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Shares of Super Micro Computer jumped after the close on Tuesday. The company’s preliminary margin reset suggested an additional $847 million in quarterly gross profit, based on the lower end of its guidance.

Super Micro Computer shares fell 3.2% to $27.41 in afternoon trading on Monday, below the $27.50 price set for its June common-stock offering. At 13.2 times trailing earnings, the stock looks inexpensive. Yet the base preferred conversion and a fully used $1.25 billion stock-sale program could add 24.6% to 28.1% to an illustrative pro forma basic share count, based on the offering terms and Monday’s price.

Super Micro Computer Inc. finished Friday at $28.31, up 4.0% for the week. But Wednesday’s 7.3% jump supplied more than the entire gain: excluding that session, the shares lost a compounded 3.1% over the other four trading days. U.S. cash markets were closed Sunday and are scheduled to reopen Monday at 9:30 a.m. EDT.

Super Micro Computer closed Thursday at $28.24 after a 7.6% two-session rebound, but the move left the AI-server maker just 2.7% above the $27.50 price of its June common-stock offering. Ahead of Friday’s opening bell, that thin cushion put financing risk back at the center of the trade.