Investing.com - Shares in Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) jumped by more than 7% in early U.S. trading on Wednesday after the server maker outlined an unexpectedly positive long-term outlook and said it would file its annual report by a Nasdaq-imposed deadline.
The San Jose, California-based group said it now expects revenue for the fiscal year ending in June 2026 to come in at $40 billion, which was above average analysts estimates of $30.7 billion, according to Bloomberg estimates.
Meanwhile, Super Micro said it would file its annual report and a quarterly report for the period ended on September 30, 2024 by February 25.
Super Micro’s listing on the Nasdaq 100 came under threat last year when it failed to submit its annual report by an August deadline set by the tech-heavy index. In December, the Nasdaq gave the firm an extension until February 25 to turn in the reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. However, Super Micro has since been removed from the index.
"It is important to understand that this guidance and narrative essentially removed the current bear case from the conversation, assuming things manifest as [Super Micro] guided and described," analysts at Loop Capital wrote in a note to clients.
Elsewhere, Super Micro said it had received subpoenas from the Justice Department and SEC seeking certain documents following allegations of "accounting manipulation" in a report from short seller Hindenburg Research in August. The company added that it is cooperating with these document requests.
On Tuesday, Super Micro cut its full-year guidance after reporting preliminary second-quarter results that fell short of estimates, due in part to delays in the supply of key Blackwell chips from Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA). The processors help power Super Micro’s artificial intelligence server systems.
For its 2025 fiscal year, the company, which has been a major beneficiary of a boom in enthusiasm around AI that has fueled a surge in spending on data center infrastructure, slashed its revenue outlook to a range of $23.5 billion to $25 billion from a prior band of $26 billion to $30 billion.
Super Micro added that adjusted diluted net income per common share is tipped to be between $0.58 to $0.60 on revenue of $5.6 billion to $5.7 billion in the three months ended on December 31, missing estimates of $0.61 and $5.89 billion, respectively.
"Despite the near-term softness, Super Micro surprised many with an updated full-year guide, which implied a strong revenue inflection in [its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter]," analysts at JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) said in a note to clients.
(Yasin Ebrahim contributed reporting.)