SK Telecom Co (SK Telecom Co) Debt-to-Equity : 0.94 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is SK Telecom Co Debt-to-Equity?

SK Telecom Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,529 Mil. SK Telecom Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $6,639 Mil. SK Telecom Co's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8,731 Mil. SK Telecom Co's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.94.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for SK Telecom Co's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

SKMTF' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.42 Med: 0.5 Max: 0.98
Current: 0.94

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of SK Telecom Co was 0.98. The lowest was 0.42. And the median was 0.50.

SKMTF's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
63.32% of 349 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 0.65 vs SKMTF: 0.94

SK Telecom Co Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for SK Telecom Co's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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SK Telecom Co Debt-to-Equity Chart

SK Telecom Co Annual Data

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0.50

0.51

0.90

0.98

0.94

SK Telecom Co Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.98	0.97	0.95	0.90	0.94

Competitive Comparison of SK Telecom Co's Debt-to-Equity

For the Telecom Services subindustry, SK Telecom Co's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

SK Telecom Co's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, SK Telecom Co's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SK Telecom Co's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

SK Telecom Co Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

SK Telecom Co's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(1529.192	+	6639.467)	/	8731.289
	=	0.94

SK Telecom Co's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(1529.192	+	6639.467)	/	8731.289
	=	0.94

SK Telecom Co (GREY:SKMTF) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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SK Telecom Co (SK Telecom Co) Business Description

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SKM:USA 017670:Korea KMBA:Germany S1KM34:Brazil

Address

SK T-Tower, 65, Eulji-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul, KOR, 04539

Website

https://www.sktelecom.com

SK Telecom is South Korea's largest wireless telecom operator, with 30 million mobile customers. The firm also owns SK Broadband (formerly Hanaro Telecom), which has 6.9 million broadband customers and 9.5 million pay TV customers (6.8 million IPTV and 2.7 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.