Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) Stock Price Down 6.8% – Time to Sell?

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI)’s share price traded down 6.8% during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as $28.13 and last traded at $28.0590. 19,260,245 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 26% from the average session volume of 26,072,078 shares. The stock had previously closed at $30.12.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have commented on SMCI shares. Barclays cut their target price on shares of Super Micro Computer from $45.00 to $43.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $26.00 price target on shares of Super Micro Computer and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Rosenblatt Securities reduced their price objective on Super Micro Computer from $60.00 to $55.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. Zacks Research upgraded Super Micro Computer from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Finally, KGI Securities upgraded Super Micro Computer from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $60.00 price target for the company in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $47.00.

Super Micro Computer Trading Down 5.5%

The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $33.35 and a 200 day simple moving average of $43.54. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.81, a PEG ratio of 0.63 and a beta of 1.54. The company has a quick ratio of 2.95, a current ratio of 5.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72.

Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The company reported $0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.46 by ($0.11). Super Micro Computer had a return on equity of 12.70% and a net margin of 3.77%.The business had revenue of $5.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.48 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.73 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 15.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Super Micro Computer has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.460-0.540 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Super Micro Computer, Inc. will post 1.86 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in SMCI. Advisors Asset Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Super Micro Computer in the first quarter worth about $39,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Super Micro Computer by 15.2% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 7,917 shares of the company’s stock worth $271,000 after acquiring an additional 1,045 shares in the last quarter. Strs Ohio bought a new position in shares of Super Micro Computer during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $3,424,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Super Micro Computer by 159.6% in the second quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 1,220 shares of the company’s stock valued at $60,000 after purchasing an additional 750 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Advance Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in Super Micro Computer in the second quarter worth $253,000. Institutional investors 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.