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
| Fiscal year | 2010Jun 2010 | 2011Jun 2011 | 2012Jun 2012 | 2013Jun 2013 | 2014Jun 2014 | 2015Jun 2015 | 2016Jun 2016 | 2017Jun 2017 | 2018Jun 2018 | 2019Jun 2019 | 2020Jun 2020 | 2021Jun 2021 | 2022Jun 2022 | 2023Jun 2023 | 2024Jun 2024 | 2025Jun 2025 | 2026Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 15.9% | 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 margin | 5.6% | 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 margin | 3.7% | 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 equity | 12.0% | 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 | — | 2.03 | 1.92 | 1.90 | 2.05 | 2.07 | 1.95 | 1.84 | 2.05 | 2.03 | 1.85 | 1.71 | 1.91 | 2.07 | 2.22 | 1.84 | 1.78 |
| Current ratio | — | 2.63 | 2.19 | 2.17 | 2.10 | 2.01 | 2.33 | 1.88 | 1.89 | 2.35 | 2.25 | 1.93 | 1.91 | 2.31 | 3.81 | 5.25 | 3.87 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 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) | 106.4x | 85.6x | 64.2x | 44.5x | 106.0x | 137.5x | 67.4x | 41.3x | 16.5x | 14.5x | 38.3x | 49.9x | 52.3x | 72.6x | 62.6x | 21.0x | 14.2x |
| Effective tax rate | 33.5% | 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 revenue | 5.2% | 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 revenue | 3.1% | 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% | — |
| Quarter | 2025 Q1Sept 2024 | 2025 Q2Dec 2024 | 2025 Q3Mar 2025 | 2025 Q4Jun 2025 | 2026 Q1Sept 2025 | 2026 Q2Dec 2025 | 2026 Q3Mar 2026 | 2026 Q4Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 13.1% | 11.8% | 9.6% | 9.5% | 9.3% | 6.3% | 9.9% | 17.5% |
| Operating margin | 8.6% | 6.5% | 3.2% | 4.0% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 6.1% | 13.4% |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 5.6% | 2.4% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.2% | 4.7% | 10.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.1% | −4.7% | 12.9% | 14.6% | −18.9% | −0.4% | −65.4% | 6.5% |
| Current ratio | 3.43 | 6.38 | 6.66 | 5.25 | 5.39 | 1.70 | 2.66 | 3.87 |
| Debt to equity | 28.9% | 27.3% | 37.4% | 73.7% | 71.3% | 66.6% | 61.5% | 32.2% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 2.2% | 2.8% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 3.5% | 1.4% | 2.1% | 1.8% |
Financial health
- 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.
Moat
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).
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