017670 - SK Telecom Co., Ltd.

017670 Summary
Telecommunications
Stock Price & Overview
₩92,500 +3,500 (+3.93%) Close · Sep 4, 2026 KST
KOSPI | ₩KRW | Close: ₩92,500  ≈ US$66  ·  Market cap ₩19.9tn (≈ $14.2bn)

017670 Dividend Summary

Dividend per share, FY2025₩1,660Yield at last close1.79%
Yield reported by the company (FY-end)3.10%Payout ratio (consolidated)86.6%
Total cash dividends₩353.6bnEarnings per share₩1,825
Consecutive years paid (on file)6DPS growth, 5-year CAGR-3.7%
Dividend decisions filed in 20262
Per-share and payout figures are the company's own, from the dividend section of its DART annual report. 'Yield at last close' divides that per-share amount by the latest KRX close; the company-reported yield uses the fiscal-year-end price.

017670 Dividend History

Fiscal yearDPS (common)ChangeYield (FY-end)PayoutTotal cash ₩bnEPSDPS (preferred)
FY2025₩1,660-53.1%3.10%86.6%353.6₩1,825
FY2024₩3,5400.0%6.10%60.3%753.6₩5,780
FY2023₩3,540+6.6%7.10%70.0%765.6₩4,954
FY2022₩3,320+0.8%6.80%79.3%723.8₩4,118
FY2021₩3,295+64.8%5.70%29.8%717.0₩7,191
FY2020₩2,0004.10%47.5%715.1₩4,093
FY201982.0%730.1₩2,429
FY201822.9%717.4₩8,813
FY201727.2%706.1₩7,316
FY2016₩2,0000.0%4.30%42.5%706.1₩4,699
FY2015₩2,000+6.4%4.60%46.6%708.1₩4,198
FY2014₩1,8803.50%37.0%666.8₩5,031
Annual totals per fiscal year, interim and year-end combined, as reported in the annual report filed the following March. A year-end dividend for FY2025 is paid in April 2026. Per-share figures from before a par-value split are restated to today's share count using the par-value ratio, so the series is comparable.

017670 Dividend Decisions (filings)

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SK Telecom Holds the Quarterly Dividend at 830 Won, Paid 17 September

SK Telecom declared 830 won a share for the second quarter — the same rate as the first — with a record date of 31 August and payment on 17 September. The 176.8bn won total is based on 213,057,911 dividend-eligible shares against 214,790,053 issued, the gap being treasury stock, and the filing notes the total may change with the share count at the record date. The 0.9% in the filing is the Korean convention: that quarter alone, measured against the average close over the week before the board met. Annualised, 830 won a quarter is about 3.33% against the 99,600 won close — lower than KT's 4.5%, because SK Telecom's shares have nearly doubled off their 52-week low. For a US holder of the ADR, each ADR represents five-ninths of a common share, so the payment is roughly 461 won per ADR, and Korean withholding at the 15% treaty rate takes the net yield to about 2.83%. SK Telecom's 2026 annual meeting approved a 1.7tn won capital reserve reduction that Korean reporting says could make dividends tax-free at source from 2027.

Dividend07/23/26kstock explained
₩176.8bn≈ $126m
DART

Record Date Set for a Dividend

Dividend07/23/26title translated
A Korean dividend arrives as two filings: the board's cash-dividend decision (amount, record date, payment date) and, for year-end dividends, a shareholder-register closing notice.

How Korean dividends work

  • Record date and amount. Traditionally the record date was the fiscal year-end (December 31) and the amount was only set at the board meeting and AGM in February–March, so investors bought before knowing the payout. Under the 2023 procedure reform, companies that amended their articles now fix the amount first and set the record date afterwards; many large caps have adopted this, others still use the year-end date.
  • Ex-dividend. KRX settles T+2, so a share goes ex-dividend one business day before the record date. Year-end dividends are paid within a month of the AGM that approves them, typically April.
  • Interim and quarterly dividends need a provision in the articles; a minority of large companies pay quarterly, most pay once a year.
  • Withholding tax. Korea withholds 22% (20% plus local tax) from non-resident holders by default; the Korea–US treaty lowers it to 15% (10% for a corporate holder of at least 10%), subject to your broker filing the treaty paperwork. Residents pay 15.4%.
  • Preferred shares (“우선주”) usually carry a slightly higher per-share dividend than common shares and no vote.

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What a US investor should know

  • Trading hours09:00–15:30 KST — 20:00–02:30 US Eastern the night before.
  • Daily limitKorean stocks can move at most ±30% in a session before trading halts.
  • Getting exposureKRX shares are not directly tradable in most US brokerage accounts. The usual routes are Korea ETFs or an international account.
  • ReportingKorean issuers file to DART, not the SEC. Half-year and quarterly reports land about 45 days after period end.