How does SKMD's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

SKMD is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.3x) compared to the peer average (9.1x).

How does SKMD's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Wireless Telecom Industry?

SKMD is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.3x) compared to the Global Wireless Telecom industry average (17.6x).

What is SKMD's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

Insufficient data to calculate SKMD's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

What is the Fair Price of SKMD when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

SKMD ($19.91) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] ($68.53)

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Insufficient data to show price forecast.

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SKMD Stock Overview

Provides wireless telecommunication services in South Korea. More details

SKMD fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	3/6
Future Growth	1/6
Past Performance	1/6
Financial Health	2/6
Dividends	5/6

Rewards

Trading at 70.9% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 6.77% per year

Risk Analysis

Has a high level of debt

Dividend of 7.2% is not well covered by earnings

My Notes

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SK Telecom Co., Ltd. Competitors

Airtel Africa

LSE:AAF

UK£4.6b

Vodafone Group

LSE:VOD

UK£17.7b

BT Group

LSE:BT.A

UK£13.9b

Mobile Telecommunications Company K.S.C.P

KWSE:ZAIN

د.ك2.0b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for SK Telecom
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	₩19.91
52 Week High	₩22.52
52 Week Low	₩18.60
Beta	0.58
1 Month Change	2.02%
3 Month Change	0.56%
1 Year Change	-12.17%
3 Year Change	-41.61%
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-41.30%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	SKMD	GB Wireless Telecom	GB Market
7D	2.0%	4.3%	3.5%
1Y	-12.2%	2.1%	10.5%

Return vs Industry: SKMD underperformed the UK Wireless Telecom industry which returned -2.7% over the past year.

Return vs Market: SKMD underperformed the UK Market which returned 8.6% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is SKMD's price volatile compared to industry and market?
SKMD volatility
SKMD Average Weekly Movement	4.3%
Wireless Telecom Industry Average Movement	3.3%
Market Average Movement	4.8%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market	10.9%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market	2.6%

Stable Share Price: SKMD has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the UK market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine SKMD's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1984	5,054	James Ryu	www.sktelecom.com

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. provides wireless telecommunication services in South Korea. The company operates through three segments: Cellular Services, Fixed-Line Telecommunications Services, and Other Businesses. The Cellular Services segment offers wireless voice and data transmission, Internet of Things solutions, platform, cloud, smart factory solutions, subscription, advertising and curated shopping under T Deal brand name, and metaverse platform-based services, as well as sells wireless devices.

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. Fundamentals Summary

How do SK Telecom's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
SKMD fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$7.89b
Earnings (TTM)	US$764.89m
Revenue (TTM)	US$13.62b

10.3x

P/E Ratio

0.6x

P/S Ratio

Is SKMD overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
SKMD income statement (TTM)
Revenue	₩17.40t
Cost of Revenue	₩4.87t
Gross Profit	₩12.53t
Other Expenses	₩11.55t
Earnings	₩976.89b

Last Reported Earnings

Mar 31, 2023

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	4.47k
Gross Margin	72.02%
Net Profit Margin	5.61%
Debt/Equity Ratio	76.5%

How did SKMD perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

7.2%

Current Dividend Yield

93%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2023/08/01 20:43
End of Day Share Price	2023/07/28 00:00
Earnings	2023/03/31
Annual Earnings	2022/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. is covered by 45 analysts. 25 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Seyon Park	Barclays
Sun Chung	BNP Paribas Securities (Asia)
Sun Lee	BofA Global Research