SK hynix unleashes W40tr buyback amid AI windfall
- Source
- The Korea Herald - Business
- Source link
- https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10845792
- Published
- 2026-08-19 17:20:36
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-19 11:21:37
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- South Korea
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
SK hynix said Wednesday it will buy back and cancel 40 trillion won ($28 billion) of its own shares, sharply stepping up a shareholder return policy that had struggled to keep pace with the chipmaker's surging earnings and cash generation. The company also raised its shareholder return target for 2025-2027 to more than 50 percent of cumulative free cash flow, from a previous plan to return within 50 percent, and signaled further measures could follow later this year. SK hynix said the buyback wo
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