Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) Stock Price Down 5% – Time to Sell?

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI)’s share price dropped 5% on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $27.80 and last traded at $28.60. Approximately 52,202,160 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 69% from the average daily volume of 30,859,059 shares. The stock had previously closed at $30.12.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SMCI has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Rosenblatt Securities reduced their target price on Super Micro Computer from $60.00 to $55.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Super Micro Computer in a research note on Monday, December 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $26.00 price objective on Super Micro Computer and gave the company a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday. Zacks Research raised shares of Super Micro Computer from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, December 8th. Finally, Barclays decreased their price target on shares of Super Micro Computer from $45.00 to $43.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note 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 company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $47.00.

Super Micro Computer Stock Down 5.0%

The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $33.35 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $43.54. The company has a current ratio of 5.39, a quick ratio of 2.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72. The company has a market capitalization of $17.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.63 and a beta of 1.54.

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Anfield Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Super Micro Computer in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $25,000. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Super Micro Computer during the second quarter worth $25,000. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. acquired a new position in Super Micro Computer during the third quarter worth $29,000. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. boosted its position in shares of Super Micro Computer by 68.6% during the third quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. now owns 661 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 269 shares during the period. Finally, Aventura Private Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Super Micro Computer in the fourth quarter valued at $35,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.