Ardmore Road Asset Management LP Buys Shares of 525,000 Super Micro Computer, Inc. $SMCI

Ardmore Road Asset Management LP purchased a new position in shares of Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm purchased 525,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,954,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Super Micro Computer by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 13,808,499 shares of the company’s stock valued at $402,627,000 after acquiring an additional 41,314 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in Super Micro Computer by 21.2% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 9,953,780 shares of the company’s stock worth $291,347,000 after purchasing an additional 1,738,749 shares in the last quarter. Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN increased its position in Super Micro Computer by 16.5% during the 2nd 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. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Super Micro Computer in the 4th quarter valued at about $136,569,000. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its stake in Super Micro Computer by 2.8% in the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 4,082,780 shares of the company’s stock valued at $92,872,000 after purchasing an additional 111,388 shares during the last quarter. 84.06% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Super Micro Computer News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Super Micro’s preliminary fiscal Q4 update showed gross margins of 15% to 17%, far above prior guidance of 8.2% to 8.4%, suggesting a much stronger profit profile. At Last, Some Good News for Super Micro Stock
• Positive Sentiment: The company said it received more than $60 billion in new orders/backlog, reinforcing demand for its AI server and data center systems. Supermicro Introduces New Server Portfolio with 6th Gen AMD EPYC CPUs
• Positive Sentiment: Supermicro launched a new H15 server portfolio using 6th Gen AMD EPYC 9006 CPUs, with up to 1.7x better performance and higher memory/PCIe bandwidth, which could support future AI and enterprise sales. Supermicro introduceert een nieuw serverassortiment…
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts turned more constructive, with price-target increases and upgraded earnings estimates implying stronger expected profitability ahead. SMCI analyst coverage and estimates
• Neutral Sentiment: Some analysts still trimmed near-term revenue/earnings estimates, reflecting caution that growth may not be linear even with the backlog strength.
• Neutral Sentiment: Articles about unusually large options trading and broader AI-stock momentum point to elevated trading interest, but they do not change the company’s fundamentals by themselves.
• Negative Sentiment: One brokerage lowered its target to $34 and kept a neutral stance, indicating some skepticism about how quickly Supermicro can convert backlog into sustained earnings.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have issued reports on SMCI. Raymond James Financial decreased their price target on shares of Super Micro Computer from $45.00 to $39.00 in a research note on Friday, June 12th. Mizuho cut their price objective on shares of Super Micro Computer from $44.00 to $34.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Super Micro Computer in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. Northland Securities set a $36.00 price objective on shares of Super Micro Computer in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Super Micro Computer from $28.00 to $32.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $39.21.

Super Micro Computer Stock Performance

NASDAQ SMCI opened at $30.10 on Monday. Super Micro Computer, Inc. has a 12 month low of $19.48 and a 12 month high of $62.36. The company has a 50-day moving average of $32.68 and a 200-day moving average of $30.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 2.66 and a quick ratio of 1.29. The company has a market cap of $18.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.93, a P/E/G ratio of 0.36 and a beta of 1.94.

Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The company reported $0.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.21. Super Micro Computer had a net margin of 3.70% and a return on equity of 17.49%. The business had revenue of $10.24 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $12.39 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.31 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 122.7% on a year-over-year basis. Super Micro Computer has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 0.650-0.790 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Super Micro Computer, Inc. will post 2.1 earnings per share for the current year.

Super Micro Computer Profile

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.