SK Telecom Co., Ltd.

NYSE:SKM Stock Report

Market Cap: US$8.1b

SK Telecom Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 2/6

SK Telecom has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 3.8%, while the Wireless Telecom industry saw earnings growing at 26.6% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 0.6% per year. SK Telecom's return on equity is 9.4%, and it has net margins of 6.2%.

Key information

3.8%

Earnings growth rate

4.3%

EPS growth rate

Wireless Telecom Industry Growth23.1%
Revenue growth rate0.6%
Return on equity9.4%
Net Margin6.2%
Last Earnings Update30 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

SK Telecom: Positive Signs Are Appearing

Sep 17

SK Telecom: Top Dog In The Telecommunications Space

Jul 04

SK Telecom: Positive Takeaways From Annual General Meeting

Apr 18

SK Telecom: Eyes On Q4 Earnings Beat And Korea Discount

Feb 05

SK Telecom Q3 Earnings: Core Business Still Struggling

Nov 20

SK Telecom: Consider Both AI Investments And Dividends

Oct 10

SK Telecom Seems To Be Losing Focus On Its Core Business

Jul 28

SK Telecom: Watch Share Repurchases And Metaverse Business

Jul 10

SK Telecom reports Q4 results

Feb 08

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

Dec 08

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

Nov 10

SK Telecom: Multiple Positives

Oct 20

SK Telecom: Looking Beyond The Traditional Business Model

Aug 08

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

May 18

SK Telecom: 5G Driving Company Growth

Mar 10

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

Aug 16

SK Telecom's board approves horizontal spin-off

Jun 10

SK Telecom reports Q4 results

Feb 03

SK Telecom: Catalysts In The Process Of Being Realized

Nov 09

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How SK Telecom makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

NYSE:SKM Revenue, expenses and earnings (KRW Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 2417,956,3791,115,4966,309,18736,844
30 Jun 2417,826,8711,144,5146,303,95124,929
31 Mar 2417,710,8951,137,5506,261,67515,348
31 Dec 2317,608,5111,076,3286,203,5010
30 Sep 2317,475,6811,114,2458,794,194251,970
30 Jun 2317,416,5181,052,2087,909,029161,481
31 Mar 2317,399,992976,8876,240,903-4,501
31 Dec 2217,304,973897,6346,183,3610
30 Sep 2217,205,822880,8833,876,175-246,597
30 Jun 2217,077,407957,4144,614,058-166,148
31 Mar 2216,912,6961,114,3036,194,345-5,418
31 Dec 2116,748,5851,245,1636,110,0740
30 Sep 2114,755,649618,0713,848,455-73,454
30 Jun 2115,272,062689,9284,597,675-49,057
31 Mar 2115,750,254702,8805,239,671-26,816
31 Dec 2016,087,747673,0045,840,2420
30 Sep 2018,192,9411,075,9229,891,837320,051
30 Jun 2018,022,709967,2868,472,790215,205
31 Mar 2017,856,400806,9805,892,05310,559
31 Dec 1917,740,716873,9325,854,8370
30 Sep 1917,684,9081,390,6786,627,1820
30 Jun 1917,310,0342,144,0968,643,061199,977
31 Mar 1917,027,3292,792,62211,019,358398,006
31 Dec 1816,873,9603,112,08410,967,111387,675
30 Sep 1817,019,5693,220,85510,994,849384,427
30 Jun 1817,275,9162,988,99711,138,077393,509
31 Mar 1817,467,1852,705,65411,272,143390,084
31 Dec 1717,520,0132,599,82911,260,473395,276
30 Sep 1717,374,9572,481,8928,259,37139,077
30 Jun 1717,176,0222,011,1687,634,27321,354
31 Mar 1717,097,7181,676,4147,138,38010,518
31 Dec 1617,091,8161,659,1276,726,8960
30 Sep 1617,118,9051,466,2636,502,08027,199
30 Jun 1617,136,4611,523,4126,446,00720,689
31 Mar 1617,124,9111,629,1166,479,79314,629
31 Dec 1517,136,7341,501,7646,495,3610
30 Sep 1517,046,4111,707,0256,724,084-86,306
30 Jun 1517,152,5351,856,3226,779,033-57,538
31 Mar 1517,202,1641,959,0197,313,53969,470
31 Dec 1417,163,7981,784,3386,967,8600
30 Sep 1417,176,9161,611,4428,690,789312,687
30 Jun 1416,934,0261,407,8138,131,007204,960
31 Mar 1416,745,6231,368,9197,003,4030

Quality Earnings: SKM has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: SKM's current net profit margins (6.2%) are lower than last year (6.4%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: SKM's earnings have grown by 3.8% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: SKM's earnings growth over the past year (0.1%) is below its 5-year average (3.8% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: SKM earnings growth over the past year (0.1%) did not outperform the Wireless Telecom industry 17.8%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: SKM's Return on Equity (9.4%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/02 07:47
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/31 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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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.

AnalystInstitution
Seyon ParkBarclays
Sun ChungBNP Paribas Securities (Asia)
Sun LeeBofA Global Research