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SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR (SKM) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

The Closelooknet read

SK Telecom operates South Korea's wireless network alongside fixed-line phone, broadband and pay-television services, and a smaller enterprise unit selling cloud, subscription and shopping platforms. Its Cellular Services segment carries voice, data, machine-to-machine connections and device sales; Fixed-Line covers home broadband, telephone and IPTV; Other Businesses runs television commerce.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for SKM, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 46/100 · S&P 500 fund at 50, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-02
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 76th percentile of the window, -20.6% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-02
  • Sector × region Communication services in US: −3.5% week · −9.1% month · −10.2% quarter · −15.1% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLC.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-11-02
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.66 · down 2.24 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-30
How it trades on rate days beta 0.10 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How SKM has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.10 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR moved 0.10% on average · correlation 0.02 · higher than 11% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −0.36 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.19% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.22% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Telecom Services · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Telecom Services · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against SKM on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR

SKM in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
SK Telecom operates South Korea's wireless network alongside fixed-line phone, broadband and pay-television services, and a smaller enterprise unit selling cloud, subscription and shopping platforms. Its Cellular Services segment carries voice, data, machine-to-machine connections and device sales; Fixed-Line covers home broadband, telephone and IPTV; Other Businesses runs television commerce. It is headquartered in Seoul and listed in the United States as an ADR.
Where it sits in the stack
SK Telecom carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, and belongs instead to the Telecom Services sleeve of our wider coverage universe, where it sits as an operator rather than a supplier to the build-out.
Who it is priced against
The diary has not set a peer group for this name; the market usually compares it with the other Korean carrier, KT Corp.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
SK Telecom carries no Closelooknet index seat and no listed peer group; it does carry a Closelooknet score, though only one module has been scored so far and the read is still being built.
What the diary watches
Whether growth in cloud, subscription and enterprise data services inside its Other Businesses segment offsets the slower fixed-line and core cellular lines.

SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR (SKM) trades on US exchanges, classified under Communication Services.

The Closelooknet company score reads 50/100 composite (momentum 45, quality 46, valuation 82) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.79%, annual · last 0.24 USD on 2026-05-29

Dividends and capital return

What SKM pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.24 USD per share · a 0.79% yield on the 2026-10-30 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-10-30
  • Change on the year −76.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.00 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.24 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-05-29
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.00 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.24 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-28
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 636.9 bn USD 49% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 none reported
  • Share count −1.5% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 636.9 bn USD · 37% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-01

Quick answers

What is SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR (SKM)?

SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR trades as SKM on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Communication Services in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-01.

Is SKM in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-01.

What is SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR's Closelooknet composite score?

50 out of 100, with momentum 45, quality 46 and valuation 82 sub-scores, as of 2026-11-01. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does SKM trade against its moving averages?

SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR trades 14.6% below its 50-day and 10.4% below its 200-day moving average (7.7% below its 20-day). As of 2026-10-30 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Telecom Services · US), SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR (SKM) sits 35.8% below its 52-week high, 14.6% below its 50-day average; Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd (CHT) is 0.4% below, Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) is 21.5% below, Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk PT ADR Rep 100 B (TLK) is 48.5% below, as of 2026-10-30. Put any of them next to SKM in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR had a beta of 0.10 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 11% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.19% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-10-30; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR do?

SK Telecom operates South Korea's wireless network alongside fixed-line phone, broadband and pay-television services, and a smaller enterprise unit selling cloud, subscription and shopping platforms. Its Cellular Services segment carries voice, data, machine-to-machine connections and device sales; Fixed-Line covers home broadband, telephone and IPTV; Other Businesses runs television commerce. It is headquartered in Seoul and listed in the United States as an ADR. The diary has not set a peer group for this name; the market usually compares it with the other Korean carrier, KT Corp. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR sit in the AI build-out?

SK Telecom carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, and belongs instead to the Telecom Services sleeve of our wider coverage universe, where it sits as an operator rather than a supplier to the build-out. SK Telecom carries no Closelooknet index seat and no listed peer group; it does carry a Closelooknet score, though only one module has been scored so far and the read is still being built. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR pay a dividend?

SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR has paid 0.24 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 0.79% on the 2026-10-30 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.24 USD on 2026-05-29. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 636.9 bn USD in dividends, 37% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 1.5% over the fiscal year. As of 2026-10-30; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

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