SK Hynix Posts Record Quarter With Sales Topping 100 Trillion Won
SK Hynix surpassed 100 trillion won in quarterly revenue for the first time, driven by HBM4 and premium server products.
SK Hynix reported record-breaking third-quarter 2026 financial results, with revenues reaching 104.6155 trillion won — the first time the South Korean chipmaker has crossed the 100 trillion won threshold in a single quarter. Operating profit came in at 83.3338 trillion won, while net profit stood at 39.7756 trillion won, underscoring the company's surging profitability amid robust demand for advanced memory chips.
The milestone was fueled in large part by accelerating sales of HBM4, the company's latest generation of high-bandwidth memory, alongside strong momentum in high-value-added server products. The results reflect a broader industry shift as data center operators and artificial intelligence infrastructure builders continue to prioritize premium memory solutions to handle increasingly intensive computational workloads.
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SK Hynix signaled that HBM4 is positioned to become its mainstream product going forward, a strategic pivot that could further entrench the company's standing in the high-margin segment of the global memory market. The transition from earlier HBM generations to HBM4 represents both a technological and commercial inflection point for the firm.
The quarterly performance marks a significant chapter in the memory industry's cyclical recovery, with SK Hynix emerging as a primary beneficiary of the artificial intelligence-driven hardware buildout. Analysts have broadly cited surging orders from hyperscale cloud providers as a key structural tailwind for premium memory suppliers. The scale of the operating profit relative to revenue also points to improving cost efficiency at the manufacturing level.
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