Sk Telecom (SKM) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)
Sk Telecom's (SKM) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $23.9 million in Q1 2026, down 3.09% YoY from $24.6 million in Q1 2025, and down 72.89% on a QoQ basis from $88.0 million in Q4 2025.
Sk Telecom (SKM) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Sk Telecom (SKM) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $23.9 million in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Expenses fell 3.09% year-over-year to $23.9 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $157.1 million (down 3.9% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $11.2 billion, down 4.33% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses slipped to $23.9 million in Q1 2026, from $88.0 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $96.5 million in Q4 2023 to a low of $19.8 million in Q3 2025.
- A 5-year average of $37.5 million and a median of $25.7 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses sank 40.35% — and 2023, when it jumped 225.33%.
- Tracing SKM's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $29.7 million in 2022, then jumped by 225.33% to $96.5 million in 2023, then retreated by 8.78% to $88.0 million in 2024, then gained by 0.02% to $88.0 million in 2025, then tumbled by 72.89% to $23.9 million in 2026.
- The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $23.9 million (Q1 2026), $88.0 million (Q4 2025), and $19.8 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 23.86 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 88.02 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 19.79 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 25.48 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 24.62 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 88.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 27.01 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 23.89 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 23.58 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 96.48 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 28.53 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 25.56 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 30.19 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 29.66 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 25.70 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 21.50 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 34.94 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 10.01 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 36.57 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 36.05 Mn |