Littlejohn Financial Services Inc. Makes New Investment in Super Micro Computer, Inc. $SMCI

Littlejohn Financial Services Inc. acquired a new stake in Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI) during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 24,230 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,162,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Super Micro Computer by 2.7% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 66,152,948 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,242,156,000 after purchasing an additional 1,745,179 shares in the last quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC purchased a new position in Super Micro Computer in the second quarter worth about $310,000. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Super Micro Computer in the second quarter worth approximately $150,395,000. Bank Hapoalim BM bought a new stake in shares of Super Micro Computer during the second quarter valued at approximately $748,000. Finally, Fiduciary Planning LLC bought a new stake in shares of Super Micro Computer during the second quarter valued at approximately $255,000. 84.06% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have commented on the company. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Super Micro Computer in a research note on Monday, December 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on Super Micro Computer from $43.00 to $40.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. Zacks Research raised Super Micro Computer from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Super Micro Computer from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, November 15th. Finally, Raymond James Financial reduced their price target on shares of Super Micro Computer from $53.00 to $50.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Super Micro Computer presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $47.00.

Super Micro Computer Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:SMCI opened at $28.27 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.95, a current ratio of 5.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72. The stock has a market capitalization of $16.88 billion, a PE ratio of 22.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.60 and a beta of 1.54. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $32.69 and its 200-day moving average price is $43.30. Super Micro Computer, Inc. has a twelve month low of $25.71 and a twelve month high of $66.44.

Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) last announced 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). The business 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.73 earnings per share. Super Micro Computer has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.460-0.540 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Super Micro Computer, Inc. will post 1.86 EPS for the current year.

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.