US investors will soon get access to SK Hynix, another memory maker riding the AI boom
4:21 PM PDT · July 6, 2026
South Korean memory chip maker SK Hynix, rival to Samsung and U.S.-based Micron, is planning to sell nearly 17.8 million shares in a U.S. IPO, the company said on Monday. Should its shares sell well (and there’s indication that they will), the company could raise around $28 billion, based on SK Hynix’s closing share price last Friday in Seoul, Bloomberg reports.
SK Hynix will be offering American depositary receipts (ADRs), a type of certificate that lets U.S. investors buy a foreign stock without trading directly on an overseas exchange. Each ADR will represent a tenth of a common share. It is expected to price those securities on Thursday and begin trading on Friday.
Like Micron, SK Hynix is riding an AI-fueled boom credited to AI in both sales and stock price. Its first quarter revenues were up nearly 200% over the...
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