Quality
Return on equity
From the FY2024 filing
ValueScreener company report
Share price
32.83 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026Market capitalisation
12.60B USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 20261 of 10
What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.
Market dataSEC filingComputed
Return on equity
From the FY2024 filing
Current ratio
From the FY2024 filing
Price to earnings
FY2024 accounts, priced at the latest close
Free cash flow yield
FY2024 accounts, priced at the latest close
Price to earnings is 13.52x at the close of 2026-10-15 on FY2024 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits between 10.00x and 15.00x.
Today, against the Telecommunications Services industry (31 companies), 13.52x sits at the 44th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 8.97x to 23.29x.
Return on equity was 10.7% in FY2024, in the band labelled "Ordinary" (8.0% to 15.0%), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data.
Today, against the Telecommunications Services industry (46 companies), 10.7% sits at the 62nd percentile; the middle half of that group runs from -3.6% to 19.5%.
Interest coverage was 2.79x in FY2024, in the band labelled "Speculative grade" (1.50x to 3.00x), on lines anchored on Damodaran's interest-coverage table.
These are SKM’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.
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The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.
SEC filingCompany statement
The newest accounts on file are the FY2024 annual report: 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, accession 0001193125-25-101730.
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The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.
SEC filingComputed
| Figure | Value, source and document |
|---|---|
Return on invested capital, after taxWhy n/aThe debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one. | n/a ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
| Return on equity | 10.7% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
| Return on capital employed, pre-tax | 7.9% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
| Return on assets | 4.1% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
Gross marginWhy n/aOur archived statements for this filer carry no gross profit line, so there is nothing to compute a gross margin from and trace back to source. That may be because the filer presents no cost of revenue, or because we have not captured the concept. We do not guess which. | n/a ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
| Operating margin | 9.4% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
| Net margin | 7.0% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
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What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.
SEC filingComputedCompany statement
| Figure | Value, source and document |
|---|---|
Debt to equityWhy n/aThe debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one. | n/a ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
| Current ratio | 0.81 ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
| Quick ratio | 0.79 ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
| Interest coverage | 2.79x ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.30 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
Net debtWhy n/aThe FY2024 balance sheet carries no net debt we could read. | n/a ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
What SK Telecom Co.,Ltd owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2024, from the balance sheet it filed (20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730).
| Total assets | 30.52T FiledFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Total liabilities | 18.69T FiledFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025 |
| Shareholders' equity | 11.70T FiledFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025 |
| Cash | 2.02T FiledFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025 |
| Total debt | n/a FiledFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025 |
| Net debt | n/a |
| Current ratio | 0.81 |
| Debt to equity | n/a |
Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.
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What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.
Market dataSEC filingComputed
| Figure | Value, source and document |
|---|---|
| Price to earnings | 13.52x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
P/E on trailing twelve monthsWhy n/aA trailing figure needs 4 filed quarters with the dates they were filed on, and we hold 0 for this company. Nothing is drawn rather than a line built from fewer. | n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings |
| Price to book | 1.44x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
| Price to sales | 0.94x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
Enterprise value to EBITWhy n/aThe debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one. | n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
Enterprise value to EBITDAWhy n/aThe debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one. | n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
| Price to earnings over growth | 0.71 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
Diluted earnings per shareWhy n/aThe FY2024 filing carries no diluted earnings per share we could read. | n/a FiledFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
Graham numberWhy n/aWe do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show. | n/a ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value SKM on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.
What the market charges for SK Telecom Co.,Ltd today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.
| Share price | 32.83 USD |
|---|---|
| Market capitalisation | 12.60B USD |
| Enterprise value to EBITDA | n/a |
| Graham number | n/a |
| Diluted earnings per share | n/a |
Price to earnings on trailing twelve months: A trailing figure needs 4 filed quarters with the dates they were filed on, and we hold 0 for this company. Nothing is drawn rather than a line built from fewer.
Same industry (Telecommunications Services) and size band (Large, 10B to 200B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.
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Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.
SEC filingComputed
| Figure | Value, source and document |
|---|---|
| Free cash flow yield | 15.4% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
| Free cash flow | 2.60T KRW ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
| Free cash flow margin | 14.5% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
Dividend yieldWhy n/aThe newest cash flow statement on file ended more than fifteen months ago, so it says nothing about today's yield. | n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
| Payout ratio | 64.3% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
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Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.
