Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Nearly 25 years of experience in analyzing hundreds of companies, especially in Asia. Deep expertise in the following sectors:
- Technology (E-commerce, SaaS, Internet)
- Consumer 
- Special Situations/Deep Value Plays
- Holdcos/Stubs
- Asian Unicorns/Private Companies

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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Douglas Research Advisory

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Amid recent market turmoil, we believe that SK Telecom could be a solid blue-chip, defensive Korean stock that could outperform the market in the next 6-12 months.</li>
<li>SK Telecom reported better than expected profits in 2Q 2024. The company's sales were 0.5% higher than the consensus and its operating profit was 3.9% higher than the consensus estimates.</li>
<li>SK Telecom's shareholder return policy is to return at least 50% of adjusted profit for the year on a consolidated basis.</li>
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Amid recent market turmoil, we believe that SK Telecom could be a solid blue-chip, defensive Korean stock that could outperform the market in the next 6-12 months.
SK Telecom reported better than expected profits in 2Q 2024. The company's sales were 0.5% higher than the consensus and its operating profit was 3.9% higher than the consensus estimates.
SK Telecom's shareholder return policy is to return at least 50% of adjusted profit for the year on a consolidated basis.


SK Telecom: A Blue-Chip Defensive Stock That Could Outperform KOSPI Amid Market Turmoil