Super Micro Computer Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI) saw a downside of -1.67% to close Tuesday at $347.40 after subtracting -$5.89 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 3,124,300 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $357.00 in the past week and touched a new high 3 times within the past 5 days. An average of 3,054,930 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 3,038,450.
SMCI’s 1-month performance is 28.70% or $87.39 on its low of $253.31 reached on 07/10/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $50.28 and high of $357.00, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 08/07/23. YTD, SMCI has achieved 323.14% or $265.30 and has reached a new high 36 times. However, the current price is down -2.69% from the 52-week high price.
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Insider Transactions
SMCI stock investors last saw insider trading activity on Jul 27.Liu Liang Chiu-Chu Sara (Director) most recently sold 963 shares at $329.05 per share on Jul 27. This transaction cost the insider $316,880. President and CEO, Liang Charles, sold 963 shares at a price of $329.05 on Jul 27. Then, on Jun 01, President and CEO Liang Charles sold 43,932 shares at a price of $227.89 per share. This transaction amounted to $10,011,784.
Valuation Metrics
SMCI stock has a beta of 1.25. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 2.64 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 10.47, with the price to cash flow ratio at 28.49.
Super Micro Computer Inc.’s quick ratio for the period ended March 30 was 1.10, with the current ratio over the same period at 2.50. As well, the company’s long term debt to equity for the quarter ending March 30 was 0.08, while the total debt to equity was 0.11.. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 18.20%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is 7.11% while for the period ending March 30, Super Micro Computer Inc.’s operating margin was 10.60%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $800.0 million against revenue of $5.2 billion.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending March 30 this year, Net income and sales went down compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income grew 10.34% to $85.85 million, while revenue of $176.17 million was -105.21% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected SMCI to announce $1.71 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted $1.63, representing a -4.70% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than $107.82 million. SMCI stock balance sheet for the quarter ending March 30 shows that total liabilities totaled 1.42 billion, with total debt at $207.02 million. Shareholders hold equity totaling $52.49 million.
Let’s look briefly at Super Micro Computer Inc. (SMCI) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 08 August was 68.95% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 49.54%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $335.92, reflecting a +2.92% or $9.84 change from its current price. SMCI is currently trading +28.22% above its 20-day SMA, +278.64% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by +67.94% and SMA200 by+524.93%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 89.19% and 82.42% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 18.24. The RSI (14) points at 69.88%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 87.31% with the period’s ATR at 17.99. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at 11.90 and 20.30 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for Super Micro Computer Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), Rosenblatt launched coverage with a Buy rating.