Charter Communications, Inc. (CHTR) vs SK Telecom Co., Ltd. (SKM)

Charter Communications, Inc. and SK Telecom Co., Ltd. are both Telecom Services companies. Charter Communications, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $20.6B against $13.7B — 1.5× the size. Charter Communications, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 2.9× against 60.3×. SK Telecom Co., Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.24% against −1.50%. Charter Communications, Inc. has the higher net margin (9.05% vs 4.22%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.77% vs 3.53%). Across the 22 metrics below, Charter Communications, Inc. leads on 16 and SK Telecom Co., Ltd. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CHTR SKM Telecom Services median
P/E 2.90 60.27 13.27
P/S 0.25 1.15 0.95
P/B 0.62 1.28 1.47
Price to free cash flow 3.11 13.18 8.72
EV/EBITDA 5.07 21.23 6.85
EV/Sales 2.00 1.54 1.87
Earnings yield 34.54% 1.66% 1.66%
Free cash flow yield 32.13% 7.59% 5.53%

Profitability

Metric CHTR SKM Telecom Services median
Gross margin 39.90% 87.63% 51.26%
Operating margin 23.28% 7.24% 7.62%
Net margin 9.05% 4.22% 4.22%
Free cash flow margin 8.01% 8.75% 4.73%
Return on equity 23.30% 5.30% 5.80%
Return on assets 3.21% 2.36% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 6.77% 3.53% 3.41%

Growth

Metric CHTR SKM Telecom Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.50%) (0.24%) 3.31%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 3.55% (71.02%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.63% (4.20%) 1.50%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.13% (25.73%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CHTR SKM Telecom Services median
Debt to equity 4.36 0.56 0.63
Current ratio 0.36 1.25 1.13
Net debt to EBITDA 4.43 6.71 1.86

Dividend

Metric CHTR SKM Telecom Services median
Dividend yield — 6.37% 4.06%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.69 0.00

Size

Metric CHTR SKM Telecom Services median
Market cap 20.58b 13.69b 3.06b

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