The stock plunge wasn’t tied to any news out of Nvidia. But Super Micro Computer
In January, Super Micro increased its sales and earnings guidance 11 days before announcing second-quarter financials. The company will report fiscal third-quarter results on April 30.
Super Micro and Nvidia were the two worst performers in the S&P 500 on Friday. Super Micro was added to the index in March.
Similar to Nvidia, Super Micro has seen its sales skyrocket of late on the back of insatiable demand for Nvidia-based computers that are used to build artificial intelligence programs such as ChatGPT.
In addition to those two names, investors scaled back their holdings of many semiconductor stocks ahead of earnings later this month.
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Shares of Super Micro are still up about 151% this year after climbing 246% in 2023. The stock’s move on Friday was its steepest drop since Aug. 9, 2023, when it fell 23.4%. Nvidia shares are up over 58% so far in 2024.
While Super Micro is getting a big boost from its ties to Nvidia, the market remains highly contested, with competitors including DellHewlett Packard EnterpriseBlackwell graphics processing units.
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