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Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI), a major retailer of servers and AI racks, seems to have partially delivered on analysts' expectations for what was being dubbed as its make-or-break quarter.
To wit, just moments back, Super Micro Computer officially disclosed the preliminary earnings for its fiscal Q2'25, posting mixed results relative to Wall Street's consensus expectations.
SMCI earned $5.65 billion in revenue for the pertinent quarter against expectations of $5.89 billion (LSEG consensus estimate), based on the midpoint of the stated range.
While announcing the earnings for its fiscal Q1'25 back in late 2024, Super Micro Computer had provided the following guidance:
"The Company expects net sales in a range of $5.5 billion to $6.1 billion for the second quarter of the fiscal year 2025 ending December 31, 2024, GAAP net income per diluted share of $0.48 to $0.58 and non-GAAP net income per diluted share of $0.56 to $0.65."
As far as its bottom-line metric is concerned, SMCI reported a non-GAAP EPS of $0.59 vs. a consensus estimate of $0.54 per share, again based on the midpoint of the provided range.
SMCI has provided the following guidance:
The Company expects net sales in the range of $5.0 billion to $6.0 billion for the third quarter of the fiscal year 2025 ending March 31, 2025, GAAP net income per diluted share of $0.36 to $0.53 and non-GAAP net income per diluted share of $0.46 to $0.62.
SMCI also believes it will be able to meet the Nasdaq exchange's filing deadline:
Supermicro continues to work diligently toward the filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2024. Based on information currently available, the Company believes it will make such filings by February 25, 2025.
Finally, the company is issuing $700 million worth of new 2.25% convertible senior notes due 2028 via a private placement.
A recent job vacancy at Super Micro Computer spurred a ferocious wave of speculation around a possible resolution to its delisting woes.
As we noted in a dedicated post earlier this week, Super Micro Computer appears to be looking to hire a "Senior Manager, SEC Reporting." The successful candidate would "drive the SEC reporting function, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and financial transparency."
For the benefit of those who might not be aware, Super Micro Computer has not filed its requisite financial statements with the SEC since August 2024, when a damning report from Hindenburg Research had alleged widespread accounting malfeasance, prompting SMCI to halt all financial filing activity with the SEC, presumably in a bid to conduct an extensive internal control audit. SMCI suffered another major blow in October when Ernst & Young, the firm's designated auditor, unceremoniously resigned, citing concerns around corporate governance and the independence of the board.
The Nasdaq exchange has given Super Micro Computer until the 25th of February to rectify its filing lacunae or face the specter of a damaging delisting from the exchange.
As per a recent assessment by Lynx Equity, Super Micro Computer maintains a lead in liquid-cooled technology over its peers, enabling the rapid deployment of resource-hungry servers in a close configuration and leading to improved economies of scale.
Super Micro Computer currently has the capacity to deploy 5,000 server racks per month, including 2,000 liquid-cooled ones. With the completion of its planned expansion at a major factory in Malaysia, the company's existing capacity is slated to double to 10,000 server cabinets per month.
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