Principal Financial Group Inc. Sells 17,349 Shares of Super Micro Computer, Inc. $SMCI

Principal Financial Group Inc. trimmed its position in Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI) by 2.9% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 580,534 shares of the company’s stock after selling 17,349 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. owned about 0.10% of Super Micro Computer worth $27,831,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Super Micro Computer by 2.7% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 66,152,948 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,242,156,000 after purchasing an additional 1,745,179 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Super Micro Computer by 2.7% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 13,752,581 shares of the company’s stock worth $671,316,000 after purchasing an additional 364,411 shares in the last quarter. Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN boosted its position in shares of Super Micro Computer by 16.5% during the second quarter. Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN now owns 9,730,773 shares of the company’s stock worth $476,905,000 after purchasing an additional 1,381,046 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Super Micro Computer by 31.6% in 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. increased its position in shares of Super Micro Computer by 5.3% in the 2nd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,971,739 shares of the company’s stock valued at $194,655,000 after buying an additional 200,109 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.06% of the company’s stock.

Key Super Micro Computer News

Here are the key news stories impacting Super Micro Computer this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Blowout Q2 results and raised guidance — Revenue surged ~123% YoY to ~$12.7B and adjusted EPS beat expectations; management gave stronger-than-expected next-quarter and full-year revenue/earnings guidance, which is driving the rally. Super Micro Computer Tumbles on AI Boom Backlash
• Positive Sentiment: AI server demand and strategic product mix — Investors are buying the narrative that hyperscaler AI demand (NVIDIA/AMD chips) and traction in higher‑margin Data Center Building Block Solutions (DCBBS) can lift long‑term profitability if DCBBS grows as guided. MarketBeat SMCI Coverage
• Neutral Sentiment: Value/analyst debate — Bullish commentary and value score pieces highlight low P/E vs. growth, but views vary; some see it as a long‑term value/AI play while others urge caution. Why SMCI is a Top Value Stock
• Neutral Sentiment: Heavy intraday volume and momentum — The earnings beat triggered large, volatile flows (gaps and spikes), so short-term price moves may be driven as much by momentum trading as by fundamentals. Shares Gap Up After Earnings
• Negative Sentiment: Severe margin compression — Adjusted gross margin fell to ~6.4%, a multiyear low, driven by product mix, expedite costs and pricing pressure; margins are the key risk to sustainable profitability. Seeking Alpha Margin Analysis
• Negative Sentiment: Mixed analyst actions and some bearish takes — Several firms cut price targets (Goldman maintained a sell at $27; others trimmed targets), and some analysts/strategists warn the post‑earnings rally could be a trap. Goldman Sachs Price Target

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently issued reports on SMCI. Wall Street Zen lowered Super Micro Computer from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 15th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Super Micro Computer in a report on Monday, December 29th. Barclays set a $38.00 price objective on Super Micro Computer and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on shares of Super Micro Computer from $43.00 to $40.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. Finally, Mizuho set a $33.00 target price on shares of Super Micro Computer in a research report on Wednesday. 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 company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $44.13.

Super Micro Computer Stock Up 11.4%

SMCI stock opened at $34.38 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $31.35 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $41.14. The stock has a market capitalization of $20.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.66, a PEG ratio of 0.63 and a beta of 1.53. Super Micro Computer, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $27.60 and a fifty-two week high of $66.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a current ratio of 1.70 and a quick ratio of 2.95.

Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 3rd. The company reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.20. The business had revenue of $12.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.34 billion. Super Micro Computer had a net margin of 3.11% and a return on equity of 13.22%. The business’s revenue was up 123.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.59 EPS. Super Micro Computer has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.600- EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Super Micro Computer, Inc. will post 1.86 earnings per share for the current 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.