Super Micro Computer Sees Unusually Large Options Volume (NASDAQ:SMCI)

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI) was the target of some unusual options trading on Friday. Investors acquired 431,599 call options on the company. This represents an increase of approximately 63% compared to the typical volume of 265,501 call options.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Super Micro Computer by 4.1% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 68,848,777 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,300,610,000 after purchasing an additional 2,695,829 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Super Micro Computer by 2.7% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 13,752,581 shares of the company’s stock worth $671,316,000 after buying an additional 364,411 shares during the period. Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN grew its stake in shares of Super Micro Computer by 16.5% in the second quarter. Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN now owns 9,730,773 shares of the company’s stock valued at $476,905,000 after buying an additional 1,381,046 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Super Micro Computer by 31.6% during the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 8,639,784 shares of the company’s stock valued at $423,436,000 after buying an additional 2,073,978 shares during the period. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in Super Micro Computer by 5.3% during the 2nd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,971,739 shares of the company’s stock worth $194,655,000 after acquiring an additional 200,109 shares in the last quarter. 84.06% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently commented on SMCI. Needham & Company LLC lowered their price objective on shares of Super Micro Computer from $60.00 to $51.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. Northland Securities set a $63.00 price target on shares of Super Micro Computer in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on shares of Super Micro Computer from $43.00 to $40.00 and set a “neutral” 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, Wall Street Zen lowered Super Micro Computer from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, November 15th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $47.00.

Super Micro Computer Trading Up 10.9%

NASDAQ SMCI traded up $3.22 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $32.64. 77,905,508 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 34,853,414. The stock has a market capitalization of $19.49 billion, a PE ratio of 26.11, a PEG ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 1.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72, a quick ratio of 2.95 and a current ratio of 5.39. Super Micro Computer has a 1-year low of $25.71 and a 1-year high of $66.44. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $32.47 and its 200 day simple moving average is $43.20.

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

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.