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Super Micro Computer

SMCI
53
Computer Hardware · Technology
Price
$31.63
-3.46 (-9.86%)
Market Cap
$20.78B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
53
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Oct 18, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality
Mixed
13/30
Growth
Good
13/20
Cash Flow
Weak
0/10
Stability
Strong
8/10
Valuation
Good
6/10
Ownership
Good
10/15
Dividends
Not counted
n/a

50 of 95 counted points = Winston Score 53. Pillars marked n/a do not apply to this company and are left out of the total.

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Share count rising — dilution

+24.6% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 559.7M (2022) → 697.3M (2026)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

Super Micro Computer (known as Supermicro) builds servers and data center equipment. Its main products are high-performance servers, storage systems, and networking gear sold to cloud companies, AI data centers, enterprises, and government customers. Supermicro is known for its "building block" approach, letting customers mix and match components to customize their systems, and it has become a major supplier of servers designed to run Nvidia GPUs for artificial intelligence workloads.

Supermicro makes money by selling hardware — servers, storage, and related parts — and earns additional revenue from software and services. The company operates globally, with manufacturing in the United States, Taiwan, and the Netherlands, and generates several billion dollars in annual revenue. Its competitive edge comes from fast product development and close ties to chip suppliers like Nvidia and Intel, but its very thin gross margin (around 8%) leaves little room for error, and the company has faced scrutiny over its financial reporting practices in recent years, which remains a key risk for investors.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+93.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+472.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$771M/ year

↑ Rising (+21% vs prior year)

2.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

12.9%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$7.5B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

Super Micro Computer grew revenue 93% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
17.5%
Thin — 17.5% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
13.4%
Healthy — 13.4% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
13.1%
Good — 13.1% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+77.8%
Fast-growing sales (+77.8% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+196.7%
Earnings growing fast (+196.7% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
-305%
Weak — only -305% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-17.8%
Burning cash (-17.8%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.46
Conservative — low debt load (0.46)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
14.24x
Comfortably covers interest (14.2x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
8.7x
Attractive valuation — P/E 8.7

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-1.0
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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