Daily BriefsSouth Korea

Daily Brief South Korea: SK Square , The Pinkfong Company and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Reading the Latest Flow Patterns to Time a SK Square NAV Squeeze Trade
  • The Pinkfong Company IPO Book Building Analysis


Reading the Latest Flow Patterns to Time a SK Square NAV Squeeze Trade

By Sanghyun Park

  • Retail flow drove the ratio: selling pushed it higher, buying dragged it lower. Pre‑Sept they dip‑bought and flipped; since late Sept they’ve chased longs, fueling Hynix’s rally.
  • Instos joined retail chasing Hynix, juicing momentum; KRX’s investment‑alert acts as a speed bump, likely cooling hot‑money flows and tilting the ratio in Square’s favor.
  • But retail still drives Hynix; until they cool off, Square NAV squeeze is early. A sector‑wide AI pivot cooling retail frenzy is the real catalyst, bigger than KRX’s alert.

The Pinkfong Company IPO Book Building Analysis

By Douglas Kim

  • The Pinkfong Company successfully completed its IPO book building process. It finalized the IPO price at 38,000 won (high end of the IPO price range). 
  • A total of 2,300 domestic and international institutions participated in the book building process. The IPO competition ratio was 615.9 to 1.  
  • Our base case valuation of the Pinkfong Co is implied market cap of 671.4 billion won or target price of 46,369 won per share (over the next 6-12 months). 

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