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SK hynix, Inc.

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Company Background

SK Hynix is one of world's largest manufacturers of semiconductors.

The company began as Hyundai Electronics Industries, established in 1983 by South Korea's Hyundai group. In 1999, the company acquired LG Semiconductor from South Korea's LG group. It changed its name to Hynix Semiconductor in 2001. The company came under the supervision of financial institutions in 2001 amid balance sheet troubles and restructured. In 2011, the company came under the umbrella of leading South Korean mobile carrier SK Telecom, a unit under SK Holdings. It changed its name to SK Hynix in 2012.

SK Holdings also operates businesses in energy and other sectors. The group's Chairman Chey Tae-won also serves part-time as Chairman of SK Hynix. SK Hynix's earnings have rapidly grown thanks to its aggressive capital investment, after becoming a member of the country's major conglomerate.

Japanese electronics maker Toshiba filed a damages suit against its business partner SK Hynix over the leak of NAND flash memory data, which has been settled. The two companies continued to work together on a next-generation memory chip even during the lawsuit.

SK Hynix operates plants in South Korea's Icheon, Gyeonggi Province; Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk Province; and China's Wuxi, Jiangsu Province.

Business Summary

SK hynix, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of semiconductor products. Its products include dynamic random access memory, flash memory, complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensor, and others. The company was founded on October 15, 1949 and is headquartered in Icheon, South Korea.

Financial Highlights

Dec 2020 KRWUSD
Revenue31,900.41B27,036.82M
Gross Profit9,845.11B8,344.11M
Operating income5,032.94B4,265.61M
Income before tax6,273.31B5,316.87M
Net income4,755.10B4,030.13M
EBITDA14,797.72B12,541.63M
Diluted EPS6,950.485.89
Dividends Per Share1,1700.99
Total Assets71,173.85B65,519.51M
Total liabilities19,264.75B17,734.28M
Total equity51,888.54B47,766.30M
Operating cash flow12,314.57B10,437.06M
Currency in KRWCurrency in USD

Historical Data

KRW | USD
 Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020
Revenue 17,197.97B 30,109.43B 40,445.06B 26,990.73B 31,900.41B
Gross Profit 5,780.57B 16,641.10B 24,323.18B 7,278.12B 9,845.11B
Operating income 3,280.72B 13,746.93B 20,867.63B 2,750.85B 5,032.94B
Income before tax 3,193.70B 13,439.56B 21,341.03B 2,410.00B 6,273.31B
Net income 2,953.77B 10,641.51B 15,540.11B 2,005.97B 4,755.10B
EBITDA 7,737.18B 18,773.16B 27,295.96B 11,356.35B 14,797.72B
Diluted EPS 4,184 15,072.14 22,252.15 2,932.32 6,950.48
Dividends Per Share 600 1,000 1,500 1,000 1,170
Total Assets 32,216.02B 45,418.46B 63,658.33B 65,248.35B 71,173.85B
Total liabilities 8,192.49B 11,597.54B 16,806.00B 17,312.46B 19,264.75B
Total equity 24,016.95B 33,815.28B 46,845.71B 47,921.10B 51,888.54B
Operating cash flow 5,548.92B 14,690.61B 22,227.19B 6,549.73B 12,314.57B
 Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020
Revenue 14,823.41M 26,633.49M 36,750.93M 23,144.48M 27,036.82M
Gross Profit 4,982.43M 14,719.99M 22,101.57M 6,240.97M 8,344.11M
Operating income 2,827.74M 12,159.93M 18,961.64M 2,358.85M 4,265.61M
Income before tax 2,752.74M 11,888.05M 19,391.80M 2,066.57M 5,316.87M
Net income 2,545.94M 9,413.01M 14,120.72M 1,720.11M 4,030.13M
EBITDA 6,668.89M 16,605.92M 24,802.83M 9,738.04M 12,541.63M
Diluted EPS 3.60 13.33 20.21 2.51 5.89
Dividends Per Share 0.51 0.88 1.36 0.85 0.99
Total Assets 26,673.30M 42,425.35M 57,051.74M 56,421.24M 65,519.51M
Total liabilities 6,782.99M 10,833.25M 15,061.84M 14,970.35M 17,734.28M
Total equity 19,884.87M 31,586.82M 41,983.97M 41,438.11M 47,766.30M
Operating cash flow 4,782.77M 12,994.67M 20,197.03M 5,616.38M 10,437.06M

