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China's biggest memory chipmaker, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), is surging in its IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Yahoo Finance Technology Editor Dan Howley explains what investors should know about emerging Chinese competition in the tech space.
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Sometimes three’s a crowd. But when it comes to the memory boom there’s room, and plenty of demand, for more chip makers.
Memory-chip maker CXMT soared 466% in its first day of trading today to become mainland China’s most valuable listed company. But the company, China’s national champion in the red-hot memory-chip business, still has a long way to go to catch up with its global competitors.
China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) expects to raise at least $8.6 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) on Shanghai's STAR Market in what would be Asia's largest share sale so far this year. CXMT is China's leading manufacturer of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips, ...
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Chinese investors seeking shares in CXMT's $8.6 billion IPO are betting the Chinese chipmaker's valuation will soar as much as 10-fold after its Shanghai debut on the back of an AI-led upcycle and Beijing's ambition to be technologically self-sufficient. The share offering by CXMT, or ChangXin Memory Technologies, will be Asia's biggest share sale so far this year. Wu Zhou, a fund manager at Shenzhen Deyuan Investment, said he will bid for new CXMT shares, betting that China's top memory chipmaker will one day take market share from global giants like South Korea's Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix.
<body><p>STORY: From a massive SK Hynix IPO to Samsung's giant profits...</p><p>This is the week in numbers.</p><p>:: $26.5 billion</p><p>$26.5 billion is how much chipmaker SK Hynix raised in a Wall Street listing on Thursday.</p><p>That was according to a U.S. regulatory filing.</p><p>A source said demand for the U.S. shares sale was more than seven times oversubscribed.</p><p>The South Korean firm is the world's leading supplier of high-bandwidth memory chips - critical features in advanced processors powering AI systems.</p><p>George Godber is a UK Fund Manager with Polar Capital: </p><p>"The chip plays have been the absolute epicenter of the AI capex spend. There's a lot of attention there. There's an awful lot of demand. There's a lot of retail interest. But it is volatile." </p><p>:: $7.7 billion</p><p>$7.7 billion is how much Apollo Global Management bid for easyJet.</p><p>The U.S. investment firm outbid a rival offer from Castlelake for the British budget airline.</p><p>EasyJet said it would support Apollo's proposal and withdrew support for Castlelake just days after agreeing in principle to a deal.</p><p>The updates sent the carrier's shares soaring during the week.</p><p>:: 46%</p><p>Close to 46% is how much Fast Retailing's profit rose during the previous quarter.</p><p>The Japanese owner of clothing brand Uniqlo said operating profit hit $1.32 billion in the three months through May.</p><p>It managed this while dealing with the Iran war's impact on supply chains and logistics.</p><p>It also put the firm on its way to an expected fifth straight year of record earnings.</p><p>:: 12</p><p>Up to 12 is how many submarines Canada could want Germany's TKMS to build for them.</p><p>TKMS beat out a competing offer from South Korea's Hanwha Ocean.</p><p>Canadian prime minister Mark Carney said Ottawa will now enter talks with the German company.</p><p>"TKMS is the best choice for Canadian workers. It will directly create and sustain an ecosystem of well over 100,000 well-paying jobs across Canada."</p><p>:: $58 billion</p><p>And $58 billion is how much operating profit Samsung flagged for the second quarter. </p><p>The South Korean tech giant expects a 19-fold leap in profits over the quarter from a year earlier, with revenue expected to soar 129%.</p><p>It comes as the global AI boom drives soaring demand for chips, sending prices for silicon sky-high.</p><p>That’s a boost for Samsung, which is the world’s largest maker of memory chips.</p></body>
China's fourth-largest DRAM maker seeks at least $4.3 billion to expand AI memory-chip production.
China's top memory chipmaker Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) said on Thursday it will start book-building on July 15 for its Shanghai initial public offering as it seeks to raise 29.5 billion yuan ($4.34 billion). CXMT, long seen as a technological laggard compared with global leaders Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, will take investor subscriptions on July 16 for its IPO, according to a stock exchange filing. CXMT's mega IPO comes amid rising volatility in global memory chip shares.
The South Korean memory chip giant’s planned Nasdaq listing is already attracting strong institutional interest, fueling bullish sentiment around one of the largest equity offerings tied to the artificial intelligence boom. SK Hynix Launches $28 Billion US Share Sale South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix on Monday launched a U.S. share sale aimed at raising about 43 trillion won ($28.07 billion) through the issuance of American depositary receipts (ADRs) listed on the Nasdaq. The company said major in
Samsung's (005930.KS) preliminary earnings results are causing volatility in the memory sector, just ahead of SK Hynix's (000660.KS) Friday IPO. Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre takes a closer look in the video above.
