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How SK Telecom Co., Ltd. stacks up
SKM · against 509 other Communication Services companies
Profitability
43/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #289 of 510 · scores higher than 43% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score50 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 · 460 reported | 6.6% | 6.0% | 51% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 506 reported | 6.1% | 8.2% | 43% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 496 reported | 1.4% | 2.7% | 39% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 475 reported | 5.2% | 5.4% | 49% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 513 reported | 70.4% | 46.2% | 79% | 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 | |
| 1 | 67.5B INR (≈$811M) | 100 | 35 | |
| 3 | 18.2B JPY (≈$124M) | 99 | 74 | |
| 3 | 7.9B TWD (≈$244M) | 99 | 73 | |
| 3 | 82.5B USD | 99 | 70 | |
| 289 | 20.8B HKD (≈$2.7B) | 43 | 60 | |
| 289 |
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