SEC filing
Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.
| Figure | Value | Year | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.52x | FY2024 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
FormulaShare price / earnings per share. Where the filing states no earnings per share this listing can be priced on, which is every 20-F and 40-F filer because theirs is stated per ordinary share, it is market capitalisation / net income: the same multiple, undiluted. As ofThe close on Oct 15, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2024: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form20-FFiledApr 29, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0001193125-25-101730What we read from itIncome statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-25-101730, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| 1.44x | FY2024 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
FormulaMarket capitalisation / shareholders equity As ofThe close on Oct 15, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2024: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form20-FFiledApr 29, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0001193125-25-101730What we read from itBalance sheetFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-25-101730, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| n/a | FY2024 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| n/a The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one. | |||
Formula(Market capitalisation + total debt - cash) / operating income, or over the filing's own EBIT (income before tax + interest expense) where the filer tags no operating line, as Johnson & Johnson does not in any of its ten filed years. As ofThe close on Oct 15, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2024: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form20-FFiledApr 29, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0001193125-25-101730What we read from itIncome statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-25-101730, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm20-FFiledApr 29, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0001193125-25-101730What we read from itBalance sheetFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-25-101730, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| 15.4% | FY2024 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
FormulaFree cash flow per share / share price x 100 As ofThe close on Oct 15, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2024: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form20-FFiledApr 29, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0001193125-25-101730What we read from itCash flow statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-25-101730, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| n/a | FY2024 | Apr 29, 2025 | |
| n/a The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one. | |||
FormulaVendor trailing-twelve-month return on invested capital where one is published, which uses after-tax operating profit over total assets less current liabilities. Otherwise our own recompute: NOPAT / (shareholders equity + total debt - cash) x 100, where NOPAT is the filed operating profit after tax, or the filing's own EBIT after tax where the filer tags no operating line. As ofThe filing date of the statements below, for FY2024. Form20-FFiledApr 29, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0001193125-25-101730What we read from itIncome statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-25-101730, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm20-FFiledApr 29, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0001193125-25-101730What we read from itBalance sheetFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-25-101730, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| n/a | FY2024 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| n/a The newest cash flow statement on file ended more than fifteen months ago, so it says nothing about today's yield. | |||
FormulaCommon dividends paid in the latest filed year / market capitalisation x 100. n/a where the filing cannot support it: a special or first-year payment, a total that mixes preferred dividends, or a cash-flow statement over 15 months old. As ofThe close on Oct 15, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2024: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form20-FFiledApr 29, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0001193125-25-101730What we read from itCash flow statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-25-101730, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| n/a | FY2024 | Apr 29, 2025 | |
| n/a The debt total on file was summed from short-term debt, long-term debt and lease obligations, and at least one of those was never captured. An absent term is spent as a zero inside that sum, and this balance sheet does not show the term is empty, so we will not build a leverage ratio, an enterprise value or a return on capital on it, or rank the company on one. | |||
FormulaTotal debt / shareholders equity As ofThe filing date of the statements below, for FY2024. Form20-FFiledApr 29, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0001193125-25-101730What we read from itBalance sheetFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-25-101730, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| 0.81 | FY2024 | Apr 29, 2025 | |
FormulaCurrent assets / current liabilities As ofThe filing date of the statements below, for FY2024. Form20-FFiledApr 29, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0001193125-25-101730What we read from itBalance sheetFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-25-101730, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| 0.94x | FY2024 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
FormulaMarket capitalisation / revenue As ofThe close on Oct 15, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2024: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form20-FFiledApr 29, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0001193125-25-101730What we read from itIncome statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-25-101730, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| 0.71 | FY2024 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
