Super Micro Computer Inc (SMCI): Investing In A Time Of Crisis

Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI) currently has a daily average trading volume of 10.65M but it saw 6740386 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 44.19B USD, the company’s current market price of $754.72 came falling about -0.94 while comparing to the previous closing price of $761.86. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $1229.00 and as low as $93.19.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Super Micro Computer Inc (SMCI) gives us an average price of $913.69, while its current price level is -38.59% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 709.87% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $949.32 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $473.41. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 12.26% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 7.81%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 37.21 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Argus also issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $1350.

Over the week, SMCI’s stock price is moving -21.39% down while it is -27.62% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 165.50% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 665.51%.

The latest quarterly earnings report issued by the company was for quarter ended 12/31/2023, when its quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of $5.59 beat the consensus estimate of $4.93 for the same. For SMCI, analysts are forecasting an EPS-growth rate of 87.00% for current year and estimate for EPS growth in next year is 41.00%. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $4.93 billion as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $14.66 billion and seeing the company making $20.97 billion in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $3.99 billion for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Super Micro Computer Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 52.90M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 23.06% and return on equity (ROE) at 29.92%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 58.99 while having a 24.34 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.36. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 13.72 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 4.78. Its return on asset (ROA) is 17.27% on average.