Samsung to Make Tesla AI Chips, Nike Upgrade, PayPal Rises

On this edition of Stock Movers:

- Samsung (SSNHZ) shares are surging after the company will produce AI semiconductors for Tesla Inc. in a new $16.5 billion pact that marks a win for its underperforming foundry division. South Korea’s largest company announced on Monday that it secured the 22.8 trillion won chipmaking agreement, which will run through the end of 2033. The plan is for an upcoming plant in Taylor, Texas, to produce Tesla’s next-generation AI6 chip, Tesla chief Elon Musk said on X, confirming a Bloomberg News report. Samsung’s Seoul-traded shares rose 6.8% to their highest since September, while its suppliers like Soulbrain Co. jumped 16%. Tesla’s stock rose more than 1% in early US trading. A Samsung spokesperson declined to comment, citing confidentiality terms in its contract.

- Nike (NKE) shares are gaining today after JPMorgan upgrades to overweight from neutral, citing the earnings impact of the sportswear maker’s five-pronged multi-year recovery plan. JPMorgan analyst Matthew Boss notes that the recovery path will equate to positive earnings-per-share growth in the high teens to 20% through to the 2030 full-year. The recovery plan includes global inventory alignment to sales growth, accelerating momentum within global wholesale order books and 2H 2026 anniversary of about $500 million of accelerated and incremental sales-related reserves.

- PayPal (PYPL) shares are up today. The company will soon allow businesses to accept more than one hundred cryptocurrencies at checkout. The option is going live in the coming weeks and will allow merchants to accept crypto such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC, from wallets including Coinbase, OKX, Phantom, MetaMask and Exodus. When a consumer pays with crypto, the funds are automatically converted into fiat or PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin for deposit in the merchant’s account. “You have globally 650 million users that participate in the $3 trillion market of cryptocurrencies,” said Frank Keller, general manager of large enterprise and merchant platform at PayPal, in an interview with Bloomberg. “We wanted to give small businesses access to this customer base that is growing.”

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