{"id":77899,"date":"2026-07-07T18:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/77899\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:27:16","slug":"chip-stocks-sell-off-as-high-expectations-overshadow-samsung-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/77899\/","title":{"rendered":"Chip stocks sell off as high expectations overshadow Samsung results"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Investors dumped semiconductor stocks on Tuesday after results from Samsung Electronics<\/a> failed to meet Wall Street’s lofty artificial intelligence<\/a> demand expectations. <\/p>\n

Shares dropped 8% even after the South Korean electronics company’s quarterly profit surpassed both Nvidia<\/a> and Apple<\/a>, and the company said it expects operating profit to jump $1,800%.<\/p>\n

The results are the latest sign on Wall Street that sometimes beating results isn’t enough<\/a> to please investors in the AI revolution. Previously, this market phenomenon has contributed to post-earnings declines for Nvidia and major cybersecurity stocks such as CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks.<\/p>\n

Korea-listed shares of South Korea’s Kospi<\/a> fell about 5% in sympathy with Samsung. SK Hynix,<\/a> which is slated to list shares on the Nasdaq this Friday, dropped about 7%. The company plans to raise $28 billion in the second-largest sale after SpaceX<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Tuesday’s selloff could also stem from a recalibration in expectations after memory’s historic run, or investors readying for SK Hynix’s listing this week. <\/p>\n

U.S memory makers Sandisk<\/a> and Micron Technology<\/a> dropped about 8% and 5%, respectively, in sympathy, while the iShares Semiconductor ETF<\/a> slumped about 5%. Intel<\/a> and Applied Materials<\/a> dropped about 8% each, while Lam Research<\/a> dropped 7%. Advanced Micro Devices<\/a> fell about 5%. <\/p>\n

Memory chip stocks have seen a massive run-up this year as a supply crunch, fueled by unrelenting artificial demand, allows businesses to set pricing. That’s lifted shares of Micron and Sandisk more than 220% and 570%, respectively, this year. <\/p>\n

However, investors are growing increasingly concerned that AI spending can’t keep up with skyrocketing memory prices. <\/p>\n

Already, soaring memory costs have forced companies, including Apple and Microsoft<\/a>, to hike prices<\/a> and offset the higher fees associated with building everyday consumer products. <\/p>\n

Tuesday’s selloff wasn’t helped by a report<\/a> that Chinese AI startup Deepseek is working on its own chip to sidestep U.S. export bans and its dependence on Nvidia.<\/p>\n

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