Super Micro Roller Coaster has stock rise in front of Q2 2025 Earnings

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Charles Liang, CEO of Super Micro Computer Inc., under the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 5, 2024.

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Before Super Micro ComputerThe wild trip never seems to end.

After a stormy 2024, which then the stock hovering to new heights and added to the S&P 500 in March before cratering by 85% over the next eight months, the shares in the server manufacturer are back on the climb.

On the way into the company’s quarterly revenue report Tuesday after the clock, Super Micro shares have jumped 59% in the last five trading days, including an 18% increase on Monday. They have now risen 40% since the beginning of 2025 compared to a 2.1% gain in Nasdaq.

The Bullish story of Super Micro is about the company’s central position in the thriving market for artificial intelligence, where it sells servers packed with Nvidia’s Graphics treatment units competing for business with them as Dell and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Revenue has more than doubled in three equal quarters thanks to the increasing demand for AI infrastructure. MetaAt AmazonAt Alphabet and Microsoft intends to spend as much as $ 320 billion combined on AI technologies and data centers in 2025, based on recent comments from Top Execs.

Analysts expect Super Micro to report an increase in revenue of approx. 60% for the December quarter to $ 5.89 billion, according to a LSEG consensus.

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However, the bears are not sure which numbers to trust. Super Micro has not filed his revised economies for his last financial year or quarter. In August 2024, Hindeburg Research revealed a short position in the company and claimed “fresh evidence of accounting manipulation.” Later that week, the AI ​​server manufacturer delayed to release his annual report for the year.

The stock fell 38% in August and the pull picked up steam from there. In September, the Ministry of Justice opened a probe in the company. At the end of October, Ernst & Young withdrew as Super Micro’s accountant after raising concerns about the company’s governance, financial control and the board’s independence.

“We are resigning because of information that has recently come to our attention, which has led us to no longer be able to rely on the representations of the management and the audit committee,” the company wrote in its resignation letter.

Pressure to perform

Super Micro then issued Disappointing not -revised financial results in November that added to investor concerns, while the company was also facing potential delisting from Nasdaq.

Later in November, Super Micro’s share got a boost when the company appointed BDO as its new accountant. In December, a three-month independent special committee had found “No Proof of Mismatch” and Super Micro received an extension until February 25 to submit his report.

But the stock had already fallen so much that it was dropped from Nasdaq 100 in December, just five months after the accession of the index.

Tuesday’s results represent a key test for super micro and an opportunity to prove to Wall Street, that the company’s business remains solid and that its observational problems are in the past.

Analysts are skeptical.

The average price target involves approx. 18% disadvantage of the stock, according to Factset data. Only 10 analysts currently cover the stock, down by more than half since September. Of the remaining analysts, seven have a team or sales rating. Last year at this time, three -quarters of analysts recommended to buy the stock.

Wedbush Securities analyst Matt Bryson, who suggests holding the shares, highlighted “Significant uncertainties” on the way into the earnings report. He said that questions remain about the company’s delayed financial conditions and whether it can meet the sales expectations.

“Given our lack of security about SCMI’s listing status as well as results in the short term, and with our more optimistic view of longer term sales opportunities offset by our concerns about increased competition, we believe it is appropriate that we maintain our neutral rating, “Bryson wrote.

– CNBCS KIF Leswing contributed to this report.

CLOCK: Super Micro appoints BDO as an independent accountant

Super Micro appoints BDO as an independent accountant