Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Nearly 25 years of experience in analyzing hundreds of companies, especially in Asia. Deep expertise in the following sectors:
- Technology (E-commerce, SaaS, Internet)
- Consumer 
- Special Situations/Deep Value Plays
- Holdcos/Stubs
- Asian Unicorns/Private Companies

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

SK Square & SK Telecom - Sensitivity Analysis of Dividend Payments & Yields

SK Telecom - Major Highlights of 3Q 2021 Earnings & Updated Valuation

LG Uplus: Improving Dividend Outlook & An Expansion into Metaverse Businesses

Amazon Global Store Finally Launches in Korea - In Partnership with 11st (SK Telecom)

SK Telecom's Interim Dividends & The Removal of Foreign Ownership Restriction on SKT Investment?

SKT Investments' NAV Expected to Jump by 3X in 4 Years & More Details on Dividends

Gravity Works As WeWork Doesn't; Now Plan B

Event-Driven

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Sum of the value of SK Square and SK Telecom post split - Using our base case valuations of SK Square and SK Telecom post split, the combined market caps of these two companies would be 30.2 trillion won, which is 38% higher than the current market cap of 21.9 trillion won.
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<li>Our base case valuation of SK Square (post split) is 48% higher than the initial  value of SK Square.</li>
<li>Our base case valuation of SK Telecom (post split) is 31% higher than the initial value of SK Telecom. </li>
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</div>Our base case valuation of SK Square is an implied market cap of 12.8 trillion won, which would be 48% higher than the initial market cap of 8.6 trillion won for SK Square (using current market cap of 21.9 trillion won for SK Telecom and split ratio of (0.607:0.393). Our base case valuation of SK Square uses a 40% holdco discount rate. The biggest component of the NAV include SK Square's stake in SK Hynix (13.7 trillion won), ADT Caps (2.5 trillion won), and 11st (2.2 trillion won).Our base case valuation of SK Telecom (post split) is implied market cap of 17.5 trillion won, which would be 31% higher than the initial market cap (adjusted for split ratio) of 13.3 trillion won for the company. We have used EV/EBITDA ratio of 5x using our estimated EBITDA of 4.5 trillion won for the company in 2022.


Sum of the value of SK Square and SK Telecom post split - Using our base case valuations of SK Square and SK Telecom post split, the combined market caps of these two companies would be 30.2 trillion won, which is 38% higher than the current market cap of 21.9 trillion won.

Our base case valuation of SK Square (post split) is 48% higher than the initial  value of SK Square.
Our base case valuation of SK Telecom (post split) is 31% higher than the initial value of SK Telecom. 

Our base case valuation of SK Square is an implied market cap of 12.8 trillion won, which would be 48% higher than the initial market cap of 8.6 trillion won for SK Square (using current market cap of 21.9 trillion won for SK Telecom and split ratio of (0.607:0.393). Our base case valuation of SK Square uses a 40% holdco discount rate. The biggest component of the NAV include SK Square's stake in SK Hynix (13.7 trillion won), ADT Caps (2.5 trillion won), and 11st (2.2 trillion won).Our base case valuation of SK Telecom (post split) is implied market cap of 17.5 trillion won, which would be 31% higher than the initial market cap (adjusted for split ratio) of 13.3 trillion won for the company. We have used EV/EBITDA ratio of 5x using our estimated EBITDA of 4.5 trillion won for the company in 2022.

Korea Stock Exchange KOSPI 200 (KOSPI2 INDEX EQUITY)

SK Square & SK Telecom - Valuation Analysis Post Split