SK hynix Joins the Ranks of a 'National Stock' as Retail Shareholders Surge from 680,000 to 3.46 Million

[Financial News] SK hynix has surpassed 3.46 million retail shareholders, instantly joining the ranks of a "national stock." In just one year, the number of individual investors has surged more than fivefold. The number of major customers accounting for more than 10% of sales has also risen to two.
According to SK hynix's semiannual report released on the 14th, the number of retail shareholders stood at 3,461,526 at the end of June. That was up by about 2.78 million from 681,671 in the same period last year.
Compared with 1,186,328 at the end of last year, the figure increased by more than 2.27 million in just six months. These retail shareholders held 484,497,952 shares, or 67.98% of the company's 712,702,365 outstanding shares.
Retail shareholders accounted for 99.99% of all shareholders. SK hynix classifies shareholders holding less than 1% of total outstanding shares as retail investors.
The number of major customers generating more than 10% of total sales rose from one to two. In the first half of this year, sales from customer A reached 17.6087 trillion won, or 13.35% of total revenue, while sales from customer B came to 17.1874 trillion won, or 13.03%. Combined, the two customers accounted for 26.38% of total sales.
Other major stakes were held by the largest shareholder, SK Square, with 20.50%, followed by the National Pension Service (NPS) with 8.06% and BlackRock Fund Advisors with 5.11%.
Meanwhile, the securities industry considers a company to have entered the "national stock" category when it has more than 1 million retail shareholders. However, there is no official standard set by the financial authorities or the exchange. Based on the semiannual reports released the same day, Samsung Electronics had the most retail shareholders among listed companies, with about 7.97 million, followed by SK hynix.
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