SKM
SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
SKM
36.35USD
+1.82%
Sep 23, 2026
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Price Action
Constructive pullback in an uptrend
Longer-term context reads mature trend, with a near-term setup of constructive pullback.
The setup is constructive, but the underlying structure is still poor.
EntryReset + recovery
The stock remains extended from its long-term weekly base, but the recent reset toward the daily SMA100 aligned with support at the weekly EMA21. Daily structure is recovering above the fast averages, improving the current entry location.
Key Financials
- Market Cap
- $13.8B
- Avg Volume (60D)
- 2.0M
- Revenue Growth YoY
- -7.6%
- Gross Margin
- +19.1%
- Operating Margin
- +7.3%
- Distance from 200DMA
- +13.5%
- Next Earnings
- 2026-10-29
- P/E
- 28.5x
- EV / Sales
- 1.6x
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Market metrics as of Sep 22, 2026
Fundamentals & Valuation
The available comparisons disagreed; the peers comparison is the more reliable method for this business and the others are published as dissent.
SK Telecom Co., Ltd. has a Cheap valuation stance because current market expectations look undemanding relative to how its multiples compare with businesses of the same kind. It trades at 1.6x revenue, which the underlying economics comfortably support.
Company Research
Thesis
SK Telecom remains primarily South Korea's leading wireless telecom operator, with fixed broadband, media, enterprise and cloud-related operations alongside mobile service.
Opportunity
Moderate opportunity
Development and operation of AI-optimized data-center capacity and GPU cloud platforms to supply domestic enterprises, public-sector users and model developers with scalable, sovereign compute infrastructure.
Key risk
Intense competition in South Korean telecom market.
Narrative & Theme
AI Compute Infrastructure Buildout
Part of AI Data Center Capacity and Sovereign GPU Cloud, with moderate fit.
SKM has a real, direct operating role in Korean AI infrastructure rather than merely a generic telecom/AI adjacency.
Narrative HeatHot9.5 / 10
Theme HeatHeating up8.0 / 10
This is the company’s own research reading. The canonical heat measurement for this story has not run.
Business & Markets
Communication Services · Telecom Services
What they do
SK Telecom Co., Ltd. provides wireless telecommunication services in South Korea through cellular, fixed-line, and other related business segments.
How it earns
The company generates revenue primarily through subscription-based wireless and fixed-line telecommunication services, as well as transactional sales of wireless devices.
Products & services
Wireless voice and data transmission
Cellular interconnection
Internet of Things solutions
Enterprise communications
Cloud services
Fixed-line telephone
Broadband Internet services
Wireless devices
Customers & end markets
Individual consumers
Enterprise customers
Market position
Market leader in South Korea's telecommunications sector.
Demand drivers
Low cyclicality
Telecommunications services tend to have stable demand due to essential nature and subscription-based revenue.