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SK Hynix’s Nasdaq IPO Is Yet Another Major Vote of Confidence in AI I’ve been following the SK Hynix ADR listing more closely in recent days and to me, it seems like a good indicator of where the institutional money is going. Indicative prices in the high $140s, targets of $26.5bn, and reports of demand exceeding 7x are certainly unusual, telling me investors still have confidence in the longer-term infrastructure story. “Most striking is the composition of the buyers.

A substantial proportion of institutional investors is long-only, meaning they often look to invest with multi-year holding periods and not purely on short-term momentum trades,” notes the article.

This suggests that the story is not solely about short-term “hype” but rather about a belief in strong and sustained future demand for hardware. As the world relies more on artificial intelligence to compute, not only will software companies win, but those building the foundational hardware infrastructure could do equally well. SK Hynix currently produces much of the critical high-bandwidth memory, essential for AI accelerators and data centers around the globe. The list of buyers is notably the right kind.

These are long-only managers and sovereign wealth funds with long investment time horizons.

“Whether that gap remains after trading begins will come down to actual execution, earnings, and the overall pacing of AI investment,” adds the article. Of course, one shouldn’t expect a straight up path to higher prices. I’ve certainly observed that the AI sector can be somewhat “hypey”, so the journey along the way may be a bumpy one.

“For me, this listing is yet another sign that while many focus on the software applications of AI, the underlying chip and hardware companies may represent one of the greatest long-term opportunities in the coming years,” summarizes the article. Will you be paying attention to SK Hynix after the Nasdaq IPO, or do you think the AI optimism is already factored in?

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