Super Micro Computer Inc. dropped 8% in late trading Thursday after a report said Apple Inc. ended its relationship with the company after finding “a potential security vulnerability” in a data center server provided by Super Micro. The Information’s Amir Efrati reported, citing mostly unnamed sources, that Apple discovered an issue with the Super Micro equipment in early 2016, and that Super Micro stopped shipping equipment to Apple by the middle of the year. Super Micro slashed its forecasts in July 2016, leading to a big stock drop, and disclosed in an earnings conference call a couple weeks later that it had lost two large data center customers that the company did not name. Super Micro shares fell to $25.20 in late trading Thursday after The Information released its report, after closing the day’s session at $27.40.
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