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Super Micro's enterprise data-center demand is boosting margins because that business has better margins than AI racks. Revenue rose 10% quarter on quarter and 90% year on year, net income rose 142% quarter on quarter, and gross margin jumped 76% quarter on quarter. Demand remains hot, and its forecast remains bullish. x.comÂ
Super Micro cannot rival Dell, which has an enterprise market and a position of strength no other data-center server maker has. Super Micro's export problems also go beyond label swapping, and investigators across jurisdictions are likely not done: there were more actions recently in Singapore and Malaysia, and a former NVIDIA employee was implicated. x.comÂ
Super Micro should benefit as data centers buy the servers that house Nvidia's AI chips. Its quarterly sales outlook rose from $15B to $19B; the stock is 36% below its high and trades at 8x next year's earnings. It is a double from here. x.com x.comÂ
Increased AI-platform demand is lifting Super Micro Computer's preliminary revenue above guidance. Supermicro estimates fiscal Q1 2027 revenue of $18.5B-$19.5B versus $14.5B-$15.5B guided, and gross margin of 12%-12.5% versus 10.4%-10.8% guided, primarily due to customer and product mix. No one is bullish enough on the stock; $50+ by year-end is in view. x.com x.com x.comÂ
Super Micro Computer's roughly $7B equity and equity-linked financing plan to fund AI server component purchases is a short-term overhang on the stock, even though it signals strong demand. The market reads it as shareholder dilution, further proof the business is highly capital intensive, execution risk in turning a huge backlog into profitable cash flow, and growth funded with new paper rather than internal cash. Broader AI hardware weakness played a smaller role. x.comÂ
Supermicro's sharply higher preliminary revenue and margin guidance suggests AI server orders are still being pulled through despite capex-fatigue fears. Q1 FY2027 revenue guidance rose from $14.5-$15.5B to $18.5-$19.5B, and gross margin guidance to 12.0%-12.5%. Scale into fatigue pullbacks, but these are unaudited figures; customer concentration, tariffs or a weak November 3 report could reverse the case. x.comÂ
Meta's unmet AI demand pays its bottleneck suppliers. Super Micro's $19.5B quarterly outlook and under 8x forward earnings point to a double. CoreWeave's Meta deals total $35.2B; it should easily top $100. Builders say nearly all new sites use Dell or Super Micro; Dell could easily double. Micron's demand is off the charts at 5x forward earnings. Sources say Vertiv's gear is sold out for 2-3 years. VivoPower has 2GW+ potential in 5-7 years. Digi Power X has a $1.1B Cerebras deal. x.com x.com … Show more
Super Micro Computer's $7 billion equity raise is heavy dilution to fund AI spending, and the market is never going to like a raise that large. The stock sold off on the news, fitting a broader weakness theme around dilution for AI spend. x.com x.com x.comÂ
Super Micro's improved expected gross margin kills the bear case, while quarterly revenue near its market cap makes the stock a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It expects first-quarter gross margin of 12%-12.5% versus 10.4%-10.8% guidance and revenue of $18.5B-$19.5B versus $14.5B-$15.5B guidance, against a roughly $21B market cap. Shares should return to all-time highs and, on a Grok-assisted comparison with Dell and HPE, easily top $100; once they break $50, the move to $100 could be fast. … Show more
Dell should benefit from AI data-center construction because builders say almost every new facility runs on Dell or Super Micro servers. Sales rose 49% in the past year to $151B; Dell is 18% below its high and is an easy double from here. x.comÂ
Super Micro is burning shareholder money with a $7B equity and equity-linked financing. The company says proceeds will fund components for about $39 billion of AI server orders from more than 20 customers, but needing outside money to fill orders is either a sign of a very good business or what it hopes investors will believe. x.com x.com x.comÂ
Enterprise and neocloud demand is creating a second wave of AI infrastructure spending, with tailwinds for Nvidia and Super Micro. Dell forecasts 200 GW of AI data center growth through 2030, half driven by these customers, and estimates a $1 trillion AI infrastructure opportunity over the next four years. AI servers could enter a new growth phase in 2027, with higher shipment volumes and more revenue per deployment. x.comÂ
