SK Hynix Posts Record Profit, Up 557% — Shares Fall 10% on Forecast Miss

SK Hynix reported record Q2 2026 operating profit of 60.5 trillion won ($41.6 billion), up 557% year-on-year, on AI memory demand. Revenue more than tripled to 79.3 trillion won. Shares fell roughly 10% because the result missed analyst forecasts. The gap shows how aggressively consensus had priced in HBM-driven growth — even a record quarter couldn't satisfy it.