Relative Intelligence · Computer Hardware

How Super Micro Computer (SMCIP) compares with the whole market and its popular alternatives

Built by QuantCommons' quantitative engine, this page is about relative opportunity, not data on SMCIP alone. It places SMCIP (Super Micro Computer, Inc.) against 15 popular alternatives, its neighboring categories and the entire market of over 10,000 U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs, and surfaces what has done better on consistent outperformance, return for the risk taken and diversification. The result is a clearer view of where SMCIP stands in the market, and of the alternatives worth a closer look.

Period covered: SMCIP's full trading record. All returns include reinvested dividends. Data as of October 22, 2026.

Data as of October 22, 2026. Full tables and charts read best on a larger screen.

SMCIP began trading in June 2026, so it has less than a year of history. This page compares it over the periods it has, so it may be missing long-term perspectives that will appear as its record grows.

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This page answers the following questions about SMCIP

Key findings

Not AI-generated

These key findings are generated by our proprietary relative intelligence engine, directly from the data on this page.

Right nowSMCIP is 22.5% below its high, bear-market territory, while the S&P 500 sits 1.9% below a record. Its computer hardware peers split over the past 3 months: NTAP (NetApp) rose 27.9%, while WDC (Western Digital) fell 36.4%. Consistency ↓
Stock or market?More than an industry move: SMCIP rose 9.1% over the past 3 months, against 2.7% for the computer hardware ETF VGT (Vanguard Information Technology ETF). The S&P 500 rose 2.5%. Its computer hardware peers did not move as one over the past 3 months: NTAP (NetApp) rose 27.9%, while WDC (Western Digital) fell 36.4%.
Past 1 to 3 yearsSMCIP's 27.8% fall from June 2026 to July 2026 took 1 month to heal. the S&P 500 fell 0.3% over those same dates.

SMCIP at a glance

This section summarizes the key facts about the stock, its returns over the months since it began trading and the risk it has carried, with dividends reinvested throughout. These figures serve as the baseline for every comparison that follows.

Note: SMCIP began trading on June 11, 2026, so every figure here, including its worst decline, covers only the time since then. None of them reflect the dot-com bust, the 2008 financial crisis or eight other sell-offs.

SMCIP is still 22.5% below its all-time high.
SMCIP's deepest decline since it began trading in 2026 was 27.8%, from June to July 2026. It took one month from the low to climb back to its old high.

The company

Market value: $38B
Industry: Computer Hardware
Price history from: June 2026

Returns

Past 1 month: −16.7%total return
Past 3 months: +9.1%total return

Risk

Worst decline ever: −27.8%Jun 2026 to Jul 2026
From its all-time high: −22.5%below the peak

SMCIP against its popular alternatives

The investments people most often weigh against SMCIP, compared period by period and year by year.

Has SMCIP consistently beaten its popular alternatives?

This section compares SMCIP with the investments people most often weigh against it, checking each one over two periods from one month to three months. Counting how often an alternative earned more than SMCIP helps separate lasting outperformance from a single strong stretch.

Five of the 15 popular alternatives, led by HPQ, CRSR and NTAP, outperformed SMCIP in both of its timeframes.

A green cell means the alternative earned more than SMCIP over that period. "Qualified" marks those that did so in both of its periods.

