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EchoStar Corporation (ECHO) vs SK Telecom Co., Ltd. (SKM)

EchoStar Corporation and SK Telecom Co., Ltd. are both Telecom Services companies. EchoStar Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $28.4B against $11.8B — 2.4× the size. EchoStar Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; SK Telecom Co., Ltd. trades at 24.9×. SK Telecom Co., Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.24% against −5.17%. SK Telecom Co., Ltd. has the higher net margin (4.22% vs −38.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.53% vs −34.3%). Across the 19 metrics below, SK Telecom Co., Ltd. leads on 15 and EchoStar Corporation on 4.

Valuation

Metric ECHO SKM Telecom Services median
P/E n/m 24.91 13.80
P/S 1.93 0.99 0.84
P/B 1.99 1.10 1.26
Price to free cash flow n/m 11.33 8.53
EV/EBITDA n/m 18.99 6.78
EV/Sales 3.01 1.37 1.89
Earnings yield (20.38%) 4.01% 1.91%
Free cash flow yield (2.74%) 8.83% 5.86%

Profitability

Metric ECHO SKM Telecom Services median
Gross margin 29.54% 87.63% 48.78%
Operating margin (112.71%) 7.24% 7.62%
Net margin (38.71%) 4.22% 4.22%
Free cash flow margin (4.95%) 8.75% 4.73%
Return on equity (33.38%) 5.30% 4.38%
Return on assets (11.42%) 2.36% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (34.32%) 3.53% 3.41%

Growth

Metric ECHO SKM Telecom Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (5.17%) (0.24%) 3.31%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (11,356.82%) (71.02%) 0.62%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 51.37% (4.20%) 2.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (25.73%) 0.00%

Health

Metric ECHO SKM Telecom Services median
Debt to equity 1.23 0.56 0.63
Current ratio 5.20 1.25 1.13
Net debt to EBITDA (1.41) 6.71 1.86

Dividend

Metric ECHO SKM Telecom Services median
Dividend yield — 0.00% 2.82%
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.43

Size

Metric ECHO SKM Telecom Services median
Market cap 28.40b 11.83b 2.64b

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