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

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI) was the target of some unusual options trading activity on Friday. Investors bought 496,672 call options on the company. Thisisanincreaseofapproximately35% compared to the typical volume of 366,554 call options.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts recently issued reports on SMCI shares. Northland Securities set a $59.00 price target on shares of Super Micro Computer in a research report on Wednesday, May 7th. Needham & Company LLC increased their price target on shares of Super Micro Computer from $39.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. Rosenblatt Securities dropped their price target on shares of Super Micro Computer from $55.00 to $50.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 7th. Wedbush reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $30.00 price objective on shares of Super Micro Computer in a report on Monday, August 4th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on shares of Super Micro Computer from $24.00 to $27.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Super Micro Computer currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $45.31.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Charles Liang sold 300,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $45.00, for a total transaction of $13,500,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 66,903,640 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,010,663,800. This represents a 0.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, SVP George Kao sold 40,000 shares of the company’s 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 transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 21,820 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $957,461.60. This represents a 64.70% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 1,040,000 shares of company stock valued at $52,755,200. Insiders own 16.30% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Super Micro Computer

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake 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 acquiring an additional 1,745,179 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in 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 valued at $671,316,000 after acquiring an additional 364,411 shares during the last quarter. Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN boosted its stake in 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 acquiring an additional 1,381,046 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in Super Micro Computer by 31.6% in the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 8,639,784 shares of the company’s stock valued at $423,436,000 after acquiring an additional 2,073,978 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp boosted its stake in Super Micro Computer by 1,573.8% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 4,897,876 shares of the company’s stock valued at $149,287,000 after acquiring an additional 4,605,260 shares during the last quarter. 84.06% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Super Micro Computer Price Performance

SMCI opened at $41.54 on Friday. Super Micro Computer has a one year low of $17.25 and a one year high of $66.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 5.32 and a quick ratio of 3.32. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $48.99 and its 200-day simple moving average is $42.78. The stock has a market capitalization of $24.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.46.

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 the consensus estimate of $0.44 by ($0.03). Super Micro Computer had a net margin of 4.77% and a return on equity of 17.14%. The company had revenue of $5.76 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.88 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $6.25 earnings per share. Super Micro Computer’s revenue for the quarter 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. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Super Micro Computer will post 1.86 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.