SK Telecom Future Growth

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SK Telecom is forecast to grow earnings and revenue by 8.9% and 1.8% per annum respectively. EPS is expected to grow by 8.3% per annum. Return on equity is forecast to be 10.9% in 3 years.

Key information

8.9%

Earnings growth rate

8.3%

EPS growth rate

Wireless Telecom earnings growth	12.4%
Revenue growth rate	1.8%
Future return on equity	10.9%
Analyst coverage	Good
Last updated	04 Feb 2025

Recent future growth updates

Recent updates

Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts

NYSE:SKM - Analysts future estimates and past financials data (KRW Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	Free Cash Flow	Cash from Op	Avg. No. Analysts
12/31/2027	19,156,000	1,470,000	2,363,000	N/A	2
12/31/2026	18,659,157	1,377,808	2,597,825	4,998,700	22
12/31/2025	18,321,886	1,298,719	2,566,731	4,977,214	24
12/31/2024	17,998,662	1,141,569	2,525,838	4,910,453	21
9/30/2024	17,956,379	1,115,496	2,437,540	5,030,281	N/A
6/30/2024	17,826,871	1,144,514	2,168,072	4,938,302	N/A
3/31/2024	17,710,895	1,137,550	2,159,719	5,041,126	N/A
12/31/2023	17,608,511	1,076,328	1,870,990	4,947,205	N/A
9/30/2023	17,475,681	1,114,245	2,136,857	5,103,128	N/A
6/30/2023	17,416,518	1,052,208	1,672,400	4,820,824	N/A
3/31/2023	17,399,992	976,887	1,823,510	4,889,425	N/A
12/31/2022	17,304,973	897,634	2,123,887	5,159,317	N/A
9/30/2022	17,205,822	880,883	1,899,690	5,138,243	N/A
6/30/2022	17,077,407	957,414	2,221,927	5,490,200	N/A
3/31/2022	16,912,696	1,114,303	2,150,514	5,434,878	N/A
12/31/2021	16,748,585	1,245,163	1,737,458	5,031,279	N/A
9/30/2021	14,755,649	618,071	1,826,983	4,957,643	N/A
6/30/2021	15,272,062	689,928	1,993,266	5,210,463	N/A
3/31/2021	15,750,254	702,880	2,384,619	5,730,294	N/A
12/31/2020	16,087,747	673,004	2,173,754	5,821,876	N/A
9/30/2020	18,192,941	1,075,922	1,773,875	5,743,544	N/A
6/30/2020	18,022,709	967,286	1,013,908	4,923,894	N/A
3/31/2020	17,856,400	806,980	171,357	4,049,012	N/A
12/31/2019	17,740,716	873,932	525,418	4,034,984	N/A
9/30/2019	17,684,908	1,390,678	837,031	4,491,873	N/A
6/30/2019	17,310,034	2,144,096	596,578	4,125,060	N/A
3/31/2019	17,027,329	2,792,622	981,535	4,313,981	N/A
12/31/2018	16,873,960	3,112,084	1,042,812	4,332,580	N/A
9/30/2018	17,019,569	3,220,855	784,354	3,591,628	N/A
6/30/2018	17,275,916	2,988,997	N/A	4,250,494	N/A
3/31/2018	17,467,185	2,705,654	N/A	3,912,716	N/A
12/31/2017	17,520,013	2,599,829	N/A	3,855,820	N/A
9/30/2017	17,374,957	2,481,892	N/A	4,476,006	N/A
6/30/2017	17,176,022	2,011,168	N/A	4,233,576	N/A
3/31/2017	17,097,718	1,676,414	N/A	4,499,936	N/A
12/31/2016	17,091,816	1,659,127	N/A	4,243,168	N/A
9/30/2016	17,118,905	1,466,263	N/A	3,844,465	N/A
6/30/2016	17,136,461	1,523,412	N/A	4,186,373	N/A
3/31/2016	17,124,911	1,629,116	N/A	3,986,107	N/A
12/31/2015	17,136,734	1,501,764	N/A	3,778,129	N/A
9/30/2015	17,046,411	1,707,025	N/A	4,021,561	N/A
6/30/2015	17,152,535	1,856,322	N/A	3,715,408	N/A
3/31/2015	17,202,164	1,959,019	N/A	3,753,551	N/A
12/31/2014	17,163,798	1,784,338	N/A	3,677,385	N/A
9/30/2014	17,176,916	1,611,442	N/A	3,676,459	N/A
6/30/2014	16,934,026	1,407,813	N/A	3,560,021	N/A
3/31/2014	16,745,623	1,368,919	N/A	3,273,868	N/A

Analyst Future Growth Forecasts

Earnings vs Savings Rate: SKM's forecast earnings growth (8.9% per year) is above the savings rate (2.6%).

