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AI server builder Super Micro raised its fiscal year revenue outlook by roughly $16 billion, and its profit margin is back to 17.6% from a prior 8.2% projection.
Super Micro Computer, an AI server systems builder, raised its fiscal 2027 revenue outlook (which begins in July 2026) to $65–$72 billion on Tuesday, with a $68.5 billion midpoint that sits roughly $16 billion above the prior $52.5 billion Wall Street consensus. After-hours shares rose about 7% on the guide, according to the company's press release.
The bigger swing in the print sits below the top line. Non-GAAP gross margin, essentially profit per dollar of sales before one-time items, hit 17.6% in the fourth quarter, well above the company's earlier 8.2%–8.4% projection. Management attributed the beat to a favorable customer and product mix, not pricing power (SEC filing).
The demand backdrop is large enough to swallow the new guide. Large technology companies are on track to spend more than $730 billion on AI data-center buildouts this year, according to a Reuters figure cited by Yahoo Finance. Super Micro booked a record $60 billion-plus in new orders in the quarter, and nine customers each generated more than $1 billion in fiscal 2026.
Two facts complicate the print. Q4 revenue landed at $11.1 billion, near the low end of the $11.0–$12.5 billion range the company had guided, and inventory climbed to $12.9 billion (earnings call summary). The mix that powered the margin recovery has to hold as the customer base broadens past those original nine anchors. Q1 fiscal 2027 guidance of $14.5–$15.5 billion (Quartr summary) is the first test.