Counterpoint: Despite recent stock price corrections, the fundamentals of memory chips remain solid.
Related
Data: Recently listed crypto companies have seen their average stock price fall by 73% from its peak, with Gemini dropping over 90%.
According to a report by 10x Research, recently listed crypto-related companies have seen their share prices plummet from their post-IPO highs. Gemini (GEMI) has fallen 91%, Amber (AMBR) 89%, BitGo (BTGO) 79%, Circle (CRCL) 78%, Coinbase (COIN) 63%, and Securitize (SECZ) 41%. Data shows that these eight recently listed crypto companies are down an average of 73% from their post-IPO highs. The report points out that post-IPO price crashes have become a common phenomenon for crypto IPOs, and investors need to adopt more systematic strategies to cope with such volatility.
Despite the chip stock crash, global institutions are snapping up SK Hynix as Nasdaq welcomes a mega-IPO.
According to BlockBeats, on July 8th, SK Hynix's approximately $28 billion American Depositary Receipt (ADR) offering was oversubscribed several times before pricing, with about 1,000 institutional investors participating in the roadshow, attracting active subscriptions from global long-term funds and technology investors. If successfully completed, this offering will be one of the largest IPOs by a foreign company in the US, and the company is expected to list on the Nasdaq Global Select Market this Friday. Despite recent volatility in the global semiconductor sector, with SK Hynix's share price falling by about 17% this month, institutional enthusiasm has not been significantly affected. Market analysts believe that US investors have relatively scarce investment channels for the South Korean memory chip leader, and the scarcity premium and long-term growth expectations related to AI continue to support this offering. Jung In-yoon, Global CEO of Fibonacci Asset Management, stated that market volatility "may affect short-term investor sentiment or execution timing, but I would be surprised if it substantially interferes with the trade itself. Unless market conditions deteriorate significantly from here on out, the pricing impact should be manageable."
Opinion: Despite weak stock performance, the AI industry "still revolves around Nvidia".
According to BlockBeats, on July 7th, CNBC stock commentator Jim Cramer stated that despite recent weakening market sentiment towards Nvidia and continued pressure on its stock price, Nvidia remains the core of the AI industry. He believes the current market sell-off of Nvidia is excessive, with its forward price-to-earnings ratio falling to near its lowest level this year. He pointed out that while some companies, including the Chinese AI company DeepSeek, are developing their own AI chips, they still heavily rely on Nvidia technology, and he has not seen any indication that Nvidia will lose its industry-leading position. Furthermore, he stated that some investors recently sold Nvidia stock to free up funds for other technology stocks, including the recently listed SpaceX.
Wall Street has given SpaceX an "initially bullish" rating, with Morgan Stanley predicting the stock price could rise by as much as 87%.
According to a report by ChainCatcher on July 7th, SpaceX has gained initial support from Wall Street, with global brokerages beginning to rate the rocket and AI company led by Elon Musk and reaching a clear consensus: buy the stock. At least six brokerages, including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and UBS, have begun rating the stock with a buy rating, endorsing SpaceX's long-term growth narrative, despite lingering questions surrounding the company's profitability, execution, and valuation. Morgan Stanley has set a target price of $300, one of the highest on Wall Street, implying an 87% upside from Monday's closing price of $160.42. Morgan Stanley projects SpaceX's share price to be $75 in a bear market scenario and $600 in a bull market scenario, with revenue potentially reaching $319 billion by 2030 and $3.3 trillion by 2040.
South Korean stocks plunge 20%, nearing a bear market; the AI boom faces the awkward situation of "the more disastrous the earnings, the steeper the decline."
According to BlockBeats, on Wednesday afternoon, July 8th, South Korean stocks extended their losses as investors reassessed the outlook for AI demand. The KOSPI index fell by more than 6% at one point, breaking below 7200 points, and has cumulatively fallen by more than 20% from its all-time high last month, poised to enter technical bear market territory. Memory chip maker SK Hynix fell by as much as 5%, and Samsung Electronics fell by 6.9%. The Korea Exchange initiated a temporary trading halt on the KOSPI index, suspending algorithmic trading. South Korean stocks were among the strongest performing markets globally this year, but their performance is highly dependent on SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics, amplifying volatility when sector sentiment weakens. Even with Samsung Electronics announcing a 19-fold surge in quarterly profits earlier this week, chip stocks continued to be under pressure. Jordan Klein, a TMT sector expert at Mizuho Securities, stated that investors overreacted to Samsung's preliminary second-quarter results. He believes this sell-off in semiconductor stocks is more a sign of waning momentum than a deterioration in fundamentals. Klein stated that excluding one-off bonus expenses, Samsung's operating profit actually significantly exceeded expectations, with its storage business implied operating margin potentially exceeding 80%. He indicated that Samsung's single-quarter operating profit has already surpassed the total of the past three years, and reacting to Samsung's stock price based solely on preliminary results is "extremely short-sighted." Meanwhile, an AI trading rotation occurred in Asian markets. Hong Kong-listed Chinese stocks rose, with the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index rising as much as 3.4%, the Hang Seng Tech Index rising over 5% intraday, Alibaba rising over 8%, and Tencent rising over 3%. Market analysts believe that funds are flowing from crowded trades focused on AI infrastructure to markets with lower valuations and more value-oriented characteristics. Reuters' report on DeepSeek's self-developed chip and The Information's report on Zhipu AI considering designing its own AI chip further fueled this rotation. (Jinshi)
In pre-market trading on the US stock market, semiconductor, memory, and optical communication sectors continued their decline, with Micron and SanDisk both falling by more than 5%.
According to Mars Finance, on July 8th, based on BIT (bit.com) market data, semiconductor stocks generally fell in pre-market trading in the US. Marvell Technology (MRVL) fell 4.46%, Arm (ARM) fell 3.51%, Intel (INTC) fell 3.47%, Lam Research (LRCX) fell 3.11%, and Applied Materials (AMAT) fell 2.85%. The memory sector saw the largest declines, with SanDisk (SNDK) falling 5.59%, Micron Technology (MU) falling 5.28%, Western Digital (WDC) falling 4.53%, and Seagate Technology (STX) falling 4.19%. Optical communication concept stocks also came under pressure, with Astera Labs (ALAB) down 4.57%, Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) down 4.47%, Credo (CRDO) down 4.42%, Corning (GLW) down 4.22%, Ciena (CIEN) down 3.69%, and Coherent (COHR) down 3.44%.