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Supermicro key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Supermicro had return on equity of 21.5%, an operating margin of 7.1%, debt equal to 32.2% of equity and a current ratio of 3.87. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Supermicro: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2010Jun 20102011Jun 20112012Jun 20122013Jun 20132014Jun 20142015Jun 20152016Jun 20162017Jun 20172018Jun 20182019Jun 20192020Jun 20202021Jun 20212022Jun 20222023Jun 20232024Jun 20242025Jun 20252026Jun 2026
Gross margin15.9%16.0%16.3%13.8%15.4%15.7%14.9%14.1%12.8%14.2%15.8%15.0%15.4%18.0%13.8%11.1%10.8%
Operating margin5.6%6.2%4.5%2.3%5.5%6.8%4.8%3.8%2.8%2.8%2.6%3.5%6.5%10.7%8.1%5.7%7.1%
Net margin3.7%4.3%2.9%1.8%3.7%4.7%3.2%2.7%1.4%2.1%2.5%3.1%5.5%9.0%7.7%4.8%5.7%
Free-cash-flow margin−3.4%−0.8%−0.8%0.7%−2.3%−4.2%3.3%−5.1%1.8%6.8%−2.2%1.8%−9.4%8.8%−17.4%7.0%−17.8%
Return on equity12.0%15.7%9.5%6.0%12.9%17.0%11.0%9.1%5.7%8.1%8.4%10.3%22.6%37.7%31.2%17.9%21.5%
Return on assets—8.7%5.7%3.5%7.6%9.8%6.3%4.9%2.8%4.2%4.7%5.4%10.5%18.6%17.1%8.8%10.1%
Asset turnover—2.031.921.902.052.071.951.842.052.031.851.711.912.072.221.841.78
Current ratio—2.632.192.172.102.012.331.881.892.352.251.931.912.313.815.253.87
Debt to equity0.0%9.8%12.8%12.3%13.6%15.3%13.4%20.9%13.8%2.5%2.8%9.0%41.9%14.7%31.3%73.7%32.2%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)106.4x85.6x64.2x44.5x106.0x137.5x67.4x41.3x16.5x14.5x38.3x49.9x52.3x72.6x62.6x21.0x14.2x
Effective tax rate33.5%30.8%34.2%20.0%32.0%30.2%32.9%26.7%43.6%16.6%3.4%5.8%15.7%14.7%5.2%12.9%19.9%
R&D as % of revenue5.2%5.1%6.3%6.5%5.7%5.2%5.6%5.8%4.9%5.1%6.6%6.3%5.2%4.3%3.1%2.9%2.0%
Capital spending as % of revenue3.1%1.7%2.5%0.4%2.8%1.8%1.5%1.2%0.7%0.7%1.3%1.6%0.9%0.5%0.8%0.6%0.4%
Free cash flow ÷ net income−90.6%−19.2%−28.1%40.3%−62.8%−87.8%102.5%−187.8%128.9%330.5%−88.6%58.1%−170.4%97.9%−226.5%146.1%−312.6%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow——————0.0%—0.0%0.0%—200.2%—23.9%—13.1%—

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

5 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $29.9bn
Short-term assets $27.7bnLonger-term assets $2.2bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $29.9bn
Short-term liabilities $7.2bnLonger-term liabilities $8.3bnShareholders' equity $14.5bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $27.7bn of assets due within a year against $7.2bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $27.7bn short-term assets against $8.3bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $7.5bn of cash against $4.7bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 32% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 12% to 32% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt −$6.8bn of operating cash flow against $4.7bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $2.8bn against $195m of interest.

From Supermicro's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

42 /100

Weak moat

How hard Supermicro's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 16 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 12.6% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 8 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 14.1%, moving by 2.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 8 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 4.8%; its worst year was 2.6%.

  • Cash conversion 5 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 10 years, at a median -0.2% of revenue.

  • Discipline 10 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 34.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.8% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (47 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Supermicro's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Supermicro.