SK Hynix Inc (000660.KS) — the peer cohort

As of 2026-09-17 — scores re-bake nightly. Cohort = shared Closelook index membership first, then sector. Diary readings, not advice.

SK Hynix Inc ranks 1 of 13 in its cohort on the Closelook composite (69/100) — the highest reading in the cohort.

Name	Composite	Momentum	Quality	Valuation	Signal	Off 52w high
000660.KS SK Hynix Inc	69	37	92	77	bull	41.1%
005930.KS Samsung Electronics Co Ltd	68	52	72	82	bear	32.3%
0268.HK Kingdee International Software Group Co Ltd	49	22	33	47	bear	59.6%
035420.KS Naver Corporation	49	21	49	53	warn	33.7%
035720.KS Kakao Corp	42	7	41	62	warn	51.9%
042700.KS Hanmi Semicon	51	9	79	19	neutral	46.9%
0522.HK ASM Pacific Technology Ltd	43	54	25	37	bull	34%
0992.HK Lenovo Group	58	96	37	42	bull	6.5%
2308.TW Delta Electronics Inc	55	43	58	32	bull	33.8%
2317.TW Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd	54	50	25	71	bear	21%
2382.TW Quanta Computer Inc	53	49	39	66	bull	22.3%
300454.SHE Sangfor Technologies Inc Class A	49	55	35	23	bull	28.9%
3037.TW Unimicron Technology Corp	53	72	30	36	bull	21.9%

Scores are relative readings across the Closelook coverage universe — methodology in the company-scoring explainer. Signal lights come from the nightly signal board.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-17

Quick answers

Who are SK Hynix Inc's peers in the Closelook universe?

The cohort is drawn from shared Closelook index membership first, then sector: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), Kingdee International Software Group Co Ltd (0268.HK), Naver Corporation (035420.KS), Kakao Corp (035720.KS), Hanmi Semicon (042700.KS), ASM Pacific Technology Ltd (0522.HK), Lenovo Group (0992.HK), Delta Electronics Inc (2308.TW) and others.

How does 000660.KS score against its peers?

SK Hynix Inc's composite reads 69/100, ranking 1 of 13 in its cohort as of 2026-09-17 — the highest in the cohort. Closelook scores are research diary readings, not ratings or advice.

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Where to Invest in the AI Chip Constraint ChainDossier · $29 one-time, or included in C+

Long reads

Where to Invest in the AI Chip Constraint ChainDossier · $29 · 3 Mar 2026One structural update since publication: SK Hynix now also trades in the US as SKHY after its July 2026 Nasdaq ADR listing.
AI Economy — Three Futures for 2030, and the One the Model Leaves OutReport · 14 Sept 2026The capital stock that the extreme scenario needs — 56% above its no-AI path by 2030, 14% in the substantial case — is being ordered now, and the ordering is itself a demand shock the model does not carry: Alphabet’s…
Nvidia Ecosystem — Wave 1: The ‘Stacking’ PeakReport · 20 Feb 2026SK Hynix 000660.KS 0.94 Correlation Tier I Classification 2026/27 Peak Role HBM4 Market Leader Why Primary yield leader for 16-layer HBM4 stacks.

101 and glossary

Memory Wall & HBM Economics: The Next AI Constraint101Only two companies can produce HBM at scale: SK Hynix and Micron (Samsung is catching up but trailing).
NVIDIA Investor's Timeline: Hopper to Blackwell to Rubin and Beyond101Companies that benefited from Hopper ramp (TSMC CoWoS, SK Hynix HBM3) are now looking at Blackwell and Rubin for growth.

Dailies

Rates — Fed day at a 5% 10-year: the hike is priced, the cycle is not; Yardeni cuts the S&P target to 7,900Morning 10 · 16 Sept 2026Overnight Asia is green — Kospi +0.7%, SK Hynix +2.6%, Samsung +1.3%, Taiex +0.7%, Nikkei +0.3%, SoftBank −1.9% — and the futures are flat; Brent $108.16, gold $4,364, the yen 155.3 with the Bank of Japan expected to hike to 1.25% on…
AI trade — sellers of compute sold, buyers bought: chips −5.6%, software +5%, SoftBank +7% in TokyoMorning 10 · 15 Sept 2026Overnight Asia is calmer than Monday — the Kospi −1.2%, SK Hynix −0.9%, TSMC unchanged — and SoftBank has bounced 7% in Tokyo after Monday’s 11% fall.
AI trade — the labs ask for a slowdown: Kospi −3.3%, SoftBank −11%, Nasdaq futures −1.2%, oil back above $106Morning 10 · 14 Sept 2026Three frontier labs on one page is a new fact, and Asia traded it as a demand story for the physical layer: the Kospi lost 3.3% to 6,679 with SK Hynix −6.7% and Samsung −4.0%, SoftBank — OpenAI’s largest outside backer — fell 11.3% in…
Oil settles at $107.63, the 10-year hits 4.95% and the 30-year 5.36%, its highest since 2007: chips lead a fourth down day, Oracle beats and jumps 4% after hours, Adobe beats and slips — and Asia sells its chipmakers 3% to 7%Morning 10 · 11 Sept 2026Asia sells the chips it bought on Thursday: Nikkei −2.0% to 63,971 after −2.8% intraday, Advantest −6.8%, Kioxia −7.0%, Lasertec −5.0%, SoftBank −4.2%; Kospi 6,923, −1.6%, after a 6,859 low, Samsung −3.3%, SK hynix −1.7%; Taiwan −1.6%…
Brent closes above $100 for the first time since July and the 10-year hits 4.86%: Wall Street falls a third day while Cloudflare +10%, Datadog +7% and Meta +7% catch the money the chip leaders gave backMorning 10 · 10 Sept 2026Asia is selling the oil, not the chips: the Kospi fell more than 1% in the morning and has clawed back to 7,043, SK hynix +0.2%, Advantest +2.7%, the Nikkei −0.4%, Hong Kong −1.3% with Alibaba −3.2%, Australia −1.4%.
Oil knocks on $100 and Wall Street sells everything but the AI pipe: Intel +9%, Lumentum +11%, Dow −1.2% — Seoul buys the dip and the Kospi is back above 7,000Morning 10 · 9 Sept 2026Asia took the chips and left the rest: the Kospi is up 1.2% at 7,038 with SK hynix +3.1%, the Nikkei is down 0.3% with Advantest −3.3% and SoftBank +3.2% on a $10–20 billion bond plan, and China’s producer prices rose 3.8%, the most in…
The trade flips at midday: chips fade, software bounces — Meta +6%, Cloudflare +9%, Datadog +6% while oil holds $101 and the 10-year hits 4.85%Midday 10 · 9 Sept 2026Asia held its leg of the trade: Kospi closes 7,068, SK hynix ADR at a record, Furukawa Electric +13% in Tokyo
Asia’s chip rally fades into the close: Kospi touches 7,171 and ends under 7,000, Nikkei −1.2% on a 153 yen — and Lenovo drops 6%, Z.ai 10% in Hong KongMorning 10 · 8 Sept 2026Seoul opened above 7,000 for the first time since July, ran to 7,171 on foreign and institutional buying, then gave all of it back to close at 6,974.85, down 0.3%, with SK hynix’s 5% afternoon gain shrinking to 0.8% by the bell.