What Happened?
Shares of server solutions provider Super Micro (NASDAQ:SMCI) jumped 14.1% in the afternoon session after the company reported strong fourth-quarter results and significantly raised its full-year revenue forecast, driven by booming demand for its artificial intelligence (AI) servers.
The company's revenue for the fourth quarter surged 123% from the previous year to $12.68 billion, easily beating analyst estimates. Adjusted earnings per share of $0.69 also came in well ahead of Wall Street's expectations. This growth was fueled by strong demand for the company's high-performance server and storage systems used for AI applications. Looking ahead, Super Micro boosted its full-year revenue guidance to a midpoint of $40 billion, a substantial increase from its prior forecast of $36 billion. This optimistic outlook suggested to investors that the powerful trend in AI infrastructure spending was set to continue, bolstering confidence in the company's growth trajectory.
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What Is The Market Telling Us
Super Micro’s shares are extremely volatile and have had 63 moves greater than 5% over the last year. But moves this big are rare even for Super Micro and indicate this news significantly impacted the market’s perception of the business.
The previous big move we wrote about was 2 days ago when the stock gained 2.5% on the news that Rosenblatt analyst Kevin Cassidy reaffirmed a 'Buy' rating on the company, maintaining the price target at $55.00. This analyst action signaled a positive outlook for the company. The move also came as the company prepared to report its second-quarter earnings. There was an expectation that Super Micro would benefit from the ramp-up of NVIDIA's Blackwell graphics processing units (GPUs), with easing AI supply-chain bottlenecks potentially supporting sales.
Super Micro is up 9.2% since the beginning of the year, but at $33.80 per share, it is still trading 44.3% below its 52-week high of $60.71 from July 2025. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Super Micro’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $10,272.
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