Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI) Given Consensus Rating of “Hold” by Brokerages

Shares of Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI) have been given a consensus rating of “Hold” by the nineteen research firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, eight have given a hold recommendation, eight have issued a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $48.3750.

A number of brokerages have commented on SMCI. Raymond James Financial reduced their price objective on Super Micro Computer from $53.00 to $50.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on Super Micro Computer from $43.00 to $40.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. KGI Securities raised shares of Super Micro Computer from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $60.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. Mizuho dropped their price objective on shares of Super Micro Computer from $50.00 to $45.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. Finally, Wedbush decreased their target price on shares of Super Micro Computer from $48.00 to $42.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th.

Institutional Trading of Super Micro Computer

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Public Sector Pension Investment Board lifted its stake in shares of Super Micro Computer by 7.5% in the first quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 75,469 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,584,000 after acquiring an additional 5,293 shares in the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. increased its holdings in Super Micro Computer by 118.5% during the 1st quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 289,928 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,927,000 after purchasing an additional 157,240 shares during the last quarter. Horizon Investments LLC raised its position in shares of Super Micro Computer by 5.2% in the 1st quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 7,234 shares of the company’s stock valued at $248,000 after purchasing an additional 355 shares in the last quarter. Aberdeen Group plc boosted its stake in shares of Super Micro Computer by 2.2% during the 1st quarter. Aberdeen Group plc now owns 178,430 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,042,000 after buying an additional 3,828 shares during the last quarter. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Super Micro Computer by 434.0% during the 1st quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 859,821 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,440,000 after buying an additional 698,814 shares during the last quarter. 84.06% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Super Micro Computer Price Performance

SMCI opened at $31.66 on Wednesday. Super Micro Computer has a 52-week low of $25.71 and a 52-week high of $66.44. The company has a 50 day moving average of $41.99 and a two-hundred day moving average of $45.31. The company has a market cap of $18.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.33, a P/E/G ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.52. 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 issued its earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The company reported $0.35 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates 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 analysts’ expectations of $6.48 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.73 EPS. The business’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, analysts expect that Super Micro Computer will post 1.86 earnings per share for the current year.

About Super Micro Computer

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.