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How SK Telecom Co., Ltd. stacks up
SKM · against 71 other Communication Services companies of similar size
Profitability
43/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #61 of 72 · scores higher than 15% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score7 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including SKM · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 43?
Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.Its metrics sit close to the Communication Services norm.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 61% of peers. Return on assets: 1.4% vs peer median 2.7%
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 6.1% vs peer median 8.2%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 6.6% vs peer median 6.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SKM, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SKM | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 66 reported | 6.6% | 11.4% | 22% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 72 reported | 6.1% | 18.5% | 21% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 68 reported | 1.4% | 5.2% | 19% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 66 reported | 5.2% | 11.1% | 26% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 72 reported | 70.4% | 55.5% | 75% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SKM| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.62T JPY (≈$11.0B) | 100 | 79 | |
| 2 | 21.7B AUD (≈$14.4B) | 99 | 65 | |
| 3 | 18.5B USD | 96 | 81 | |
| 4 | 1.08T JPY (≈$7.4B) | 95 | 67 | |
| 5 | 9.0B USD | 94 | 53 | |
| 57 | 12.74T KRW (≈$9.2B) | 48 | 70 | |
| 58 | 139.36T IDR (≈$8.6B) | 46 | 50 | |
| 59 | 7.6B USD | 45 | 38 | |
| 59 | 12.1B EUR (≈$13.4B) | 45 | 40 | |
| 61 | 11.7B USD | 43 | 41 | |
| 62 | 18.8B EUR (≈$20.7B) | 39 | 36 | |
| 62 | 5.9B USD | 39 | 23 | |
| 64 | 22.8B USD | 38 | 45 | |
| 65 | 165.2B HKD (≈$21.1B) | 34 | 58 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score