What Happened?
Shares of server solutions provider Super Micro (NASDAQ:SMCI) fell 20.5% in the pre-market session after the company reported underwhelming preliminary fiscal Q3 2025 results, with sales and earnings significantly below its previous guidance due to "some delayed customer platform decisions," which shifted sales into the next quarter. Precisely, SMCI expects Q3 2025 sales" of $4.5B to $4.6B (vs previous estimates "of $5.0B to $6.0B). Similarly, EPS is expected to come in at $0.29 to $0.31 (vs. previous guidance of $0.46 to $0.62).
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What The Market Is Telling Us
Super Micro’s shares are extremely volatile and have had 92 moves greater than 5% over the last year. But moves this big are rare even for Super Micro and indicate this news significantly impacted the market’s perception of the business.
The previous big move we wrote about was 7 days ago when the stock gained 11.2% after President Trump clarified that he had no intention of removing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a statement that helped calm markets. Earlier remarks had sparked fears of political interference in decision making at the central bank. With Trump walking back his earlier comments, investors likely felt more assured that monetary policy decisions will continue to be guided by data, not drama. That kept the Fed's word credible, and more importantly, gave investors a steadier compass to figure out where rates and the markets were headed next.
Adding to the positive news, the president made constructive comments on US-China trade talks, noting that the tariffs imposed on China were "very high, and it won't be that high. ... No, it won't be anywhere near that high. It'll come down substantially. But it won't be zero."
Also, a key force at the center of the stock market's massive two-day rally was the frantic behavior of short sellers covering their losses. Hedge fund short sellers recently added more bearish wagers in both single stocks and securities tied to macro developments after the whipsaw early April triggered by President Donald Trump's tariff rollout and abrupt 90-day pause, according to Goldman Sachs' prime brokerage data. The increased short position in the market created an environment prone to dramatic upswings due to this artificial buying force. A short seller borrows an asset and quickly sells it; when the security decreases in price, they buy it back more cheaply to profit from the difference.
Super Micro is up 4.7% since the beginning of the year, but at $31.48 per share, it is still trading 66.9% below its 52-week high of $95.24 from May 2024. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Super Micro’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $13,743.
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