Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) Stock Price Up 5.9% – What’s Next?

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI) shares traded up 5.9% during mid-day trading on Friday . The company traded as high as $31.24 and last traded at $31.11. 37,933,879 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 17% from the average session volume of 45,869,051 shares. The stock had previously closed at $29.37.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

SMCI has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Argus set a $64.00 price target on shares of Super Micro Computer in a research note on Thursday, November 6th. Zacks Research upgraded Super Micro Computer from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, December 8th. KGI Securities raised Super Micro Computer from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $60.00 price target for the company in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. Northland Securities set a $63.00 target price on Super Micro Computer in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut Super Micro Computer from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, November 15th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have given a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Super Micro Computer presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $48.38.

Super Micro Computer Stock Up 5.9%

The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $40.84 and its 200 day simple moving average is $45.09. The company has a quick ratio of 2.95, a current ratio of 5.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72. The company has a market cap of $18.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 1.52.

Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The company reported $0.35 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.46 by ($0.11). The firm had revenue of $5.02 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.48 billion. Super Micro Computer had a return on equity of 12.70% and a net margin of 3.77%.Super Micro Computer’s revenue for the quarter was down 15.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.73 EPS. Super Micro Computer has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.460-0.540 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Super Micro Computer, Inc. will post 1.86 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in SMCI. Clear Street LLC bought a new position in Super Micro Computer in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $158,724,000. Clear Street Group Inc. bought a new stake in Super Micro Computer in the third quarter valued at $147,631,000. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Super Micro Computer during the 2nd quarter worth about $150,395,000. Marshall Wace LLP raised its stake in shares of Super Micro Computer by 596.4% in the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 3,437,714 shares of the company’s stock valued at $168,482,000 after acquiring an additional 2,944,049 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Super Micro Computer by 4.1% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 68,848,777 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,300,610,000 after purchasing an additional 2,695,829 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.06% of the company’s stock.

About Super Micro Computer

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.