FormulaPrice to earnings / the annual earnings growth rate, in percentage points As ofThe close on Oct 15, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2024: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form20-FFiledApr 29, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0001193125-25-101730What we read from itIncome statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-25-101730, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| 2.30 | FY2024 | Oct 15, 2026 | |
Formula1.2 x working capital/assets + 1.4 x retained earnings/assets + 3.3 x EBIT/assets + 0.6 x market value of equity/total liabilities + 1.0 x revenue/assets As ofThe close on Oct 15, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2024: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form20-FFiledApr 29, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0001193125-25-101730What we read from itIncome statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-25-101730, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm20-FFiledApr 29, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0001193125-25-101730What we read from itBalance sheetFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-25-101730, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| -3.42 | FY2024 | Apr 29, 2025 | |
FormulaAn eight-variable index of year-on-year changes in receivables, gross margin, asset quality, revenue, depreciation, overheads, leverage and accruals As ofThe filing date of the statements below, for FY2024. Form20-FFiledApr 29, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0001193125-25-101730What we read from itIncome statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-25-101730, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm20-FFiledApr 29, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0001193125-25-101730What we read from itBalance sheetFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-25-101730, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm20-FFiledApr 29, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0001193125-25-101730What we read from itCash flow statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-25-101730, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| 5/9 | FY2024 | Apr 29, 2025 | |
FormulaOne point each for: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, operating cash flow above net income, falling leverage, rising current ratio, no new shares issued, rising gross margin, rising asset turnover. As ofThe filing date of the statements below, for FY2024. Form20-FFiledApr 29, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0001193125-25-101730What we read from itIncome statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-25-101730, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm20-FFiledApr 29, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0001193125-25-101730What we read from itBalance sheetFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-25-101730, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm20-FFiledApr 29, 2025PeriodFY2024Accession0001193125-25-101730What we read from itCash flow statementFY2024Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-25-101730, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2024, the newest full year on file. 10 filed fiscal years on record, FY2015 to FY2024, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.
The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.
10 filed fiscal years, FY2015 to FY2024, read from the annual reports SK Telecom Co.,Ltd filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in KRW, as filed.
| Year | Revenue | Operating income | Net income | EPS, diluted | Free cash flow | Operating margin | Return on equity | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 17.94T | 1.69T | 1.25T | n/a | 2.60T | 9.4% | 10.7% | 20-F, Apr 29, 20250001193125-25-101730 |
| FY2023 | 17.61T | 1.76T | 1.09T | n/a | 1.97T | 10.0% | 9.6% | 20-F, Apr 29, 20240001193125-24-119709 |
| FY2022 | 17.30T | 1.59T | 912.40B | n/a | 2.25T | 9.2% | 8.1% | 20-F, Apr 27, 20230001193125-23-120018 |
| FY2021 | 16.75T | 1.43T | 2.41T | n/a | 2.12T | 8.6% | 20.8% | 20-F, Apr 28, 20220001193125-22-126714 |
| FY2020 | 16.09T | 1.04T | 1.50T | n/a | 2.26T | 6.4% | 6.3% | 20-F, Apr 29, 20210001193125-21-138579 |
| FY2019 | 15.42T | 987.05B | 888.70B | n/a | 659.10B | 6.4% | 3.9% | 20-F, Apr 29, 20200001193125-20-124200 |
| FY2018 | 16.87T | 833.85B | 3.13T | n/a | 1.54T | 4.9% | 13.9% | 20-F, Apr 29, 20190001193125-19-123795 |
| FY2017 | 17.52T | 1.22T | 2.60T | n/a | 1.14T | 7.0% | 14.6% | 20-F/A, May 4, 20180001193125-18-151612 |
| FY2016 | 17.09T | 1.30T | 1.68T | n/a | 1.75T | 7.6% | 10.5% | 20-F/A, May 4, 20180001193125-18-151612 |
| FY2015 | 17.14T | 1.50T | 1.52T | n/a | 1.30T | 8.7% | n/a | 20-F/A, May 4, 20180001193125-18-151612 |
Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.
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The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.
ComputedCompany statement
| Figure | Value, source and document |
|---|---|
| Beneish M-score | -3.42 ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5/9 ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101730 |
| Named tests met | 3 of 30 Computed |
| Beta | 0.37 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 |
Of 30 tests value investors published: 3 met, 19 not met, 8 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.
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Whether anybody here owns this company.
Positions declared by Javier Sanz Alvarez: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.
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What to do with what you have read.
A thesis is your reason for owning it, in your words, with the figures that must stay true. Checking those figures every night against the newest filed accounts, and telling you once when one breaks, is what the subscription adds.
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