growth
- -555.0%
- 52W High
- $58.78
- 52W Low
- $19.48
- 50D MA
- $31.71
- 200D MA
- $31.37
- Beta
- 2.00
- RSI (14)
- 64
- Avg Volume
- 57.08M
Earnings call summaries
Pick a quarter — each call distilled into takeaways, results, and a bull vs bear read.
Super Micro reported a record fiscal 2026, with revenue nearly doubling and margins expanding sharply in Q4 on a mix shift and lower tariffs, while guiding Q1 FY27 and full-year FY27 to continued rapid growth.· August 11, 2026
- FY26 revenue was $39.1 billion, up 78% year over year, and non-GAAP EPS was $3.63, up 76% from FY25.
- Q4 revenue was $11.1 billion, up 93% year over year, with non-GAAP gross margin of 17.6% and non-GAAP EPS of $1.70.
- Management said over $60 billion of new orders drove backlog to record levels, and FY27 revenue is targeted at $65 billion to $72 billion.
- Q1 FY27 guidance calls for $14.5 billion to $15.5 billion of revenue and gross margin of 10.4% to 10.8%.
- The company highlighted a shift toward enterprise, CPU-based AI, storage, and DCBBS, with management saying these areas should support better long-term margins.
Super Micro said FY26 revenue was $39.1 billion, up 78% from $22 billion in FY25, and FY26 non-GAAP diluted EPS was $3.63, up 76% from $2.06. FY26 non-GAAP gross margin was 10.9% versus 11.2% last year, and FY26 non-GAAP operating margin was 8.1% versus 7.1%. In Q4 FY26, revenue was $11.1 billion, up 93% year over year and 9% quarter over quarter; non-GAAP gross margin was 17.6% versus 10.1% in Q3; and non-GAAP diluted EPS was $1.70, versus guidance of $0.65 to $0.79. Q4 GAAP diluted EPS was $1.62. For Q1 FY27, management guided to revenue of $14.5 billion to $15.5 billion, GAAP EPS of $0.89 to $0.98, non-GAAP EPS of $1.01 to $1.10, and gross margin of 10.4% to 10.8%. Full-year FY27 revenue guidance was $65 billion to $72 billion.
Charles Liang framed FY26 as a milestone year and said Super Micro is evolving from a server maker into a total AI/data center solution provider through its DCBBS platform. He emphasized that demand remains strong, backlog is at record levels, and the company is expanding enterprise, CPU, storage, networking, and service offerings to improve mix and long-term profitability. His tone was confident and upbeat, but he repeatedly stressed that growth must remain healthy and margin-aware.
David Weigand emphasized the hard numbers: FY26 revenue of $39.1 billion, Q4 revenue of $11.1 billion, Q4 non-GAAP gross margin of 17.6%, and FY26 non-GAAP EPS of $3.63. He said Q4 gross margin improved 750 basis points sequentially, with about 75% of the improvement from better customer/product mix and about 25% from lower tariff costs and lower inventory reserves. He also noted $747 million of operating cash flow in Q4, $7.5 billion of cash and cash equivalents at quarter-end, net debt of $1.2 billion, and the $5.6 billion equity financing to support working capital for new orders. For Q1 FY27, he guided to 10.4% to 10.8% gross margin, about $453 million of GAAP operating expenses, and $50 million to $60 million of CapEx.
Analysts pressed on whether Q4’s margin step-up was sustainable, and management said the mix shift toward enterprise, CPU, storage, and DCBBS should support higher margins over time, though Q1 guidance still reflects a lower mix than Q4. Multiple questions focused on customer concentration, large data center/CSP demand, and whether customers are bypassing Super Micro for ODMs; management said shipment delays were tied to power, cooling, and networking readiness, not a structural demand issue, and said Super Micro’s OEM/ODM model still gives it room to grow. Investors also asked about the board investigation and cash needs; management said an update would come shortly, and said the stronger balance sheet plus improved backlog terms should support growth, though Charles Liang said higher revenue levels like $80 billion or above could require more cash flow.
The call showed very strong demand momentum, with over $60 billion in new orders and FY27 revenue guidance of $65 billion to $72 billion. Management is also seeing a favorable mix shift toward enterprise, CPU-based AI, storage, and DCBBS, which they said should improve profitability over time. The company ended Q4 with $7.5 billion of cash and said its financing and backlog should support the next phase of growth.
