profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
SK Telecom
$34.57+1.32% today
+69.6% in 1 year
1-year low $19.681-year high $46.00
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $43.42 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What SK Telecom sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from ₩17.3 trillion in 2022 to ₩17.1 trillion in 2025, with ₩408 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
SK Telecom handed back 39% of the cash it generated last year.
₩628.4B
Free cash flow 2025₩1.60T
Bought back its own shares₩0
Paid as dividends₩628.4B
Cash vs. debt₩1.49T vs. ₩10.37T
SK Telecom vs. similar companies
SK Telecom grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| SK Telecom | 43.4× · Expensive | ||
 China Mobile | 16.0× · Fair price | ||
 Verizon | 11.2× · Cheap | ||
 T-Mobile US | 16.4× · Fair price | ||
 AT&T | 6.8× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads SK Telecom's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of KRW | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17,304,973 | 17,608,511 | 17,940,609 | 17,099,213 | |
| 15,053,138 | 15,388,218 | 15,656,051 | 14,927,239 | |
| 1,659,044 | 1,812,044 | 1,836,124 | 1,015,003 | |
| 5,319,771 | 5,492,758 | 5,725,268 | 4,572,600 | |
| 912,400 | 1,093,611 | 1,250,155 | 408,410 | |
| 2,284.38 | 2,747.25 | 3,199.58 | – | |
| 87.0% | 87.4% | 87.3% | 87.3% | |
| 9.6% | 10.3% | 10.2% | 5.9% | |
| 5.3% | 6.2% | 7.0% | 2.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of KRW | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 31,308,262 | 30,119,227 | 30,515,255 | 30,107,783 |
| Cash | 1,882,291 | 1,454,978 | 2,023,721 | 1,490,024 |
| Total debt | 11,084,861 | 10,655,154 | 10,764,831 | 10,372,827 |
| Total liabilities | 19,153,066 | 17,890,828 | 18,687,621 | 17,152,491 |
| 11,318,320 | 11,389,046 | 11,698,627 | 12,863,103 | |
| 393 | 392 | 385 | – | |
| 5.5% | 6.7% | 7.6% | 3.8% | |
| 8.1% | 9.6% | 10.7% | 3.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of KRW | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,159,317 | 4,947,205 | 5,087,285 | 3,923,847 | |
| 3,046,423 | 3,080,643 | 2,559,216 | 2,323,252 | |
| 2,112,894 | 1,866,562 | 2,528,069 | 1,600,595 | |
| Dividends paid | 904,020 | 773,806 | 804,317 | 628,359 |
| 0 | 285,487 | 15,788 | 0 | |
| 84,463 | 18,889 | 6,696 | – |
Valuation
- 43.4×
- 0.0×
- –
- 1.2×
- 1.0×
- 11.1×
- 5.8×
- 9.0%
- 2.3%
- 3.5%
Profitability
- 87.3%
- 5.9%
- 2.4%
- 26.1%
- 3.9%
- 6.1%
- 3.0%
- 1.2%
- 4.4%
- –
Growth
- −0.4%
- –
- −31.9%
- +1.7%
- −0.8%
Financial health
- 1.9×
- 0.81
- 35.4%
- 2.9×
- 1.03
- 1.15
- 0.57
How it ranks in Communication Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 30%of 436
Bottom 28%of 438
Bottom 21%of 347
Bottom 22%of 440
Top 32%of 440
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 0.57 | 0.47 | +21.4% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 0.64 | 0.10 | +518.4% |
| Dec 12, 2025 | -0.29 | – | – |
| Oct 30, 2025 | -0.77 | -0.21 | −268.8% |
| May 12, 2025 | 0.65 | 0.61 | +6.4% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | 0.63 | 0.23 | +170.2% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | 0.51 | 0.56 | −9.6% |
| Aug 6, 2024 | 0.63 | 0.56 | +13.3% |
3.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$35a year at today's yield, before tax
+1.7%2020 to 2025
Raised1 yearin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.96 in 2015 → $1.07 in 2025
How safe it looks
153.9% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 39.3%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
38No pass
Benjamin Graham
50No pass
Philip Fisher
38No pass
Peter Lynch
31No pass
Joel Greenblatt
15No pass
Charlie Munger
27No pass
Terry Smith
27No pass
Questions about SK Telecom
Is SK Telecom a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the SK Telecom AI analysis
What does SK Telecom do?
SK Telecom Co., Ltd. engages in the provision of wireless telecommunication services in South Korea. The company operates through three segments: Cellular Services, Fixed-Line Telecommunications Services, and Other Businesses. It is in Telecom Services, based in Seoul, South Korea.
Does SK Telecom pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.5% a year, about 154% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $628 billion in dividends.
Is SK Telecom stock halal?
No. SK Telecom does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 59% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has SK Telecom stock done over the past year?
Up 69.6% over the past twelve months, to $34.57. It traded between $19.68 and $46.00 and is 24.8% below its high.
Who are SK Telecom's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are China Mobile, Verizon, T-Mobile US and AT&T. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with SK Telecom's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.