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Revenue Shift Confirmed: Q1 miss was offset by a $10–$11B Q2 revenue guide, signaling a timing deferral and strong sequential growth.
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Margin Headwinds Persist: Q2 EPS guidance came in low, confirming investor concerns about profitability and margin pressure.
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FY Outlook Raised: SMCI increased its full-year guidance to $36B, underscoring confidence in long-term AI execution.
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Revenue Shift Confirmed: Q1 miss was offset by a $10–$11B Q2 revenue guide, signaling a timing deferral and strong sequential growth.
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Margin Headwinds Persist: Q2 EPS guidance came in low, confirming investor concerns about profitability and margin pressure.
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FY Outlook Raised: SMCI increased its full-year guidance to $36B, underscoring confidence in long-term AI execution.
Super Micro Computer (SMCI) reported significantly disappointing results for Q1 FY2026, though forward guidance points to a robust recovery and sequential growth surge.
Key Q1 FY2026 Misses
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Revenue came in at $5.02 billion, falling short of the $6.09 billion consensus, representing a 17.5% miss.
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Adjusted Earnings Per Share (EPS) was $0.35, a 14.6% disappointment against the expected $0.41.
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The Adjusted Gross Margin was 9.5%, narrowly missing the 9.63% expectation.
Forward Guidance Signals Volatility and Margin Pressure
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Q2 Revenue guidance was set between $10 and $11 billion, significantly exceeding the consensus of $8.05 billion and implying a substantial 24% to 37% sequential increase.
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However, Q2 EPS guidance of $0.46–$0.54 fell well below the $0.62 consensus, suggesting continued margin compression despite the revenue acceleration.
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SMCI raised its full-year FY2025 revenue guidance to at least $36 billion, up from the previous at least $33 billion.
Analysis: Timing Shift Over Fundamental Disappointment
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The company's poor Q1 performance was attributed to a clear revenue deferral into Q2, caused by customers awaiting "design win upgrades" related to new NVIDIA and AMD chip generations.
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This backlog suggests the Q1 result is primarily a timing issue rather than a fundamental demand deterioration. The Q2 revenue forecast, implying a potential 100% sequential jump, reinforces this view.
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Crucially, the company's decision to increase its ambitious full-year target to $36 billion underpins management's confidence in execution, even as the lower-than-expected Q2 EPS guidance highlights ongoing concerns about profitability and margins.
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The 8% drop in after-hours trading reflects typical market asymmetry, where investors prioritize the quarterly miss over the optimistic long-term revenue forecast, while also reacting to the weak profitability outlook.
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