SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR (NYSE: SKM) Emerges As Guiding Light For Investors

SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR (NYSE:SKM) currently has a daily average trading volume of 327.31K but it saw 321286 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 8.77B USD, the company’s current market price of $22.89 came rising about 0.75 while comparing to the previous closing price of $22.72. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $24.58 and as low as $19.88. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $22.73 while lowest mark touched by it was $22.995.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR (SKM) gives us an average price of $21.51, while its current price level is -6.88% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 15.14% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $21.69 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $22.25. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.71% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.00%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 65.24 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, SKM’s stock price is moving 8.18% up while it is 5.78% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 8.79% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 14.62%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in May, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0 while estimate for next year EPS is 4.24. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $4.49T as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $18.18T and seeing the company making $18.51T in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $4.52T for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, SK Telecom Co Ltd ADR’s total number of outstanding shares is 383.19M with 0.01% of that held by the insiders while 6.53% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 6.83% and return on equity (ROE) at 11.19%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 9.68 while having a 10.32 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.67. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.14 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.67. Its return on asset (ROA) is 4.11% on average.