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Daishin Securities

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>4Q24 revenue W4.5tn (-0% YoY) with OP of W250bn (-15% YoY); 2024 OP W1.8tn (+4% YoY)</li><li>Balanced growth in both wireless and wireline, with easing marketing and depreciation cost burdens; 2025E OP W2.1tn (+16%)</li><li>OP CAGR 11% for 2020–2024, 11% for 2025–2028E</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

4Q24 revenue W4.5tn (-0% YoY) with OP of W250bn (-15% YoY); 2024 OP W1.8tn (+4% YoY)Balanced growth in both wireless and wireline, with easing marketing and depreciation cost burdens; 2025E OP W2.1tn (+16%)OP CAGR 11% for 2020–2024, 11% for 2025–2028EContent is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

SK Telecom (017670 KS) - SKT and SKB in Sync

Korea / Special Situations, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Situations

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Event-Driven

Korea Stock Exchange Kospi Index / Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>Martial law has been declared 11 times since 1945, but this is the first since Korea’s post-‘90 democratization.</li>
<li>The Martial Law Command's first proclamation blocks parliament, raising legal questions about its constitutionality and making any immediate attempt to end martial law uncertain.</li>
<li>Defense and telecom stocks could outperform short-term due to martial law, making them strong trading targets to watch.</li>
</ul>


Martial law has been declared 11 times since 1945, but this is the first since Korea’s post-‘90 democratization.
The Martial Law Command's first proclamation blocks parliament, raising legal questions about its constitutionality and making any immediate attempt to end martial law uncertain.
Defense and telecom stocks could outperform short-term due to martial law, making them strong trading targets to watch.


Breaking: Korea Drops Martial Law, Local Markets in Turmoil—What’s the Short-Term Trade Play Here?

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul>
<li>There are some major surprises (both inclusions and exclusions) in the Korea Value Up index. </li>
<li>In particular, the telecom sector (SK Telecom and KT) and large cap holding companies (Samsung C&amp;T and LG Corp) are surprising exclusions in the index.</li>
<li>There are many surprising inclusions in the Korea Value Up Index. We provide 30 companies are surprising inclusions in the Korea Value Up Index (19 KOSDAQ and 11 KOSPI listed).</li>
</ul>


There are some major surprises (both inclusions and exclusions) in the Korea Value Up index. 
In particular, the telecom sector (SK Telecom and KT) and large cap holding companies (Samsung C&amp;T and LG Corp) are surprising exclusions in the index.
There are many surprising inclusions in the Korea Value Up Index. We provide 30 companies are surprising inclusions in the Korea Value Up Index (19 KOSDAQ and 11 KOSPI listed).


Korea Value Up Index - Surprising Inclusions and Exclusions

<ul>
<li>We have a Positive view of KT Corp (030200 KS) due to three main reasons.</li>
<li>First, KT has started to implement aggressive capital return policy (returning 50% of net income through dividends and share buybacks/cancellations). Two other reasons include Corporate Value Up and higher Smartscore.</li>
<li>KT Corp has been the best performing stock among the three major Korean telcos in the past one year. KT Corp's shares are up 27.9% in the past one year.</li>
</ul>


We have a Positive view of KT Corp (030200 KS) due to three main reasons.
First, KT has started to implement aggressive capital return policy (returning 50% of net income through dividends and share buybacks/cancellations). Two other reasons include Corporate Value Up and higher Smartscore.
KT Corp has been the best performing stock among the three major Korean telcos in the past one year. KT Corp's shares are up 27.9% in the past one year.


<ul>
<li>In this insight, we discuss a pair trade between Coupang (CPNG US) (short) and CJ Logistics (000120 KS) (long).</li>
<li>There are six major factors that have negatively impacted Coupang in the past several weeks including a massive data breach, loss of customers, and potential ban on early dawn deliveries. </li>
<li>Coupang's daily active users (DAU) were 16.2 million as of 5 December, down by 1.8 million (10%)  from 18 million as of 1 December. </li>
</ul>


In this insight, we discuss a pair trade between Coupang (CPNG US) (short) and CJ Logistics (000120 KS) (long).
There are six major factors that have negatively impacted Coupang in the past several weeks including a massive data breach, loss of customers, and potential ban on early dawn deliveries. 
Coupang's daily active users (DAU) were 16.2 million as of 5 December, down by 1.8 million (10%)  from 18 million as of 1 December. 


A Pair Trade Between Coupang (Short) And CJ Logistics (Long)

South Korea

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. is a Korean mobile and telecommunications operator. The Company provides cellular voice, wireless data, and wireless internet services. SK Telecom also offers fixed line services and platform services.

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SK Telecom (017670 KS)