SK Hynix (KRX: 000660) said it plans to raise about $28 billion through a United States initial public offering (IPO) as the South Korean memory chipmaker seeks to tap sustained investor demand tied to artificial intelligence infrastructure growth. The company will offer 17.79 million common...
SK Hynix builds the memory chips wired into Nvidia’s most advanced AI processors, supplying a component so scarce that customers now reserve production years in advance. This week the South Korean company asked U.S. regulators for permission to list its shares on the Nasdaq for the first time in ...
Investing.com - U.S. stock futures were mixed on Friday as investors remain cautious after another difficult week for technology stocks. Reports that OpenAI may delay its highly anticipated stock market debut added to concerns around lofty AI valuations, while Apple’s recent price hikes continued to weigh on sentiment.
SK Hynix, the giant South Korean chipmaker, formally filed on Wednesday to list its stock on the Nasdaq, in what would be another multibillion-dollar, AI-related IPO. The company, which primarily makes memory chips, plans to raise $29 billion, reports said. SK Hynix is the largest company in South Korea's Kospi index, representing nearly 28% of the index's weighting, according to FactSet.
SK Hynix shares rose 5.6% in Seoul trading on Monday, pushing its market capitalization to $1.35 trillion.
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CXMT wins Shanghai approval for a STAR Board listing that could become mainland China's biggest IPO since 2022.
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<body><p>STORY: From SpaceX's blockbuster IPO to Samsung's shares surging after a pay dispute... </p><p>This is the Week in Numbers.</p><p>:: The Week in Numbers</p><p>:: $1 trillion</p><p>Over $1 trillion is the value Elon Musk's SpaceX could reach in its stock market listing.</p><p>That would immediately make it one of the world’s most valuable publicly traded firms.</p><p>Musk has grown SpaceX into the world's largest rocket business by launching thousands of Starlink internet satellites.</p><p>And pioneering reusable rockets.</p><p>SpaceX is aiming to make its market debut as early as mid-June, with a roadshow for investors due to start around a week earlier.</p><p>:: $67 billion</p><p>$67 billion is the value of a deal for NextEra Energy to buy Dominion Energy in an all-stock transaction. </p><p>The two powerhouse utility companies are merging as the AI boom fuels data center demand.</p><p> The deal is one of the biggest in the U.S. power industry, and will create the world's largest regulated electric utility company by market value. </p><p>:: $91 billion</p><p>$91 billion is how much Nvidia expects to make in second quarter sales. </p><p>The world's most valuable company forecast revenue for the quarter above Wall Street expectations.</p><p>And assured investors that new customers would let it maintain blockbuster rates of growth. </p><p> For the first quarter, Nvidia reported revenue of $81.6 billion, also beating forecasts.</p><p>:: 34% </p><p>34% was how much registrations of new EVs in Europe grew by year-on-year in April</p><p>This shift was triggered by an upsurge in international oil prices to well above $100 a barrel. </p><p>During past spikes in fuel prices, consumers also switched to more fuel-efficient cars - but then switched back. </p><p>But, as several European car brands reported a hike in EV orders since the war began, Europe’s senior auto correspondent Nick Carey said this time could be different</p><p>"In markets where EV penetration has already reached a high level, and where charging infrastructure is already quite mature, this is seen as a seismic shift where people are unlikely to go back."</p><p>:: 8%</p><p>8% was how much Samsung Electronic shares surged by after it clinched a deal with its South Korean union...</p><p>to avert an 18-day strike by some 48,000 workers.</p><p>The agreement sparked relief, as a strike could inflict significant damage on the economy and dent global chip supply.</p><p>In terms of the deal, one union source says a memory chip worker with a base salary of about $53,000, is expected to receive a bonus of around $416,000.</p></body>
For all the hype over those two IPOs, South Korea’s SK Hynix could be the hottest new AI story for American investors in the coming weeks. The memory-chip maker has already filed an application to list American depositary receipts with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The size and pricing of the listing haven’t been decided, but SK Hynix could raise up to $10 billion according to local Korean media reports.
China's top flash memory chipmaker YMTC has begun the so-called "tutoring" process for a potential initial public offering, where a company receives formal pre-IPO guidance from an investment bank, a regulatory filing showed on Tuesday. Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC) has hired CITIC Securities, a Chinese state-owned investment bank, to guide its IPO preparation ahead of a potential stock market listing.
Chinese memory chipmaker posts more than 20 billion yuan profit as AI-driven DRAM demand lifts pricing.