Super Micro Computer Stock Slumps on Nasdaq 100 Removal, Rumored Capital Raise

• Shares of Super Micro Computer fell sharply Monday morning as the impact of two reports late Friday extended into this week.

• The server maker is one of three stocks being removed from the Nasdaq 100 Index starting next week, as shares have lost 70% of their value since March.

• Bloomberg also reported that Super Micro has hired Evercore to potentially assist the company in raising capital.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) shares slumped Monday morning as the stock feels the impact of a pair of headlines that came out after the bell Friday, including a potential capital raise and the stock’s removal from the Nasdaq 100 Index.

The Nasdaq said Friday that Palantir (PLTR), MicroStrategy (MSTR), and Axon Enterprise (AXON) would join the index starting next week, replacing Super Micro Computer, Moderna (MRNA), and Illumina (ILMN).

Super Micro is being replaced on the index less than six months after it was added in July, as shares have lost 70% of their value entering Monday since closing at a record $118.81 in March.

Along with the index removal, Bloomberg also reported Friday that Super Micro has hired investment banking advisory firm Evercore (EVR) to assist the server maker in raising capital. The raise could involve equity or debt, or take the form of an investment from a private equity company, Bloomberg reported.

The hardware manufacturer has raised capital once this year, as it said in March that it would sell 2 million new shares as it looked to raise $2 billion.

Super Micro shares have fallen in the second half of the year as the company has seen earnings reports miss estimates, and has also been the subject of a short-seller’s report alleging accounting manipulation and other issues, along with the resignation of its last auditor. Super Micro also delayed the filing of its annual report for its last fiscal year, and last week received an extension for the filing to ensure the stock wouldn’t be delisted from the Nasdaq.

Shares of the tech company were down more than 11% in premarket trading Monday.

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