Company Analysis

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI)

Nasdaq: SMCI · Electronic Computers · San Jose, CA · filing with the SEC since 2006
Grade4.9
◀ Past 4.4● Present 5.3▶ Future 5.0

The grade of Super Micro Computer, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.9/10
◀ Past4.430% of the headline
● Present5.340% of the headline
▶ Future5.030% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

31 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-02-26.

weight 33% of this tense · 6th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Super Micro Computer, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 31 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 14 times, the latest 2025-02-26); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2018-11-15); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2024-11-18); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 13 times, the latest 2025-02-11) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
8.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+35.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 88th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Super Micro Computer, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.5 billion in fiscal 2017 to $39 billion in fiscal 2026, up 35.8% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 5% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span35.8%top 7% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 7% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 14% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak4.6%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
1.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 7.6% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 10 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 10th percentile among 4 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-06-30, Super Micro Computer, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 7.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its net income over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 10 sales (8 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12, buying about $50 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 7% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 15%: 15¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 52%: owes 52¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 40th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-06-30, Super Micro Computer, Inc. earned about 15 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 14 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 52 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 11.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 31% of its family
  • return on equitytop 25% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 7% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 26% of 7 in its family; net margin 5.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 74th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Super Micro Computer, Inc.'s standing among 7 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $39 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 36% by size; a net margin of 5.7% ranks in the top 36%; revenue growth of 76.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 7% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$39.06Btop 36% of its family
  • net margin5.7%top 36% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth76.3%top 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 47% of 6 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2007.

weight 22% of this tense · 47th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Super Micro Computer, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Liang, Charles (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2007-03-28, 19.6 years (top 25% of its family); the 18 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.2 years (bottom 25%); 14 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 18 people in charge now (bottom 42%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge14 in three years among 18 peoplebottom 42% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.2 yearsbottom 25% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record19.6 yearstop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 25% of 7 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 25th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Super Micro Computer, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $7.5 billion against debt of $4.1 billion leaves 11.6% of its assets as net cash, top 36% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -17.8% of revenue (bottom 21%); a gross margin of 10.8% (bottom 7%); research spending of 2% of revenue (bottom 7%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets11.6%top 36% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-17.8%bottom 21% of its family
  • gross margin10.8%bottom 7% of its family
  • research spending against revenue2.0%bottom 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
9.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 7% of 7 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 93rd percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Super Micro Computer, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 76.3% a year over the last three filed years against 35.8% over all 10, speeding up (top 7% of its family); the newest year grew 77.9% (top 7%); research spending grew 35.9% a year (top 7%); capital spending grew 63.9% a year (top 7%) (its annual reports). Super Micro Computer, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+40.5 points a yeartop 7% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth77.9%top 7% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending35.9%top 7% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending63.9%top 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 36% of 7 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 36th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Super Micro Computer, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $39 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 1.3% above the $39 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 21% of its family); net income of $2.2 billion against a prior three-year average of $947 million (top 36%); a net margin of 5.7% against 7.1% before (bottom 21%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace1.3%bottom 21% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+136%top 36% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-1.4 pointsbottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton SMCI · research, not advice