Q4 revenue came in near the low end of guidance because of customer delays tied to power, cooling, and networking readiness, and management acknowledged some contracts slipped into later quarters. Q1 gross margin guidance of 10.4% to 10.8% is well below the 17.6% Q4 level, showing that the recent margin spike may not repeat immediately. The company also flagged ongoing inventory and working-capital risk, said the board inquiry update is still pending, and noted that growth above the $65 billion to $72 billion range could require additional cash flow or financing.
AI summary of the company's earnings call · Paraphrased · Not investment advice
- Free Float
- 87.1%
- Shares Outstanding
- 646.87M
- Float Shares
- 563.39M
of shares held by institutions
807 13F filers
Buy/sell ratio 0.63. Sells can include pre-scheduled 10b5-1 plan sales, not just discretionary selling.
Congressional trading
Senate and House stock disclosures for SMCI, newest first.
| Member | Type | Traded | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ro KhannaHouse · CA17 | Sell | Jan 13, 26 | Filing → |
| John BoozmanSenate · AR | Sell | Dec 31, 25 | Filing → |
| John BoozmanSenate · AR | Sell | Dec 31, 25 | Filing → |
| John BoozmanSenate · AR | Buy | Dec 11, 25 | Filing → |
| John BoozmanSenate · AR | Buy | Dec 11, 25 | Filing → |
| Gilbert Ray CisnerosHouse · CA31 | Sell | Nov 12, 25 | Filing → |
| Gilbert Ray CisnerosHouse · CA31 | Buy | Sep 5, 25 | Filing → |
| Tim MooreHouse · NC14 | Sell | May 2, 25 | Filing → |
| Tim MooreHouse · NC14 | Buy | Apr 30, 25 | Filing → |
| Robert P. BresnahanHouse · PA08 | Sell | Apr 8, 25 | Filing → |
| Ashley Brooke MoodySenate | Sell | Mar 25, 25 | Filing → |
| Ashley Brooke MoodySenate | Sell | Mar 25, 25 | Filing → |
| Ashley Brooke MoodySenate | Sell | Mar 25, 25 | Filing → |
| Ashley Brooke MoodySenate | Sell | Mar 24, 25 | Filing → |
Source: public STOCK Act disclosures. Filed weeks after the trade — a lagging signal, not a real-time one.
Top institutional holders
Largest 13F positions, with quarter-over-quarter change.
| Holder | Shares | Δ Quarter |
|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 68.03M | ▼ 816.73K |
| Blackrock, Inc. | 47.69M | ▲ 4.33M |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 36.36M | ▲ 3.46M |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 32.86M | ▲ 3.30M |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 28.79M | ▲ 24.37M |
| State Street Corp | 24.64M | ▲ 2.62M |
| Ubs Group AG | 19.69M | ▲ 7.62M |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 15.51M | ▲ 1.35M |
| Invesco Ltd. | 11.72M | ▼ 96.39K |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 11.09M | ▲ 7.64M |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 9.78M | ▲ 8.88M |
| Morgan Stanley | 9.05M | ▲ 1.38M |
Held by 1,306 ETFs
Biggest fund positions in SMCI by dollar value.
Recent insider transactions
Who's buying, who's selling, and how much.
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 26 | Liang Charles | sell | 42,565 |
| Sep 3, 26 | Liang Charles | sell | 57,435 |
| Sep 4, 26 | Liang Charles | sell | 100,000 |
| Sep 3, 26 | Liu Liang Chiu-Chu Sara | sell | 42,565 |
| Sep 3, 26 | Liu Liang Chiu-Chu Sara | sell | 57,435 |
| Sep 4, 26 | Liu Liang Chiu-Chu Sara | sell | 100,000 |
| Aug 27, 26 | WEIGAND DAVID E | other | 24,093 |
| Aug 27, 26 | Malyala Vikranth | other | 8,060 |
| Aug 27, 26 | Xiao Jin | other | 2,112 |
| Aug 17, 26 | Xiao Jin | other | 4,000 |
A “Sell” may be a pre-scheduled 10b5-1 plan sale rather than a discretionary decision — read insider selling with that in mind.
Our SMCI coverage
Recent articles, reports, and earnings notes.

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