Supermicro reported a $14,928.0 million or 297.5% increase in net sales for the three months ended September 30, 2026, driven by AI platform demand, while net income rose to $1,594.2 million from $168.3 million.
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Super Micro Computer reported unaudited first-quarter fiscal 2027 net sales of $19.9 billion and net income of $1,594 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2026. Fiscal 2027 net sales are expected to range from $72.0 billion to $82.0 billion.
Super Micro Computer, Inc. estimated first-quarter fiscal 2027 revenue of $18.5 billion to $19.5 billion, versus guidance of $14.5 billion to $15.5 billion, primarily due to increased demand for AI platforms.
Super Micro Computer, Inc. appointed Mark Long Chief Financial Officer effective October 14, 2026; David Weigand ceased serving in the role. Long’s offer includes a $725,000 annual base salary, $500,000 sign-on bonus and a performance-based bonus ranging from $225,000 to $725,000.
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Q1 FY27 earnings call · Nov 3, 2026TL;DR. Supermicro substantially exceeded first-quarter revenue, gross-margin and EPS guidance, raised full-year revenue guidance, demonstrated operating leverage, and improved working-capital efficiency with customer prepayments and record backlog visibility. Risks include sequential margin pressure, elevated customer and receivable concentration, supply and data-center-readiness constraints, negative free cash flow, and higher inventory and net debt.
- + First-quarter revenue of $19.9 billion rose 298% year over year and exceeded both guidance ranges.
- + Full-year fiscal 2027 revenue guidance was raised to $72 billion-$82 billion from $65 billion-$72 billion.
- + First-quarter non-GAAP gross margin of 12.8% exceeded guidance and increased 330 basis points year over year.
- + GAAP and non-GAAP diluted EPS both exceeded guidance.
- + Revenue growth substantially outpaced non-GAAP operating-expense growth, indicating significant operating leverage.
- − GAAP gross margin declined 480 basis points sequentially to 12.7%.
- − Non-GAAP operating margin declined to 10.9% from 14.3% in Q4.
- − Customer concentration was elevated, with one customer representing 44% of revenue and two customers representing 49% and 17% of accounts receivable.
- − Key-component shortages and data-center readiness constraints could restrict deliveries and the pace of second-half growth.
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Key metrics
the company's own KPIs, from written earnings releases and filings| Metric | Latest | Period | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ablecom manufactured chassis percentage | 95.3% | fiscal year 2026 filing | — |
| Compuware manufactured power supplies percentage | 94.4% | fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| countries | 100 | fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| customers | 1,000 | fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| Finder's fee paid to Compuware | $1.8M | fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| One supplier as percentage of total purchases | 63.1% | fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| Purchases from Ablecom and Compuware as percentage of cost of sales | 2.1% | fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| Realized and unrealized foreign exchange gain | $5.9M | fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| Revenue from United States as percentage of total revenues | 70.9% | fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| Sales to one customer as percentage of total net sales | 28.1% | fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| Capital expenditures and investments | $25M | Q4'26 | — |
| Cash flow provided by operations | $747M | Q4'26 | — |
| Non-GAAP gross margin non-GAAP | 10.9% | full fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 | — |
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Versus peers
Computer Hardware — same industry group| Company | Mkt cap | YTD | Rev growth Y/Y | P/E | Short % shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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SMCI
this stock
Super Micro Computer, Inc.
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$17.71B | -8.2% | +11.7% | 5.4 | 11.4% |
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ANET
Arista Networks, Inc.
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$249.26B | +50.6% | +28.6% | 53.2 | 1.0% |
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DELL
Dell Technologies Inc.
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$219.06B | +173.7% | +18.8% | 20.0 | 1.6% |
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SNDK
Sandisk Corp
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$125.93B | +272.8% | +175.3% | 7.1 | 3.5% |
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STX
Seagate Technology Holdings plc
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$121.27B | +91.8% | -36.7% | 27.7 | 3.7% |
Peers by industry group · P/E from as-reported trailing EPS · short % is of shares outstanding
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Supermicro reported a $14,928.0 million or 297.5% increase in net sales for the three months ended September 30, 2026, driven by AI platform demand, while net income rose to $1,594.2 million from $168.3 million.
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| 5D | 20D | 120D | MTD | YTD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMCI | -6.6% | -15.1% | -27.6% | -18.5% | -8.2% |
| SPY | +2.6% | -1.2% | +0.5% | -0.2% | +10.6% |
| vs SPY | -9.2% | -13.9% | -28.1% | -18.3% | -18.8% |
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