SK Telecom Co., Ltd./$SKM
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About SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
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.
- Ticker
- $SKM
- Sector
- Communication
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 4,840
- Headquarters
- Seoul, Korea, Republic of
- Website
- www.sktelecom.com
SKM Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$13B
14.27
$2.49
0.71
$0.50
2.98%
Price and volume
Market cap
$13B
Beta
0.71
52-week high
$47.18
52-week low
$19.66
Average daily volume
1.4M
Dividend rate
$0.50
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.232
Quick ratio
0.75
Long term debt to equity
0.553
Total debt to equity
0.661
Interest coverage (TTM)
3.32%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
3,194.375
Gross margin (TTM)
70.44%
Net profit margin (TTM)
4.38%
Operating margin (TTM)
7.48%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
29.55%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$2,572,810
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
2.58%
Return on equity (TTM)
5.19%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
14.273
Price to revenue (TTM)
0.609
Price to book
1.19
Price to tangible book (TTM)
1.53
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
8.218
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
12.17%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
4.331
Dividend yield (TTM)
1.41%
Forward dividend yield
2.98%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
-4.36%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-26.69%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
-0.69%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
-0.05%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-10.86%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-6.97%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
-20.63%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
-6.62%
What the Analysts think about SKM
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for SK Telecom Co., Ltd. stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of SK Telecom Co., Ltd. stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
The operating recovery is becoming visible: second-quarter revenue was KRW 4.36 trillion and operating profit was KRW 566 billion, up 67.3% year on year, after first-quarter operating profit of KRW 537.6 billion. Some of the increase reflects the low base created by last year’s cyber-incident costs, but cost control and mobile subscriber additions also helped. (SK Telecom, SK Telecom)
AI data centres are developing into a genuine growth leg: second-quarter AIDC revenue rose 92.5% to KRW 136.2 billion, following 89.3% growth in the first quarter. SK Hyper is intended to secure sites, power and customers, with phased capacity targeted to reach 5GW by 2029. (SK Telecom, SK Telecom)
Shareholder returns remain a clear attraction while the group simplifies its structure: SK Telecom paid a KRW 830 quarterly dividend in both the first and second quarters and targets annual returns of at least 50% of adjusted profit. Making SK Broadband wholly owned could also improve coordination, while the subsidiary’s first-half revenue grew 3.43%. (SK Telecom, SK Telecom)
The cyber-incident remains a material financial and reputational overhang: SK Telecom reported roughly 0.73 million lost mobile subscribers, a KRW 134.8 billion fine, about KRW 500 billion of customer benefits and a planned KRW 700 billion of security investment over five years. Tighter Korean rules from October add further compliance and potential penalty risk. (SK Telecom, SK Telecom)
The core mobile business is mature and still carries most of the group: wireless services generated about 74% of first-quarter sales, while second-quarter mobile service revenue fell 1.9% year on year. That leaves the company reliant on a relatively small AIDC operation to offset pressure on its established earnings base. (SK Telecom, SK Telecom)
The AI expansion brings execution and funding risk before its returns are proven: SK Telecom plans a phased push towards 5GW of AIDC capacity, yet it said in August that the structure, financing and strategic partners were still undecided. The company is considering external investment and project finance, while media reports also raised the possibility of an approximately KRW 1 trillion capital increase. (SK Telecom, SK Telecom)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 20 Sept 2026.
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