U.S. Stock Market Movement | SK Hynix (SKHY.US) rises over 5%, Goldman Sachs predicts shareholder returns will reach 8% by 2027

According to Jinse Finance APP, on Thursday, SK hynix (SKHY.US) rose more than 5% to $164.77. In terms of news, SK hynix officially announced the long-awaited shareholder return policy after the market closed on August 19, 2026—planning to repurchase and cancel shares worth 40 trillion KRW, involving 24.07 million shares (accounting for 3.3% of its issued shares as of the end of Q2 2026), which is approximately USD 28.9 billion. This scale is not only the largest share repurchase in the history of Korean listed companies, but also surpasses the approximately USD 26.5 billion that SK hynix raised through ADR financing in the United States in early July this year.

Wall Street’s two top institutions, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, both gave highly positive evaluations of this announcement in their latest research reports on August 20. JPMorgan believes that the shareholder return policy is an essential upgrade, raised from “no more than 50%” to “no less than 50%”—turning the policy ceiling into the policy floor. Goldman Sachs predicts a shareholder return rate as high as 8% in 2027 and expects an additional repurchase of about KRW 7 trillion in the future.