Supermicro stock jumps on Q4 results, strong Q1 outlook

Supermicro stock jumps on Q4 results, strong Q1 outlook

Daniel Howley · Technology Editor

Wed, August 12, 2026 at 4:44 PM GMT+3 2 min read

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Supermicro (SMCI) stock climbed nearly 15% in early trading Wednesday, after the company reported Q4 results that topping expectations on earnings but falling short on revenue.

But Wall Street appeared more interested in the AI server maker's rosy Q1 outlook that was well above expectations than the Q4 sales miss.

"Our Total AI/IT Solutions strategy continues to deliver strong results, we added several hundred enterprise and other customers in the past year, generated more than $60 billion in new orders, and booked record backlog entering fiscal 2027," Supermicro CEO Charles Liang said in a statement.

For the fourth quarter, Supermicro saw adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.70 on revenue of $11.1 billion. Wall Street was anticipating EPS of $1.59 and net sales of $11.2 billion, according to Bloomberg analyst consensus estimates. The company saw EPS of $0.41 and revenue of $5.7 billion in the same period last year.

For the first quarter, Supermicro projects net sales between $14.5 billion and $15.5 billion. Analysts were expecting $11.9 billion.

Gross margins topped out at 17.6%, up from 9.6% a year ago.

In June, CEO Charles Liang wrote on X that the company planned to co-build a gigawatt-scale data center for SpaceX and xAI within a year.

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Despite the strong outlook, Supermicro stock has underperformed rival AI infrastructure companies over the last year.

Shares are down some 30% over the past 12 months versus HPE (HPE), which is up roughly 160%, and Dell Technologies (DELL), which has soared more than 230% in the same period.

In June, the company announced it was raising as much as $7 billion in equity-linked financing to help pay for its AI build-out.

Supermicro has also been dealing with regulatory issues. In April, the company launched an independent investigation after the Department of Justice indicted co-founder Yih-Shyan Liaw and two others for allegedly violating US export controls.

Supermicro was not named as a defendant in the case.

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