Global AI business is booming, and SK Hynix, a large Korean memory manufacturer, has made success in high-frequency wide memory (HBM), and has shown great profit performance, attracting foreign capital to continue to buy SK Hynix. The foreign capital shareholding ratio once again challenged a record high.
According to "BusinessKorea", under the influence of the AI investment craze, foreign investors have set their sights on HBM leader SK Hynix, and the coded power can be strong. According to the Korean Exchange's statistical figures as of September 19, SK Hynix's foreign shareholding has reached 56.21%, only one step away from a record high and only 0.2 percentage points from the historical high of 56.41% on June 19, 2024.
Since early September, foreign capital has been added to SK Hynix almost every day, with only three trading days being sold for over 2.20 trillion Korean berths (about 1.58 billion US dollars) in total since September. With the popularity of foreign investment, SK Hynix's stock price has surged, from 256,000 KW on September 1 to 351,000 KW on the 22nd, a surge of 30.48%.
SK Hynix Financial Report shows that in the first half of 2025, the combined business interests reached 16.7 trillion Korean rounds, ranking high in the "profit king" of the top 50 strong companies in South Korea's market value.
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