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SMCI Supermicro

technology · 2026-10-26

N/A
fair · 51
Owner-earnings value$41.28
Price$32.94
Margin of safety +25.3%

Quality gate · 51/100

Returns on capital 17.6/30
Consistency 14.7/22
Margins / pricing power 5.2/16
Balance sheet 13.9/16
Cash conversion 0/10
Capital allocation 0/6
Median ROIC12.8%
Gross margin10.8%
Net debt / EBITDA0.4x
FCF conversion-146%
Share count / yr+7.5%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)2.23B
Owner-earnings yield10.5%
Free-cash-flow yield-32.7%
Growth used (normalized)9.5%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)3.5%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)14.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
12.44B 9.5%2.14B
22.66B 8.8%2.04B
32.87B 8.1%1.94B
43.08B 7.3%1.83B
53.28B 6.6%1.71B
63.48B 5.9%1.59B
73.66B 5.2%1.46B
83.82B 4.4%1.34B
93.96B 3.7%1.22B
104.08B 3.0%1.10B

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~3%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 9%. Capped at market + 6pts.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-26 51 $32.94 $41.28 +25.3% N/A
2026-09-14 51 $40.10 $42.18 +5.2% N/A
2026-08-04 57 $28.64 $24.72 -13.7% N/A
2026-07-02 57 $27.65 $26.57 -3.9% N/A
2026-06-25 57 $32.45 $26.49 -18.4% N/A
2026-06-23 57 $33.32 $26.24 -21.3% N/A