Investment	Periods outperformed	Short term		Risk	Fund
Investment	Periods outperformed	1M	3M	Worst declinepast 10 years	Expense	Assets	Overlapsame sectors
SMCIP Super Micro Computer, Inc. (this page)	—	−16.7%	+9.1%	—	—	$38B	—
HPQ QualifiedHP Inc.	2/2 short	+5.4%	+35.8%	−51.2%	—	$30B	—
CRSR QualifiedCorsair Gaming, Inc.	2/2 short	+0.4%	+28.7%	−91.1%	—	$1.5B	—
NTAP QualifiedNetApp, Inc.	2/2 short	+10.4%	+27.9%	−58.1%	—	$42B	—
IBM QualifiedInternational Business Machines Corporation	2/2 short	+9.0%	+23.4%	−41.1%	—	$238B	—
HPE QualifiedHewlett Packard Enterprise Company	2/2 short	−9.1%	+15.5%	−56.9%	—	$74B	—
SMCI Computer HardwareSuper Micro Computer, Inc.	1/2 short	−18.8%	+10.3%	−84.8%	—	$22B	—
LOGI Computer HardwareLogitech International S.A.	1/2 short	+6.3%	+9.5%	−67.8%	—	$16B	—
NVDA SemiconductorsNVIDIA Corporation	1/2 short	−7.3%	+0.2%	−66.3%	—	$5.1T	—
PFF Dividend & IncomeiShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF	1/2 short	−3.9%	−4.0%	−34.1%	0.45%	$12B	—
AVGO SemiconductorsBroadcom Inc.	1/2 short	−11.3%	−18.4%	−48.3%	—	$1.5T	—
DELL Computer HardwareDell Technologies Inc.	0/2 short	−17.4%	+2.7%	−59.6%	—	$288B	—
ANET Computer HardwareArista Networks, Inc.	0/2 short	−16.6%	−2.2%	−52.2%	—	$216B	—
AMD SemiconductorsAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.	0/2 short	−18.6%	−8.0%	−65.5%	—	$829B	—
STX Computer HardwareSeagate Technology Holdings plc	0/2 short	−30.1%	−29.2%	−57.0%	—	$146B	—
WDC Computer HardwareWestern Digital Corporation	0/2 short	−23.8%	−36.4%	−70.5%	—	$133B	—

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Risk and diversification

How SMCIP has fallen, how it held up in crashes beside the S&P 500 and its popular alternatives, and what moves independently of it.

What were SMCIP's worst declines?

A drawdown is the decline from a peak to the lowest point before a new high. This section presents SMCIP's five deepest drawdowns since it began trading in 2026, alongside the S&P 500's return over the same dates, and how long each took to recover. Together, these figures show how much an investor could have lost and how long it took to get back to even.

Note: SMCIP began trading on June 11, 2026, so this list cannot include the dot-com bust, the 2008 financial crisis or eight other sell-offs.

In all five of SMCIP's worst declines, the S&P 500 held up better over the same dates.
Not every decline was the market's doing: SMCIP fell 27.8% from June to July 2026, while the S&P 500 slipped only 0.3%.
None of these declines kept SMCIP below its old high for long; the longest climb back took one months.

Green means SMCIP fell less than the S&P 500 over the same dates. Based on daily closing prices with dividends reinvested.

During	SMCIP fell	S&P 500, same dates	Peak	Low	Time to the low	Back at the peak	Time to recover
No named crash	−27.8%	−0.3%	Jun 2026	Jul 2026	1 month	Aug 2026	1 month
No named crash	−26.6%	−1.8%	Oct 2026	Oct 2026	Under a month	Not yet	—
No named crash	−10.7%	−1.7%	Aug 2026	Aug 2026	Under a month	Sep 2026	1 month
No named crash	−10.4%	−1.1%	Sep 2026	Sep 2026	Under a month	Sep 2026	Under a month
No named crash	−8.6%	−1.8%	Jun 2026	Jun 2026	Under a month	Jun 2026	Under a month

Common questions

What was SMCIP's worst drawdown?

SMCIP's deepest decline since it began trading in 2026 was 27.8%, from June to July 2026. It took one month from the low to climb back to its old high. Because SMCIP launched in June 2026, that record does not include the dot-com bust, the 2008 financial crisis or eight other sell-offs.

What are the best alternatives to SMCIP?

Of the 15 popular alternatives we compared, five outperformed SMCIP in both of its timeframes, with dividends reinvested: HPQ, CRSR and NTAP.

How we measure

Short-term periods are 1M, 3M. An investment outperformed in a period when its total return, with dividends reinvested, was higher than SMCIP's. Returns within 0.5 points or 3% of SMCIP's, whichever is larger, count as a tie.
"Qualified" means outperforming in both of its periods. "All-weather" means outperforming in every long-term period and all but one short-term period.
Popular alternatives are the funds and stocks most often compared with this one. We include only those that trade today, are not leveraged or inverse, and hold at least $200 million.
A decline, or drawdown, runs from a peak to the lowest close before the next high. The worst decline ever uses all the price history we have; comparisons between funds use the past 10 years so that younger funds are judged on the same stretch.
Sector overlap is the share of assets two funds hold in the same sectors. Correlation and the mixed-portfolio figures use monthly returns.
Figures are computed from daily adjusted prices and update after each trading day. Past performance does not predict future results.