SKM vs. TME, TEF, TU, VOD, FWONK, FOXA, WBD, FOX, BCE, and TLK
Should you be buying SK Telecom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SK Telecom include Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), Telefónica (TEF), TELUS (TU), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), Formula One Group (FWONK), FOX (FOXA), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), FOX (FOX), BCE (BCE), and Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
SK Telecom vs.
SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) and Tencent Music Entertainment Group (NYSE:TME) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
SK Telecom pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Tencent Music Entertainment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. SK Telecom pays out 53.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tencent Music Entertainment Group pays out 20.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Tencent Music Entertainment Group had 7 more articles in the media than SK Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Tencent Music Entertainment Group and 0 mentions for SK Telecom. Tencent Music Entertainment Group's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat SK Telecom's score of 0.41 indicating that Tencent Music Entertainment Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SK Telecom has higher revenue and earnings than Tencent Music Entertainment Group. SK Telecom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tencent Music Entertainment Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SK Telecom received 126 more outperform votes than Tencent Music Entertainment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.13% of users gave SK Telecom an outperform vote while only 59.26% of users gave Tencent Music Entertainment Group an outperform vote.
24.3% of Tencent Music Entertainment Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of SK Telecom shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SK Telecom has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tencent Music Entertainment Group has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tencent Music Entertainment Group has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential downside of 18.29%. Given Tencent Music Entertainment Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tencent Music Entertainment Group is more favorable than SK Telecom.
Tencent Music Entertainment Group has a net margin of 21.53% compared to SK Telecom's net margin of 7.26%. Tencent Music Entertainment Group's return on equity of 10.67% beat SK Telecom's return on equity.
Summary
Tencent Music Entertainment Group beats SK Telecom on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SKM) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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