SK Telecom
SKM · NYSE · Communication Services
$35.90
+$0.36 (+1.01%) today
Market Cap
$13.78B
24h Volume
$34.6M
P/E Ratio
25.8
52w High
$46.00
52w Low
$19.68
Est. AI Revenue
10%
7-Day Sparkline (Static)
Company facts
Performance
About SK Telecom
SK Telecom is South Korea's largest mobile carrier. It sells wireless plans, fixed internet, and media services, and most of its revenue is recurring subscriptions from Korean households and businesses. It belongs to SK Group, one of the country's largest conglomerates.
Its AI push runs on two tracks. SK Hyper is a dedicated company set up to build and operate AI data centers, with the stated goal of making Korea a hub for AI infrastructure in Asia. A.X is its own family of foundation models, released for Korean language use in consumer and industrial settings.
SK Telecom was established in 1984 and is headquartered in the Jung District of Seoul, South Korea. Its American depositary shares trade on the NYSE under the ticker SKM.
SK Telecom in the AI buildout
SK Telecom sits in the Data Centers layer and the Neoclouds layer. It is building AI data center capacity through SK Hyper and selling compute to Korean customers, while its A.X models give it software to run on that hardware. It also sits inside SK Group alongside SK Hynix, which supplies high bandwidth memory for AI accelerators, though that is a sister company rather than a subsidiary. Mobile service still pays the bills. Supercycle rates it Growing with an AI Exposure Score of 36 out of 100.
SKM is tracked in Data Centers & Hardware and Neoclouds, rated Growing on the AI Exposure leaderboard.
By the numbers
52-week range
SKM trades at $35.90, 62% of the way up its 52-week range of $19.68 to $46.00.
Market cap
Market capitalization is $13.78B, with an AI Exposure Score of 36 out of 100.
Valuation vs peers
Its P/E ratio of 25.8 is in line with the Data Centers & Hardware category median of 30.0.
Next earnings
SK Telecom is next expected to report earnings on October 29, 2026.
Market data as of the close on . Prices are end of day, not live.
Frequently asked questions
What does SK Telecom do?
SK Telecom is South Korea's largest wireless carrier. It sells mobile plans, fixed broadband, and media services to Korean consumers and businesses, and it is expanding into AI data centers and its own foundation model development.
How is SK Telecom exposed to AI?
It formed SK Hyper to build AI data centers in Korea, backed by a multi year investment plan, and it develops the A.X foundation models. Supercycle rates it Growing with an AI Exposure Score of 36 out of 100.
What is SK Hyper?
SK Hyper is SK Telecom's dedicated AI data center company. It was created to develop and operate AI computing capacity in Korea, part of a stated plan to position the country as a hub for AI infrastructure in Asia.
Is SK Telecom related to SK Hynix?
Both belong to SK Group, the Korean conglomerate, which makes them sister companies rather than parent and subsidiary. SK Hynix makes the high bandwidth memory used in AI accelerators, but SK Telecom does not consolidate its results.
Is SKM a pure play AI stock?
No. Supercycle places it in the Growing band at 36. AI data centers and foundation models are a real and funded push, but mobile subscriptions still generate the large majority of SK Telecom's revenue and profit.
Profile written 2026-08, updated as the business changes. Editorial content, not investment advice.
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