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Wong noted that the market performance was also influenced by upcoming competing stock listings, including SK Hynix's ADR listing the same week.
"It acts more like confirmation, and confirmation is what people sell into," said Wong.
The company's bottom line additionally faces a multi-trillion won reduction for employee bonus provisions following a recent labor union agreement allocating 10.5% of semiconductor operating profits to staff.
"A lot of negative news has been building up, so it looks like everyone wants a piece of that profit.
The labor union wants it, and the Korean government wants it," said Tom Kang, research director at Counterpoint Technology Market Research.
Kang noted that infrastructure investments in unusual domestic locations have also worried investors.
Samsung's mobile business simultaneously faces compressed margins due to rising component costs, while regional competitors in Japan, China, and Taiwan ramp up factory investments to capture market share.
"We do expect supplies to be tight through next year given the unabated demand from AI data centers," said Bryan Ma, tech devices researcher from IDC.
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Samsung Electronics is scheduled to release its detailed, audited second-quarter financial report later this month.
