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Sk Telecom Net Income dropped on 71.5%

07 Feb 2020 • About Sk Telecom ($SKMD) • By InTwits

Sk Telecom reported FY2019 financial results today. Here are the key drivers of the company's long term financial model: It operates with medium-size leverage: Net Debt/EBITDA is 3.8x while industry average is -2.5x.

Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and the stock price.

Revenue and profitability


The company's Revenue increased on 5.2%.

Net Income margin dropped on 13.5 pp from 18.5% to 5.0% in FY2019. During the last 5 years Net Income margin topped in FY2018 at 18.5%.

Management team


The company's CEO is Park Jung-Ho. Park Jung-Ho is a founder and has 2 years tenure with the company.

Financial and operational results


FY ended 30 Nov -0001

Sk Telecom ($SKMD) key annual financial indicators

mln. KRW201520162017201820192019/2018
P&L
Revenue17,136,73417,091,81617,520,01316,873,96017,743,7005.2%
Gross Profit15,180,87315,253,44815,633,48915,077,814
SG&A10,251,33210,393,21110,569,53710,324,050
EBITDA4,701,4924,604,3024,784,1454,486,099
Net Income1,518,6001,675,9702,599,8303,127,890889,900-71.5%
Balance Sheet
Cash768,9221,505,2421,457,7351,506,699
Short Term Debt1,083,2981,192,8541,963,6511,488,515
Long Term Debt6,560,7006,478,6465,808,0568,587,576
Cash flow
Capex2,478,7782,490,4552,715,8592,792,390
Ratios
Revenue growth-0.2%-0.3%2.5%-3.7%5.2%
EBITDA growth-0.3%-2.1%3.9%-6.2%

Gross Margin88.6%89.2%89.2%89.4%
EBITDA Margin27.4%26.9%27.3%26.6%
SG&A, % of revenue59.8%60.8%60.3%61.2%
Net Income Margin8.9%9.8%14.8%18.5%5.0%-13.5%
CAPEX, % of revenue14.5%14.6%15.5%16.5%

ROIC7.3%6.3%5.9%3.9%
ROE10.1%10.6%15.3%15.4%
Net Debt/EBITDA1.5x1.3x1.3x1.9x

Peers in Mobile Telecommunications


Below we provide Sk Telecom benchmarking against other companies in Mobile Telecommunications industry for the last 5 years. We show data for the top-5 companies by key financial metric together with the median value for all the companies in the industry.

Top companies by Revenue growth, %

Top  FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Mobile Streams ($MOS)-40.2%-56.0%-55.5%-46.5%
 
Median (1 company)-3.1%-0.3%1.5%-46.5%
Sk Telecom ($SKMD)-0.3%2.5%-3.7%5.2%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top  FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Mobile Streams ($MOS)26.4%27.6%30.8%38.7%
 
Median (1 company)46.7%46.2%43.9%38.7%
Sk Telecom ($SKMD)88.6%89.2%89.2%89.4%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top  FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Mobile Streams ($MOS)2.9%-6.2%-28.0%-38.7%
 
Median (1 company)31.3%9.6%26.2%-38.7%
Sk Telecom ($SKMD)27.4%26.9%27.3%26.6%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top  FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Mobile Streams ($MOS)0.2%0.1%0.3%0.6%
 
Median (1 company)12.3%11.6%15.9%0.6%
Sk Telecom ($SKMD)14.5%14.6%15.5%16.5%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top  FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019
Mobile Streams ($MOS)24.0%-35.3%-105.7%-117.8%
Global Telecom Hldg Sae ($GLTD)14.7%17.9%20.7%
Megafon OJSC ($MFON)19.6%14.8%14.2%
Sistema Jsfc ($SSAA)7.4%8.6%11.0%
 
Median (4 companies)17.2%2.6%11.0%-117.8%
Sk Telecom ($SKMD)7.3%6.3%5.9%3.9%