SKHY — +8% premarket on record 7x profit jump and $75B returns

SK Hynix reported record Q3 operating profit of 83.3 trillion won, more than seven times the year-earlier 11.4 trillion won and above the 76.7 trillion won LSEG SmartEstimate, as revenue jumped 328% to 104.6 trillion won on AI memory demand. It also unveiled about 100 trillion won ($75 billion) in 2026 shareholder returns via dividends and buybacks, lifting Micron and other memory names in sympathy.