Daily BriefsSouth Korea

Daily Brief South Korea: CosmoAM&T , SK Hynix, Samyang Foods and more

In today’s briefing:

  • An Off-Radar One-Day Passive Flow Trading Play from the KOSPI 200 Sector Indices
  • Samsung Still in the Woods, SK Hynix Still Ahead. China Semi News (Huawei)
  • Korean F&B: Focus on Companies With Strongest Export Growth


An Off-Radar One-Day Passive Flow Trading Play from the KOSPI 200 Sector Indices

By Sanghyun Park

  • June’s rebalance brings rare moves in key sector indices: HD Hyundai Marine Solution (443060 KS) joins Heavy Industry, while Cosmo AM&T (005070 KS) exits IT.
  • TIGER flows on June 12 may hit KRW 6B (HD Marine) and KRW 4B (Cosmo), implying 0.3–0.6x DTV impact — notable given both names’ low liquidity.
  • KOSPI 200 flows may fade early, but TIGER sector flows remain stealthy, raising odds of flow-driven price action on June 12 — a potential long-short day trade setup.

Samsung Still in the Woods, SK Hynix Still Ahead. China Semi News (Huawei)

By Nicolas Baratte

  • Samsung 3nm yields improving (50-60%) but still far behind TSMC (85-90%)
  • SK Hynix is finalizing HBM4 agreements with Nvidia, Samsung is still not qualified for HBM3e.
  • Huawei into semiconductor chemicals? The vulnerability is photo-resist, but that’s very hard to do 

Korean F&B: Focus on Companies With Strongest Export Growth

By Douglas Kim

  • In this insight, we provide 3 major fundamental criteria for screening major Korean F&B companies. 
  • Three major criteria include 3 years CAGR revenue growth of 5% or more, increase in net margin in 2024, and overseas sales more than 10% of total sales.
  • Of the 30 Korean F&B companies mentioned in this insight, only six companies meet these criteria including Samyang Foods, Orion Corp, Hitejinro, Lotte Wellfood, Daesang Corporation, and Pulmuone.

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