Super Micro guides fiscal 2027 revenue $16B above consensus, stock surges despite Q4 miss

Key takeaway

• Super Micro Computer missed fourth-quarter revenue expectations but shocked the market with a fiscal 2027 revenue forecast of $65 billion–$72 billion, roughly $16 billion above Wall Street's prior estimates, driving a 19% stock gain on Wednesday.

• The outlook is backed by a record order backlog of more than $60 billion entered in Q4, but profitability hinges on whether Q4's exceptional 17.5% gross margin—up from 9.5% a year earlier—proves sustainable, as full-year fiscal 2026 margin was only 10.8%.

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FAQ

What was Super Micro's fourth-quarter revenue, and how did it compare to expectations?

Super Micro reported fiscal Q4 revenue of $11.1 billion, below the $11.55 billion analyst consensus. However, revenue rose 93% year-over-year from $5.8 billion in the prior-year period.

What drove the stock price jump if the quarter missed revenue estimates?

The fiscal 2027 guidance of $65 billion–$72 billion revenue exceeded analyst expectations by roughly $16 billion at the midpoint, and Q4 gross margin of 17.5% nearly doubled from 9.5% a year earlier, signaling a major profitability inflection.

Is the Q4 margin improvement sustainable?

That remains uncertain. Q4 gross margin of 17.5% was an outlier; full-year fiscal 2026 gross margin was only 10.8%, slightly below the prior year's 11.1%. Management attributes the Q4 jump to a richer customer mix and broader adoption of its Data Center Building Block Solutions architecture, but the margin has only shown up for one quarter.