Assessing SK hynix (KOSE:A000660) Valuation After A Sharp Three-Month Share Price Rally

Recent share performance and what it means for SK hynix investors

SK hynix (KOSE:A000660) stock has drawn fresh attention after a strong recent run, with the share price up 1.9% over the past day, 31.1% over the past week, and roughly doubling over the past 3 months.

See our latest analysis for SK hynix.

At a share price of ₩1,686,000, SK hynix has seen strong momentum build, with sizeable short term share price gains recently sitting alongside a very large 1 year total shareholder return and multi year total shareholder returns measured in many multiples.

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With SK hynix shares up sharply and trading around ₩1,686,000, investors now face a key question: is the current valuation still attractive, or are markets already pricing in much of the company’s future growth?

Most Popular Narrative: 0% Overvalued

SK hynix's most followed narrative puts fair value at ₩1,685,583 per share, almost exactly in line with the last close of ₩1,686,000, framing the recent surge as broadly in step with that model.

Accelerating demand for high-performance memory solutions, particularly HBM and next-gen DRAM, as AI workloads and advanced reasoning models proliferate. This is expected to sustain double-digit revenue growth and expand margin through premium pricing on leading products.

Read the complete narrative.

Want to see the full playbook behind that fair value? The narrative blends very rapid revenue expansion, high profitability, and a future earnings multiple that sits well below many peers.

Result: Fair Value of ₩1,685,583 (ABOUT RIGHT)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, there are real pressure points too, including heavy investment commitments such as the ₩31t Yongin project, and geopolitical or regulatory shocks such as the US patent investigation.

Find out about the key risks to this SK hynix narrative.

Another angle on SK hynix’s valuation

The narrative fair value of about ₩1,685,583 presents SK hynix as roughly in line with its current price, but the P/E picture looks very different. At 15.7x earnings versus a 29.9x industry average and a 53.2x peer average, the stock trades at a steep discount. The fair ratio implies 61.8x as a level the market could move toward over time. Is this simply caution about the cycle, or is the market underpricing the company’s AI memory story?

See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.

Next Steps

With sentiment clearly split between enthusiasm and caution, it makes sense to move quickly and test the narrative against the numbers yourself using our breakdown of 4 key rewards and 1 important warning sign

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