Super Micro Computer, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops and sells server and storage solutions based on modular and open-standard architecture in the United States, Asia, Europe, and internationally. The company offers liquid and air-cooled AI servers for training and inferencing with integrated graphics processing units (GPUs) or PCIe based architectures; SuperBlade, MicroBlade, FlexTwin, GrandTwin, and BigTwin blade and multi-node …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
ROIC Sustainably Above PeersROIC at 68.8th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.94), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Super Micro Computer, Inc. ranks #10 of 36
scored companies in Computer Hardware by moat score — the top 28%.
The widest moat in the group is Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET)
at 86/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near SMCI in Computer Hardware
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 89
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 47
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 78
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 54
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 55
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI) scores 66 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #10 of 36 scored companies in Computer Hardware, the top 28%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 35 companies in Computer Hardware. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (89/100) and its weakest is Customer Stickiness (47/100).
How does Super Micro Computer, Inc. compare with other Computer Hardware companies?
Super Micro Computer, Inc. ranks #10 of 36 scored companies in Computer Hardware by moat score. The widest moat in Computer Hardware is Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) at 86/100. The companies ranked closest are HP Inc. (HPQ) at 66 just above it and Dell Technologies Inc. (DELL) at 63 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 35 companies in Computer Hardware. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Super Micro Computer, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for Super Micro Computer, Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and SMCI scores: Pricing Power (69), Cost Advantage (89), Customer Stickiness (47), Capital Efficiency (78), Resilience (54), Scale & Market Position (55). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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