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SK Hynix Mulls $3 B Sale of Chongqing Plant Stake

8/12/2026

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SK Hynix Reviews Sale

SK Hynix is reviewing a sale of its stake in the Chongqing packaging plant.
The plant packages NAND flash memory and has operated since July 2014.
Bloomberg reports the stake could be worth about $3 billion (around 4 trillion won).
Potential buyers include Chinese investment funds and local semiconductor firms, with SK Hynix possibly retaining a minority stake.
Analysts view the sale as a shift toward higher-margin AI memory.

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SK Hynix Plummets

SK Hynix shares fell 34.86% in the past 30 days to 1,420,000 KRW, erasing a 118.56% YTD gain.
The stock dropped 9.6% on July 29 after reporting record revenue of 79.32 trillion KRW and operating profit of 60.54 trillion KRW.
Mirae Asset’s institutional traders are selling the shares.
Analysts label the dip a buying opportunity and set price targets between 2.7 million and 4.7 million won.

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SK Hynix Reviews Sale

SK Hynix is reviewing a sale of its stake in the Chongqing packaging plant.
The plant packages NAND flash memory and has operated since July 2014.
Bloomberg reports the stake could be worth about $3 billion (around 4 trillion won).
Potential buyers include Chinese investment funds and local semiconductor firms, with SK Hynix possibly retaining a minority stake.
Analysts view the sale as a shift toward higher-margin AI memory.

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