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[Key Issue Briefing]
■ Divided Chip Outlook: This month, domestic securities firms issued 167 target price upgrade reports, narrowing the gap with downgrade reports (157) to just 10. The upgrade advantage, which topped four times at the start of the year, shrank to 2.2 times in June and to 1.1 times this month. Both Samsung Electronics (005930) and SK hynix (000660) saw their number of target price upgrades decline each month, and the warmth that had extended to materials, parts, and equipment stocks is cooling along with it.
■ Intensifying Stake Competition: Hoban Group increased its stake in Hanjin KAL (180640) to 20.15%, narrowing the gap with the camp of Hanjin (002320) Group Chairman Cho Won-tae (20.56%) to 0.41 percentage point. As a result, Hanjin KAL shares surged in the aftermarket.
■ Widening Market Volatility: Amid repeated sharp swings in the KOSPI, the scale of forced selling by individual investors soared to the 140 billion won range per day. A rapid index correction over a short period is leading to an increase in forced liquidations.
[News of Interest to Stock Investors]
1. Parade of Target Price Upgrades Halts as Chip Outlook Turns "Poles Apart"
- Key Summary: This month, domestic securities firms issued 167 target price upgrade reports, leaving a gap of only 10 with downgrade reports (157). The upgrade advantage, which reached 4.1 times at the start of the year, widened to 9.7 times in February before shrinking to 2.2 times in June and 1.1 times this month. Target price upgrade reports for Samsung Electronics and SK hynix have also been declining each month since April. Amid this, differences in expectations among securities firms were also clear, with DB Financial Investment (016610) setting Samsung Electronics' target price at 360,000 won and KB Securities at 600,000 won.
2. Hoban Acquires Additional Hanjin KAL Stake, Narrowing Gap With Largest Shareholder to 0.41%P
- Key Summary: Hoban Group increased its stake in Hanjin KAL from 18.46% to 20.15%, narrowing the gap with the camp of Chairman Cho Won-tae (20.56%) to 0.41 percentage point. This resulted from Hoban Hotels & Resorts and Hoban Industries recently expanding their stakes through on-market purchases. Hoban Group disclosed the reason for the stake change as on-market purchases for simple investment purposes. As the stake competition drew attention, Hanjin KAL shares traded at 146,000 won in the NXT aftermarket, up 15.87% from the previous trading day.
3. 140 Billion Won of Retail Investor Stocks Forcibly Liquidated in a Day Amid Extreme Volatility
- Key Summary: On the 9th, the scale of stocks liquidated through forced selling reached 142.2 billion won, about five times the previous day's figure (28.8 billion won) and the highest this month. The ratio of forced selling to unpaid brokerage margin balances also rose to 10.2%, the highest level since the 9th of last month. The KOSPI plunged 5.44% on the 7th and 5.99% on the 8th, then repeated sharp swings on the 9th to end up just 0.62%. Meanwhile, on the 10th, volatility continued with a sidecar triggered during the session, and the KOSPI closed at 7,475.94, up 184.03 points (2.52%) from the previous trading day.
4. Private Bonds Boom Amid Rate Uncertainty, Issuance Tops 9 Trillion Won
- Key Summary: This year's private corporate bond issuance reached 9.468 trillion won, about 68% of last year's annual issuance (13.994 trillion won). As market interest rates surged due to the U.S.-Israel war and upward revisions to growth forecasts on the semiconductor boom, companies are turning to private bonds. Centered on the construction sector, Doosan (000150) Engineering & Construction, Ssangyong E&C, and Kumho E&C (002990) issued private bonds over the past month. With the three-year government bond yield rising to the high 3.7% range and the possibility of an additional base rate hike by the Bank of Korea remaining in the second half, the private bond issuance trend is expected to continue for the time being.
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