Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for SKM in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Gekko Brief
AI summarySK Telecom's week centers on quarterly results and an AI partnership. The company reported Q2 2026 EPS of $0.81, beating the $0.59 consensus, but revenue of $2.81 billion fell short of the $2.96 billion forecast, with the company pointing to its AI data center expansion to lift top-line trends. Separately, Samsung Electronics signed AI RAN contracts with SK Telecom and KT under a government-led "Hyper AI Network" initiative, with Samsung serving as SK Telecom's main vendor on the project.
Shares closed at $35.50, down 2.2%, sitting between the 50-day average of $36.09 and the 200-day average of $32.32. The stock's one-month return is -10.1%, though it remains up 9.8% over three months and 63.6% over the past year. The GekkoIndex reads 60.9, placing SKM in the Accumulation zone, while price sits 25.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $47.56.
The next earnings date falls on 29 October 2026, 30 days away and outside a typical 20-trading-day holding window. Over the last 30 days there has been 1 unusual options signal, with call premium of $730,257 against put premium of $285,600. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged -2.9% across 5 years, rising in 1 of them. Consensus analyst target sits at $35, implying -1.4% upside from current levels.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
SK Telecom price vs fair value
Close $35.50200-day averageGekko Fair Value $47.56
SK Telecom quick facts
- Market cap
- $13.63B
- P/E ratio
- 25.9
- Forward P/E
- 14.7
- EPS, TTM
- $1.38
- Revenue, TTM
- $17.06T
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Dividend yield
- 2.71%
- Beta
- 0.71
- Volume
- 993,722 avg 1.20M
- 1-year return
- +63.6%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.8%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±3.8%
- 50-day average
- $36.09
- 200-day average
- $32.32
- Next earnings
- Oct 29 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 383.9M
SK Telecom swing-trade checklist
SK Telecom scores 4 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 6 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
4 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $35.50 sits between the 50-day ($36.09) and 200-day ($32.32) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
60.9, Accumulation
Reading 60.9 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
25.4% below
Price is 25.4% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneysupportive
Leans bullish
Last 30 days: 1 unusual options signal.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 30 days
Next report Oct 29, 2026, 30 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalityheadwind
−2.9% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged −2.9% over 5 years, rising in 1 of them.
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SK Telecom stock chart and price history
SK Telecom closed at $35.50 on Sep 28, 2026, +63.6% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $19.66 to $47.18.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −10.1%
- 3 months
- +9.8%
- 6 months
- +18.6%
- 1 year
- +63.6%
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About SK Telecom
SK Telecom provides wireless telecommunication services across South Korea, offering voice and data transmission, Internet of Things solutions, cloud services, and smart factory technologies. It is also known for platform-based and subscription offerings, metaverse hosting, and the retail sale of wireless devices, alongside more traditional fixed-line telephone connections, broadband internet, and media services such as IPTV and cable television.
The company organizes its work into cellular services, fixed-line telecommunications, and other businesses, the latter including a television shopping brand and portal services. It also runs call centers, maintains base station infrastructure, supplies system software, works on quantum information and communications technology, handles database and website services, and deals in digital content, e-books, sound recordings, and anti-theft and surveillance equipment. As of the end of 2021, it served 31.9 million wireless subscribers and 3.6 million fixed-line telephone customers.
SK Telecom was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Its shares are listed under the ticker SKM.
- Sector
- Communications
- Website
- sktelecom.com
SK Telecom GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
SK Telecom’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 60.9, in the Accumulation zone, down 0.3 points over five sessions.
60.9Accumulation
Down 0.3 points over five sessions.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 18 | +1.3% | +1.6% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 249 | +0.3% | +1.8% | ||
| Neutral | 302 | +0.6% | +3.4% | ||
| Distribution | 51 | +0.1% | −1.4% | ||
| Selling | 5 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average SKM share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is SK Telecom stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
SK Telecom trades 25.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $47.56, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what SK Telecom shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$47.56
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 26, 2026
25.4% Undervalued
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SK Telecom insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for SK Telecom, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in SKM were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Unusual options activity last 30 days
1signal, 72% of the flagged premium in calls.
Latest: Bullish flow on Sep 19, $1.02M in unusual premium.
