Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI - Get Free Report) Director Liang Chiu-Chu Sara Liu sold 300,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $45.00, for a total value of $13,500,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 66,903,640 shares in the company, valued at $3,010,663,800. The trade was a 0.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link.
Super Micro Computer Price Performance
Shares of SMCI stock traded up $0.85 during trading on Friday, hitting $45.32. The company had a trading volume of 51,447,582 shares, compared to its average volume of 69,872,449. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 3.95 and a current ratio of 6.66. The firm has a market capitalization of $27.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.84 and a beta of 1.40. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $38.58 and its 200 day moving average price is $37.45. Super Micro Computer, Inc. has a one year low of $17.25 and a one year high of $96.33.
Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 6th. The company reported $0.31 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.30 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $4.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.40 billion. Super Micro Computer had a net margin of 5.61% and a return on equity of 20.41%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 19.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.66 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Super Micro Computer, Inc. will post 1.86 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of brokerages have issued reports on SMCI. Barclays reaffirmed an "equal weight" rating and issued a $34.00 price objective on shares of Super Micro Computer in a research note on Tuesday, May 6th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Super Micro Computer to a "sell" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 8th. Wedbush restated a "neutral" rating and set a $30.00 target price (down from $40.00) on shares of Super Micro Computer in a report on Wednesday, May 7th. Raymond James Financial started coverage on shares of Super Micro Computer in a report on Tuesday, May 13th. They set an "outperform" rating and a $41.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Northland Securities set a $59.00 price objective on shares of Super Micro Computer in a report on Wednesday, May 7th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have given a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Super Micro Computer currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $45.63.
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Institutional Trading of Super Micro Computer
Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Super Micro Computer by 3.9% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 64,407,769 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,205,322,000 after acquiring an additional 2,415,276 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Super Micro Computer by 914.7% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 12,846,717 shares of the company's stock valued at $390,572,000 after acquiring an additional 11,580,677 shares during the period. FMR LLC bought a new position in shares of Super Micro Computer in the fourth quarter valued at $292,869,000. Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in Super Micro Computer by 929.5% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 7,542,742 shares of the company's stock valued at $229,903,000 after acquiring an additional 6,810,082 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp boosted its stake in Super Micro Computer by 1,573.8% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 4,897,876 shares of the company's stock valued at $149,287,000 after purchasing an additional 4,605,260 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.06% of the company's stock.
About Super Micro Computer
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Super Micro Computer, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, develops and manufactures high performance server and storage solutions based on modular and open architecture in the United States, Europe, Asia, and internationally. Its solutions range from complete server, storage systems, modular blade servers, blades, workstations, full racks, networking devices, server sub-systems, server management software, and security software.
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