As large-cap semiconductor stocks on the KOSPI rebound across the board, KOSDAQ semiconductor materials, parts and equipment (SME) stocks are also showing strength in early trading on the 9th. Bargain hunting has flowed in after the sharp drop the day before, and expectations for mid- to long-term capacity expansion on the back of increased AI investment are reemerging.
According to the Korea Exchange (KRX), at 9:53 a.m. on the KOSDAQ market, Jusung Engineering(036930) was up 7.25% from the previous trading day, LEENO Industrial was up 4.05%, and Wonik IPS was up 2.92%.
In addition, KoMiCo(183300) is up 9.64%, Eugene Technology 7.40%, and VM 5.65%, with semiconductor equipment stocks broadly showing strength.
The strength in semiconductor SME stocks today is seen as driven by a sharp rebound in Samsung Electronics and SK hynix. At the same time, Samsung Electronics is up in the 3% range and SK hynix in the 7% range, recouping part of the previous day's losses.
The securities industry is focusing on the fact that this semiconductor cycle is not a simple recovery in the memory business as in the past, but a structural investment cycle centered on AI. As the mid- to long-term investment expansion trend of Samsung Electronics and SK hynix is expected to continue, expectations for earnings improvement across the semiconductor value chain, spanning front-end and back-end processes along with memory capacity expansions, are also growing.
Lee Chang-min, a KB Securities researcher, said, "Semiconductor SME corporations are expected to benefit from a longer and stronger capacity expansion cycle than ever before," and analyzed, "As a structural investment cycle to respond to AI-centered demand growth begins, the valuation re-rating potential is high for domestic SME corporations that had been undervalued due to the past memory-heavy structure."