SK Telecom Co., Ltd. (SKM)

NYSE: SKM · Radiotelephone Communications · Seoul Korea, KR · filing with the SEC since 1999

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Grade5.5

◀ Past 6.7● Present 5.6▶ Future 4.8

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The grade of SK Telecom Co., Ltd.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

5.5/10

◀ Past6.725% of the headline

● Present5.635% of the headline

▶ Future4.840% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.7/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed

6.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 65th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed

6.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+0.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 61st percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from KRW 17137 billion in fiscal 2015 to KRW 17941 billion in fiscal 2024, up 0.5% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 12% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2019; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span0.5%bottom 42% of its family
the share of years revenue rosetop 46% of its family
the share of filed years with a profittop 19% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak12.0%top 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed

7.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 13.8% a year. 18% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 75th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2024-12-31, SK Telecom Co., Ltd.'s diluted share count shrank about 13.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 18% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-02 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearstop 4% of its family
cash returned against operating cash flowtop 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.6/1035% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

6.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 12%: 12¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 61%: owes 61¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31, SK Telecom Co., Ltd. earned about 12 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 61 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetstop 50% of its family
return on equitytop 29% of its family
the share count against the year beforetop 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed

4.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 42% of 13 in its family; net margin 7.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.'s standing among 13 graded names in its industry family: revenue of KRW 17941 billion in fiscal 2024 is not ranked by size, since the family reports in another currency; a net margin of 7.7% ranks in the bottom 35%; revenue growth of 2.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 50% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

net margin7.7%bottom 35% of its family
three-year revenue growth2.3%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate

5.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.8/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 5 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 5 members with one.
What the record cannot read: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there.
How it was reasoned: family median, 5 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.'s leadership is put at 5.8 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 5 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

4.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 47% of 12 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 47th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2024): cash of KRW 2024 billion against debt of KRW 305 million leaves 6.6% of its assets as net cash, top 37% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 14.5% of revenue (bottom 29%); research spending of 2.1% of revenue (top 50%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets6.6%top 37% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue14.5%bottom 29% of its family
research spending against revenue2.1%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed

5.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 47% of 13 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2024: revenue grew 2.3% a year over the last three filed years against 0.5% over all 10, speeding up (top 42% of its family); the newest year grew 1.9% (bottom 35%); research spending grew -2.4% a year (top 37%); capital spending grew -5.2% a year (top 42%) (its annual reports). SK Telecom Co., Ltd. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span+1.8 points a yeartop 42% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth1.9%bottom 35% of its family
three-year growth of research spending-2.4%top 37% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending-5.2%top 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed

4.0/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 40% of 12 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of KRW 17941 billion in fiscal 2024 came in 0.6% below the KRW 18055 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 29% of its family); net income of KRW 1387 billion against a prior three-year average of KRW 1504 billion (bottom 46%); a net margin of 7.7% against 8.8% before (bottom 46%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace-0.6%bottom 29% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average-8%bottom 46% of its family
net margin against its prior average-1.1 pointsbottom 46% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton SKM · research, not advice