Shares of Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) are falling on Wednesday. The stock lost 6.7% as of 1:36 p.m. ET, and as much as 7.1% earlier in the day. The leg down comes as the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) gained 0.4% and the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) lost 0.1% on the day.
A miss from Supermicro
The artificial intelligence (AI) server provider released its Q3 2025 earnings yesterday after the market closed. The numbers underwhelmed investors.
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Supermicro reported adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.31 on revenue of $4.60 billion, falling well short of Wall Street’s expectations of $0.50 and $5.42 billion, respectively. While this wasn’t a surprise — the company released preliminary numbers last week — the confirmation of the weak quarter sent the stock lower.
The main concern comes from the company’s shrinking margins. Despite growing sales by 19% year over year (YOY), net income declined dramatically from $402 million in Q3 2024 to $109 million in Q3 2025. Supermicro’s gross margins fell from 15.5% to 9.6% in the same period.
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Guidance disappoints further
Given that preliminary numbers for this quarter were already known, perhaps the biggest disappointment came from Supermicro’s forward guidance. The company projected Q4 adjusted EPS of $0.40 to $0.50 on sales between $5.6 billion and $6.4 billion, well below Wall Street’s targets of $0.69 in adjusted EPS on $6.82 billion in revenue. Adding to the uncertainty, the company declined to provide guidance for 2026, citing tariff-related uncertainty.
The disappointing earnings come at a time when the company is still recovering from the controversy surrounding its accounting practices and the high-profile resignation of its then-auditor, Ernst & Young.
There are too many red flags here for my money, so I would stay away from Supermicro stock.
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