SK Hynix's third-quarter results sharply beat estimates, with revenue of 104.62 trillion won ($78.86 billion) and operating profit of 83.33 trillion won, compared with LSEG SmartEstimates expectations of 98.34 trillion won and 76.72 trillion won. From a year earlier, revenue rose 327.9% and operating profit climbed 632.1%; from the previous quarter, revenue increased 31.9% and operating profit surged 37.6%. As a key supplier of high-bandwidth memory chips to Nvidia, the company is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the global AI infrastructure buildout. In August, it announced plans to repurchase and cancel 40 trillion won worth of its shares and raised its shareholder return target to more than 50% of cumulative free cash flow for 2025 to 2027. Last week, its U.S. subsidiary Solidigm halted its review of pre-IPO fundraising and IPO options, citing market volatility and share price trends.
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