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SK Telecom earnings: next date and track record
SK Telecom reports on Oct 29, 2026, before the open (30 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 29, 2026
Expected before the open, 30 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.63
- Revenue estimate
- $3.16B
5 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±2.7%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, May 7, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- SK Telecom reported Q1 FY2026 results showing early signs of recovery following last year’s cybersecurity incident. Consolidated revenue was KRW 4.39 trillion (up 1.5% QoQ) and consolidated operating income was KRW 537.6 billion, with management noting a return toward pre-incident earnings levels. The company resumed quarterly dividend payments (DPS ~KRW 830) and recorded a net handset subscriber add (~208k) driven by marketing and changes in the competitive landscape. The AI/data center (AI DC) business showed strong top-line growth (AI DC revenue up ~89% YoY) and is positioned as a key growth engine; however, management declined to disclose detailed profitability metrics for AI DC. Management emphasized productivity improvements (enterprise AI tool adoption, AX transformation), a strategy of focusing on high-LTV subscribers rather than aggressive spending, and a pivot/reshaping of the AI business toward higher-margin activities. On network strategy, management described AI-RAN opportunities (automation, inference/media processing at base stations) but noted the technology is early-stage and will be adopted cautiously.
- Guidance
- No specific numeric full-year guidance was provided. Management stated the objective to recover and improve annual earnings to be higher than pre-cybersecurity-incident levels and announced resumption of quarterly dividends (DPS for Q1 ~KRW 830).
- Risks flagged
- Residual impact and uncertainty from prior cybersecurity incident; early-stage nature and technological/standardization risks for AI-RAN; competitive pressures in subscriber acquisition; limited disclosure on AI DC profitability and sensitivity to domestic data center market conditions.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | $0.56 est $0.48 | $3.02B est $2.98B | +2.7% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $0.56 est $0.17 | $2.95B est $3.00B | −4.1% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | −$0.26 est −$0.05 | $3.17B est $3.06B | −3.7% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.14 est $0.52 | — | −0.9% |
| May 12, 2025 | $0.64 est $0.60 | $3.05B est $3.23B | −2.9% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | $0.55 est $0.42 | $3.04B est $3.18B | +1.1% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.52 est $0.56 | $3.46B est $3.26B | +0.9% |
| Aug 6, 2024 | $0.63 est $0.58 | $3.20B est $3.21B | +4.9% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
SK Telecom stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for SK Telecom is $35.00, −1.4% from the last close.
$35.00consensus 12-month target, −1.4% from the last close
+1.8%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
−2.9%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.8%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
SK Telecom seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, SK Telecom averaged −2.9% across the last 5 years, rising in 1 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −2.2% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −4.1% | 0 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −3.0% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | −2.9% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | −1.4% | 1 of 5 |
For scale, SKM’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 3.8%.
SK Telecom market cap and key statistics
SK Telecom’s market cap is $13.63B, with a P/E ratio of 25.9 and revenue of $17.06T over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $13.63B
- P/E ratio
- 25.9
- Forward P/E
- 14.7
- EPS, TTM
- $1.38
- Gekko Fair Value
- $47.56
Trading
- Volume
- 993,722
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 1.20M
- 52-week high
- $47.18
- 52-week low
- $19.66
- Shares outstanding
- 383.9M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $17.06T
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Return on equity
- 5.2%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +450.4%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.71
- Typical daily move
- ±2.8%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±3.8%
- Dividend yield
- 2.71%
SK Telecom stock news this week
Coverage of SK Telecom this week reads positive: 2 positive, 1 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
- SK Telecom (SKM) Earnings Date and Reports 2026 $SKMMarketBeat, Sep 25
- SK Telecom stock weighs Q2 earnings against revenue missAD HOC NEWS, Sep 23
- Samsung signs AI contracts with KT and SK TelecomAdvanced Television, Sep 23
- Nykredit A S Buys Shares of 347,052 SK Telecom Co., Ltd. $SKMMarketBeat, Sep 21
SK Telecom stock FAQ
What is SK Telecom’s market cap?
SK Telecom’s market cap is $13.63B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $35.50, with 383.9M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 25.9.
What is the SK Telecom stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for SK Telecom is $35.00, −1.4% from the last close. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is SK Telecom stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate SK Telecom is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $35.50 is 25.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $47.56. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does SK Telecom report earnings next?
SK Telecom is expected to report on Oct 29, 2026, before the market opens (30 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.63 per share on revenue of $3.16B. SK Telecom beat the earnings estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports, moving 2.7% on average across the report.
What is SK Telecom’s 52-week high and low?
SK Telecom’s 52-week high is $47.18 and its 52-week low is $19.66; it closed at $35.50 on Sep 28, 2026, +63.6% over the past year.
Is SK Telecom stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value, smart money and earnings risk), 1 as mixed (trend) and 1 as a headwind (seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
Is there unusual options activity in SK Telecom?
Gekko flagged 1 unusual options signal in SK Telecom over the last 30 days, with $730K of flagged premium in calls and $286K in puts. The latest, bullish flow, was on Sep 19, 2026 with $1.02M in unusual premium. The signal-by-signal table is in Gekko.
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