SK hynix Inc. (SKHY) Stock Price & Analysis
Market: NASDAQ • Sector: Technology • Industry: Semiconductors
SK hynix Inc. (SKHY) Profile & Business Summary
SK hynix is one of the world's largest memory semiconductor companies and engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of advanced memory semiconductors. The company sells a wide variety of DRAM and NAND flash memory products with various configurations and performance characteristics tailored to meet application- and customer-specific needs.
Key Information
| Ticker | SKHY |
|---|---|
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Official Site | https://www.skhynix.com |
Market Trend Overview for SKHY
One model, two time views: what the market looks like right now, and where the larger trend is heading over time.
SRE (WhaleQuant Structural Regime Engine) SRE evaluates how price structure evolves across daily and weekly timeframes to define the prevailing market regime. Beyond identifying trends, consolidations, and exhaustion phases, it distinguishes between raw structural strength and deployable participation quality. The model dynamically adjusts for structural context and extension risk, assessing whether conditions are supportive, stretched, fragile, or structurally impaired. Its purpose is not to forecast precise price levels, but to determine whether risk deployment is aligned with underlying market structure.
Longer-Term Market Trend (Mid to Long Term)
Shows the bigger market trend, how strong it is, and where risks may start to build over the next few weeks or months. — Updated as of 2026-10-15 (ET)
As of 2026-10-15, SKHY is showing signs of slowing down. Over the longer term, the trend remains neutral.
SKHY last closed at 146.11. The price is about 1.6 ATR below its recent average price (160.00), and the market is currently in a trend that may be losing strength. Price at 146.11 is near minor support around 133.80. Momentum may slow, while minor resistance sits near 162.65. View Support & Resistance from Options
Short-term downside pressure is present, though longer-term confirmation remains limited.
Trend score: 55 out of 100. Overall alignment is unclear. The market is currently in a late-stage trend that may be losing strength. Both short-term and longer-term trends lack clear confirmation.
There is no clear key risk boundary right now.
On 2026-10-08, trend conditions deteriorated, suggesting that moves in the prior direction became less dependable.
[2026-10-09] Price moved quickly and looked strong, but participation was limited.
Recent price action continues to trend lower in a relatively orderly manner, with no clear signs of structural stabilization yet emerging.
Closing activity showed limited conviction and did not suggest strong overnight positioning.
The model stays neutral because the setup is not clear enough to justify a directional deployment.
The model does not deploy this setup because predictability is still too low, internal signals are not aligned strongly enough, recent price behavior has shown failed reversal memory, there is meaningful next-session pullback or digestion risk, and the setup already looks stretched. Predictability is 28%, agreement is 48%, and reversal risk is 36%.
NOTE: This next-day up/down probability forecast module is still being tested for accuracy. Please do not rely on it for investment decisions. The model does not account for black swan events or company-specific fundamental news, and its estimates are based solely on technical conditions, capital flow, and market sentiment. View forecast history
This estimate uses 1-minute price, volume, and VWAP data from the last 55 trading days, with turnover-based decay. The sample period is 2026-07-29 to 2026-10-14. The current price is 147.55, 10.40% below the estimated average cost of 164.67. An estimated 18.7% of recent positioning is below the current price, while 80.9% is above it. The peak-density price is 162.80. The largest concentrated cost region is 157.90 to 165.30 and contains 20.2% of the estimated distribution. The current price is within the 147.30 to 156.30 cost region. The nearest region below the current price is 141.50 to 141.70. The nearest region above the current price is 157.90 to 165.30.
Short Interest & Covering Risk for SKHY
This analysis looks at overall short interest positioning, focusing on the broader setup rather than short-term noise.
Shows how likely a short squeeze may be under current market conditions.
Short Exposure Percentile
Short interest is relatively low, indicating limited pressure from short positions. (Historical percentile: 0%)
Structure Analysis
SKHY Short positioning looks normal. Current days to cover is 2.2 trading days, meaning short positions would unwind somewhat slower than average. Short covering is likely to have a normal impact on price moves. Price is already trending lower (20D return -20.2%). The current configuration reflects active downside pressure rather than latent structural fragility.
Risk Summary
Some early warning signs are emerging. Price strength remains intact, but underlying support may be starting to weaken.This indicator is intended as a risk filter, not a directional signal. A High or Extreme reading does not predict an immediate move, but suggests that if prices weaken, downside reactions may be more pronounced.
Why Price Reactions May Be Stronger?
Days-to-Cover is elevated versus its own history, but absolute short interest remains moderate. In the latest reporting period, short interest continues to increase. Average trading volume is weakening, indicating contracting liquidity. Phase: Building. Adaptive thresholds applied to liquidity weakness, near-high detection, and compression sensitivity. Rising short pressure is occurring while liquidity is deteriorating. As a result, similar news or market events could lead to price moves about 2× larger than usual.
Note:
Short interest data is reported every two weeks by
FINRA.
The most recent snapshot is
2026-09-30 (ET).
Because this data updates slowly, it is not intended to predict short-term price moves. Instead, it helps describe longer-term market structure and where pressure may be building if prices begin to move.