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SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR SKM

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$36.79 +1.20 (3.37%)
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As of Delayed Price Post-Trading: $36.70 0.00

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SK Telecom Complimenting Telecom Business With Internet and AI Investments

Dan Baker

SK Telecom's telecom market position is strong, and we like the free cash flow it generates. SK Telecom was Korea's first wireless operator, and we believe it has done a good job of maintaining a leading position. The firm continues to claim just under 45% wireless market share, including the leading position among postpaid contract customers, which provides it with the highest average revenue per user among Korean wireless operators. However, this has come at a cost, with wireless operating profit nearly halving between 2017 and 2019. More pleasing has been the wireless operating profit growth reported from 2020 to 2024, as competition seems to have stabilized with 5G generating incremental revenue.

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Bulls

Telecom leads the South Korean wireless telecom market with around a 45% share, and this gives it some scale efficiency benefits.

Bears

SK Telecom has aggressive investment targets for AI, but AI revenue and profit streams are uncertain.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$35.59
Day Range
$36.26–36.85
52-Week Range
$19.66–47.18
Bid/Ask
$36.70 / $37.20
Shares Outstanding
383.89M
Market Cap
$14.12B
Volume/Avg
1M / 2M

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
29.65
Price/Sales
1.16
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
2.72%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
2.72%
Dividend Payment Schedule
Jun, Sep
Total Yield
2.72%

Company Profile

SK Telecom is South Korea's largest wireless telecom operator, with 32 million mobile customers. The firm also owns SK Broadband (formerly Hanaro Telecom), which has 7.2 million broadband customers and 9.5 million pay TV customers (6.7 million IPTV and 2.8 million Cable TV). While the firm also purchased stakes in businesses in security and semiconductor memory production, as well as developing e-commerce and internet platform businesses, these were all spun off into the separate SK Square business in November 2021. The company was formed after SK Group purchased KT’s mobile business in 1994.
Sector
Communication Services
Industry
Telecom Services
Stock Style Box
Large Value
Total Number of Employees
22,723
Website
https://www.sktelecom.com

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Metric
SKM
KT
9433
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
 29.6510.0915.97
Price/Book Value
 1.400.742.18
Price/Sales
 1.160.481.86
Price/Cash Flow
 4.442.227.66
Price/Earnings
SKM
KT
9433

Financial Strength

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SKM
KT
9433
Quick Ratio
 0.790.880.53
Current Ratio
 1.251.130.56
Interest Coverage
 3.585.3933.28
Quick Ratio
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KT
9433

Profitability

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SKM
KT
9433
Return on Assets (Normalized)
 2.21%3.50%—
Return on Equity (Normalized)
 5.29%8.52%—
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
 3.55%5.28%—
Return on Assets
SKM
KT
9433

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