Valuation Measures

Dec 2020
PER17.04
ROA6.97%
ROE9.52%
Operating margin15.77%
Profit margin14.90%

Key executives

  • Chairman-Executive Board: Tae-Won Chey
  • President, Chief Executive Officer & Director: Seok-Hee Lee
  • Managing Director & Head-Finance: Kwon Hong
  • Managing Director & Head-Technology: Tae-Hoon Kim
  • Head-Compliance Support: Yoon-Wook Kim

Shareholders

  • SK Telecom Co., Ltd. (20.0%)
  • National Pension Service of Korea (9.9%)
  • SK hynix, Inc. (6.0%)
  • BlackRock Fund Advisors (1.9%)
  • The Vanguard Group, Inc. (1.7%)
  • Norges Bank Investment Management (1.1%)
  • Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLC (0.9%)
  • Samsung Asset Management Co., Ltd. (0.7%)
  • APG Asset Management NV (0.6%)
  • Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. (0.6%)

Contact Details

  • Website:http://www.skhynix.com
  • Address: 2091 Gyeongchung-daero, Bubal-eup, Icheon, 17336, South Korea
  • Phone: +82.31.630.4114

Related Companies

  • Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. /Foundry Bus/
  • SK hynix Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
  • SK hyeng, Inc.
  • SK Hynix Semiconductor (Wuxi) Ltd.
  • SK hynix Semiconductor Hong Kong Ltd.
  • SK Hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd.
  • Softeq Development Fllc /Firmware Business/
  • Violin Memory, Inc. /Expansion Card Div/
  • SK hynix America, Inc.
  • SK hynix Japan, Inc.
  • SK Hynix Semiconductor Taiwan, Inc.
  • SK Hynix Italy Srl
  • Hynix Semiconductor Taiwan, Inc.
  • Hynix-Numonyx Semiconductor Ltd.
  • Hynix Semiconductor Asia Pte Ltd.
  • Hynix Service Technology Co. Ltd.
  • Hynix Engineering Co., Ltd.
  • QRT Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
  • SK hynix Deutschland GmbH
  • SK Hynix UK Ltd.
  • Hynix Semiconductor Europe Holding Ltd.
  • Hyundai Unicorns Co. Ltd.
  • Hyundai Electronic Tianjin Multimedia Co. Ltd.
  • Happynarae Co., Ltd.
  • Hynix Semiconductor Japan, Inc.
  • SK Hynix, Inc. ESOA
  • SiliconFile Technologies Inc.
  • SK Hynix Memory Solutions, Inc.
  • Hyundai Semiconductor America, Inc.
  • Hynix Semiconductor, Inc. /Memory Chip Operations/

Competitors

  • Fidelix Co., Ltd
  • Micron Technology, Inc.
  • Elite Semiconductor Microelectronics Tech Inc
  • Infineon Technologies AG
  • AP Memory Technology Corp.
  • Etron Technology, Inc.
  • Nanya Technology Corporation
  • GigaDevice Semiconductor (Beijing), Inc. Class A
  • MoSys, Inc.
  • PixArt Imaging Inc.
  • Innodisk Corp.
  • Western Digital Corporation
  • Seagate Technology PLC
  • Everspin Technologies, Inc.
  • Hana Micron Inc.
  • Hanyang Digitech Co., Ltd
  • Kinpo Electronics, Inc.
  • KoMiCo Ltd.
  • MECARO Co., Ltd.
  • MiCo Ltd.
  • SMART Global Holdings, Inc.
  • T'way Holdings, Inc.
  • YeaRimDang Publishing Co., Ltd.

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