Korean retail investors flocked to US stocks to bet on SK Hynix ADR, and 1.16 trillion won capital inflows triggered a sharp premium
Comparative news, according to data from the Korea Securities Depository and Settlement Agency, South Korean retail investors are buying up their ADR (American Depositary Receipts) listed on the US NASDAQ in a big way, causing ADR to have a large premium compared to local Korean stocks. Since SK Hynix ADR was listed on NASDAQ on July 10 to August 19, Korean investors have accumulated a net purchase of SK Hynix ADR of about US$835 million (approximately 1.16 trillion won), ranking second among US stocks bought by Korean investors during the same period, accounting for 16.4% of the total net purchase amount of US stocks by Korean investors. This trend triggered the price gap between SK Hynix ADR and local Korean stocks to continue to widen. SK Hynix Korea's shares closed down 9.75% to 1.5 million won on August 19; ADR in the US market rose 0.35% to close at $156.16. Since 1 SK Hynix ADR corresponds to 0.1 shares of the Korean capital stock, theoretically, the share value after converting the ADR price should be about 10 times the ADR price. However, as of the 19th, the Korean stock price was only 6.82 times the ADR conversion price, which meant that ADR formed a premium of about 46.67% compared to the capital stock. (NATE)


![[Comparative Daily News Picks] Anthropic plans to include anti-AI sentiment as the main risk factor in the prospectus; Strategy's stock price hit a two-month high, and STRC returned above $96; Bernstein: Even if the “Clarity Act” is not passed, the SEC and CFTC will speed up rule-making; Dalio: The US debt crisis may break out within three years, and it is recommended to increase gold holdings](https://images.bitpush.news/2026/07/special_cn-20260722-178475937961478878.png:WechatIMG2656.png)