Pure Storagevs.Super Micro
PSTG vs SMCI · both in Data centers, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Servers, networking, optics and data center capacity that tie AI infrastructure together.
Super Micro is about 1.2× larger than Pure Storage by market cap; Super Micro trades at the lower P/E (12.3 vs 119.1); year to date, Pure Storage leads (+127.8% vs +46.1%).
Side by side
| PSTG | SMCI | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $22.4B | $27.4B |
| Price | — | $41.86 |
| Today | — | −2.1% |
| Return YTD | +127.8% | +46.1% |
| Return 1Y | +20.7% | −27.1% |
| Since June 26, 2026 | +60.3% | +36.7% |
| P/E | 119.1 | 12.3 |
| P/S | 6.1 | 0.7 |
| P/B | 15.5 | 1.9 |
Data as of 2026-10-09 · updates daily after U.S. close
Since June 26, 2026: the change in the closing price, from the daily closes Sectivia records itself since that date.
The two companies
Pure StoragePSTG
All-flash arrays for data centers, sold as a subscription service.
Full PSTG profile →Super MicroSMCI
Racks of GPU servers, liquid-cooled, put together quickly after each new GPU arrives.
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