SK Telecom
About: SK Telecom is South Korea's largest wireless telecom operator, with 32 million mobile customers. The firm also owns SK Broadband (formerly Hanaro Telecom), which has 7.2 million broadband customers and 9.6 million pay TV customers (6.8 million IPTV and 2.8 million Cable TV). While the firm also purchased stakes in businesses in security and semiconductor memory production as well as developing e-commerce and internet platform businesses, these were all spun off into the separate, SK Square business in November 2021. The company was formed after SK Group purchased KT's mobile business in 1994.
Employees: 24,224
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
62% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 34 | Existing positions closed: 21
49% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 76 | Existing positions reduced: 51
11% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $491M [Q4 2024] → $546M (+$55.8M) [Q1 2025]
4% more funds holding
Funds holding: 184 [Q4 2024] → 192 (+8) [Q1 2025]
1.11% more ownership
Funds ownership: 10.85% [Q4 2024] → 11.97% (+1.11%) [Q1 2025]
29% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $98K | Put options by funds: $138K
Research analyst outlook
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Financial journalist opinion
Based on 10 articles about SKM published over the past 30 days
