Multiple South Korean securities firms have lowered the target prices of Samsung and SK Hynix, with the biggest cut exceeding 30%.

According to South Korea’s JoongAng Ilbo, Kiwoom Securities has also lowered its target stock prices for Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Recently, market concerns that the general memory chip industry has reached its peak (peak-out) have intensified, prompting an increasing number of securities firms to cut their target price expectations for South Korea’s two leading stocks: Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Per South Korea’s financial investment industry sources on the 11th, Kiwoom Securities the previous day reduced Samsung Electronics’ target price from 390,000 won to 350,000 won, and SK Hynix’s target price from 2.2 million won to 2.1 million won, while maintaining a "buy" rating for both stocks. The report notes that this trend of target price cuts in South Korea’s securities industry has been visible since the end of last month. At that time, amid debates over the semiconductor industry’s peak cycle and SK Hynix’s Q2 earnings release, major brokerages including Mirae Asset Securities, Shinhan Investment Securities, and Samsung Securities had already successively cut the target prices of both stocks by around 30%.