Earnings vs Market: SKM's earnings (8.9% per year) are forecast to grow slower than the US market (14.8% per year).

High Growth Earnings: SKM's earnings are forecast to grow, but not significantly.

Revenue vs Market: SKM's revenue (1.8% per year) is forecast to grow slower than the US market (8.8% per year).

High Growth Revenue: SKM's revenue (1.8% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.

Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts

Future Return on Equity

Future ROE: SKM's Return on Equity is forecast to be low in 3 years time (10.9%).

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/02/07 19:28
End of Day Share Price	2025/02/07 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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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

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Analyst Sources

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. is covered by 45 analysts. 24 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

SK Telecom Future Growth

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Key information

Recent future growth updates

SK Telecom Co.,Ltd Provides Consolidated Revenue Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2022

Recent updates

Samkoo Fs Co. Ltd acquired SK Communications Co., Ltd. from SK Telecom Co., Ltd. (KOSE:A017670) for KRW 7.04 billion.

Update Of GPT-3 Based Services And Cash Flows Make SK Telecom Undervalued

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. (KOSE:A017670) agreed to acquire an additional 24.76% stake in SK Broadband Co., Ltd. from Taekwang Industrial Co., Ltd. (KOSE:A003240) and others for KRW 1.15 trillion.

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. (KOSE:A017670) agreed to acquire an additional 24.76% stake in SK Broadband Co., Ltd. for KRW 1.15 trillion.

SK Telecom Unveils 'Aster(A*), Its New Global AI Personal Agent at SK AI Summit 2024

SK Telecom Co.,Ltd Announces Quarterly Common Stock Dividend, Payable by No Later Than November 13, 2024

SK Telecom: Positive Signs Are Appearing

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. (KOSE:A017670) and Hana Financial Group Inc. (KOSE:A086790) acquired 35% stake in BitGo Korea.

SK Telecom: Top Dog In The Telecommunications Space

SK Telecom Launches AI-Powered Veterinary Diagnostic Assistance Service X Caliber in Australia

SK Telecom: Positive Takeaways From Annual General Meeting

SK Telecom Co., Ltd., Annual General Meeting, Mar 26, 2024

SK Telecom: Eyes On Q4 Earnings Beat And Korea Discount

SK Telecom Q3 Earnings: Core Business Still Struggling

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on No Later Than November 15, 2023

SK Telecom: Consider Both AI Investments And Dividends

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. (KOSE:A017670) acquired an unknown minority stake in Persona AI CO.,LTD.

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. (KOSE:A017670) acquired an unknown minority stake in Persona AI CO.,LTD.

SK Telecom Announces Delisting of ADRs from London Stock Exchange

SK Telecom Seems To Be Losing Focus On Its Core Business

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. Declares Quarterly Dividend, Payable No Later Than August 14, 2023

SK Telecom: Watch Share Repurchases And Metaverse Business

SK Telecom Announces Upcoming Delisting of ADRs Representing SKT Common Stock

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.(KOSE:A017670) dropped from FTSE All-World Index (USD)

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. to Report Q1, 2023 Results on May 10, 2023

SK Telecom reports Q4 results

SK Telecom: Concerns In The Short Term, But Business Remains Strong

SK Telecom GAAP EPS of $1059.00, revenue of $4.34B beats by $1.23B

SK Telecom Co.,Ltd Announces Quarterly Common Stock Dividend, Payable by No Later Than November 16, 2022

SK Telecom: Multiple Positives

SK Telecom: Looking Beyond The Traditional Business Model

SK Telecom: 5G Growth Has Been Impressive, But Inflation Could Pose Obstacles

SK Telecom: 5G Driving Company Growth

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SK Telecom Co.,Ltd, Annual General Meeting, Mar 25, 2022

SK Telecom Co.,Ltd Provides Consolidated Revenue Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2022

SK Telecom Co.,Ltd to Report Fiscal Year 2021 Results on Feb 09, 2022

SK Telecom: Decent Results With Proposed Spin-Off In The Spotlight

SK Telecom's board approves horizontal spin-off

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SK Telecom Co.,Ltd, Annual General Meeting, Mar 25, 2021

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