{"slug": "super-micro-sees-strong-margins-books-us-60-billion-in-orders-shares-jump", "title": "Super Micro sees strong margins, books US$60 billion in orders; shares jump", "summary": "Super Micro Computer said on Tuesday it secured more than US$60 billion in new orders in the fourth quarter and expects gross margins of 15% to 17%, well above its earlier forecast of 8.2% to 8.4%, sending its shares surging 17.5% in extended trading. The AI server maker attributed the improvement to a favorable customer and product mix, with backlog reaching record levels at the end of fiscal year 2026.", "body_md": "# Super Micro sees strong margins, books US$60 billion in orders; shares jump\n\nThe company will post its quarterly results on Aug 11\n\nSUPER Micro Computer said on Tuesday it had secured more than US$60 billion in new orders in the fourth quarter, and now expects gross margin to exceed its previous forecast, sending its shares surging 17.5 per cent in extended trading.\n\nArtificial-intelligence infrastructure firms have seen demand accelerate as tech companies and cloud providers ramp up investments in data centres to support large language models and other AI applications.\n\nThe AI server maker expects gross margins in the range of 15 per cent to 17 per cent for the quarter ended Jun 30, well above its earlier forecast of 8.2 per cent to 8.4 per cent, “primarily due to a favourable customer and product mix.”\n\nSuper Micro’s backlog grew to “record levels” at the end of fiscal year 2026, it said in a preliminarily statement of results.\n\nIt expects quarterly revenue near the low end of its US$11 billion to US$12.5 billion forecast range. Analysts expect revenue of US$11.67 billion, according to data complied by LSEG.\n\nThe company is set to post quarterly results on Aug 11.\n\nSuper Micro had said in June it would raise US$7 billion through a series of equity and equity-linked financing transactions and use the proceeds to fulfill orders worth about US$39 billion for its advanced AI servers from more than 20 customers. REUTERS\n\nDecoding Asia newsletter: your guide to navigating Asia in a new global order. Sign up here to get Decoding Asia newsletter. Delivered to your inbox. Free.\n\nShare with us your feedback on BT's products and services", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/super-micro-sees-strong-margins-books-us-60-billion-in-orders-shares-jump", "canonical_source": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/super-micro-sees-strong-margins-books-us60-billion-orders-shares-jump", "published_at": "2026-07-21 22:41:45+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-21 22:53:08.692495+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Super Micro Computer", "LSEG"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/super-micro-sees-strong-margins-books-us-60-billion-in-orders-shares-jump", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/super-micro-sees-strong-margins-books-us-60-billion-in-orders-shares-jump.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/super-micro-sees-strong-margins-books-us-60-billion-in-orders-shares-jump.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/super-micro-sees-strong-margins-books-us-60-billion-in-orders-shares-jump.jsonld"}}