Maryland State Retirement & Pension System Purchases 1,796 Shares of Super Micro Computer, Inc. $SMCI

Maryland State Retirement & Pension System boosted its position in shares of Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI) by 7.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 24,955 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,796 shares during the quarter. Maryland State Retirement & Pension System’s holdings in Super Micro Computer were worth $1,223,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Fluent Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of Super Micro Computer in the second quarter valued at about $2,831,000. Trust Asset Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Super Micro Computer in the second quarter valued at about $283,000. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS raised its position in shares of Super Micro Computer by 1.8% in the second quarter. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS now owns 176,700 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,660,000 after purchasing an additional 3,200 shares during the period. Tcfg Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Super Micro Computer in the second quarter valued at about $335,000. Finally, Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Super Micro Computer by 28.3% in the second quarter. Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 64,370 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,155,000 after purchasing an additional 14,183 shares during the period. 84.06% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on SMCI. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price objective on shares of Super Micro Computer from $24.00 to $27.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. Zacks Research raised shares of Super Micro Computer to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, August 11th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Super Micro Computer in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Raymond James Financial started coverage on shares of Super Micro Computer in a research report on Wednesday, June 25th. They issued an “outperform” rating on the stock. Finally, Barclays raised their price target on shares of Super Micro Computer from $29.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Super Micro Computer presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $45.36.

Super Micro Computer Price Performance

NASDAQ:SMCI opened at $52.86 on Monday. Super Micro Computer, Inc. has a 52 week low of $17.25 and a 52 week high of $66.44. The firm has a market cap of $31.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.84, a P/E/G ratio of 1.32 and a beta of 1.55. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $46.55 and its 200 day simple moving average is $43.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a quick ratio of 3.25 and a current ratio of 5.25.

Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The company reported $0.41 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.44 by ($0.03). Super Micro Computer had a return on equity of 17.14% and a net margin of 4.77%.The business had revenue of $5.76 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.88 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $6.25 earnings per share. Super Micro Computer’s revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Super Micro Computer has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.400-0.520 EPS. FY 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Super Micro Computer, Inc. will post 1.86 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other Super Micro Computer news, SVP George Kao sold 40,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the senior vice president directly owned 21,820 shares in the company, valued at $957,461.60. This represents a 64.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Liang Chiu-Chu Sara Liu sold 200,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $60.00, for a total transaction of $12,000,000.00. Following the sale, the director owned 40,426,120 shares in the company, valued at $2,425,567,200. The trade was a 0.49% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 490,000 shares of company stock valued at $27,890,950. Corporate insiders own 16.30% of the company’s stock.

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.