SKM vs. CHT, TEF, WBD, FOXA, VOD, TU, TME, FOX, FWONK, and BCE
Should you be buying SK Telecom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SK Telecom include Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Telefónica (TEF), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), FOX (FOXA), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), TELUS (TU), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), FOX (FOX), Formula One Group (FWONK), and BCE (BCE). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
SK Telecom vs.
SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) and Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE:CHT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Chunghwa Telecom received 31 more outperform votes than SK Telecom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.54% of users gave SK Telecom an outperform vote while only 63.23% of users gave Chunghwa Telecom an outperform vote.
Chunghwa Telecom has a net margin of 16.18% compared to SK Telecom's net margin of 7.26%. SK Telecom's return on equity of 10.39% beat Chunghwa Telecom's return on equity.
SK Telecom has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chunghwa Telecom has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SK Telecom pays an annual dividend of $1.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Chunghwa Telecom pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. SK Telecom pays out 65.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chunghwa Telecom pays out 75.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SK Telecom is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Chunghwa Telecom had 2 more articles in the media than SK Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Chunghwa Telecom and 4 mentions for SK Telecom. SK Telecom's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Chunghwa Telecom's score of 0.62 indicating that SK Telecom is being referred to more favorably in the media.
2.1% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of SK Telecom shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Chunghwa Telecom has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SK Telecom. SK Telecom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chunghwa Telecom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
SK Telecom beats Chunghwa Telecom on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SKM) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
