On August 24, Roundhill Memory ETF fell 5.06% in regular trading, trading at $54.01/share, with turnover of $439 million. The decline was triggered by Samsung Electronics unveiling a shareholder return plan that significantly undershot market expectations, sending shockwaves across the global memory chip sector.

Samsung disclosed a full-year shareholder return of 90 to 110 trillion KRW, far below the 200 trillion KRW level previously anticipated by analysts such as those at KB Securities. The plan also lacked clarity on share buyback details, with JPMorgan stating it failed to deliver upside surprise. Samsung plunged 8.7% on the Korean exchange, while SK Hynix fell 3.41%, putting broad pressure on memory names. In US pre-market trading, Micron Technology dropped nearly 4% and SanDisk fell over 5%, with panic spreading to the ETF level.

Roundhill Memory ETF develops, manufactures, and tracks memory products and semiconductor firms primarily used in enterprise servers and AI infrastructure worldwide, offering exposure to the global memory supply chain including DRAM and NAND flash producers.

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