Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. KYIV scored 72.0, SKM scored 29.6 — KYIV leads.
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Different reporting periods. SKM's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but KYIV's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
KYIV
Kyivstar Group Ltd.
Telecom Services · Quality-Growth
72
$12.10 · $2.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
42.4
KYIV leads
SKM
SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
Telecom Services · Quality-Growth
29.6
$34.24 · $13.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestKYIV17.3x
Fastest growthKYIV+25.9%
Strongest balance sheetKYIV0.39
Highest qualityKYIV67 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueKYIV-56%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
KYIV
stronger →← stronger
SKM
67
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
60
87
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
15
73
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
41
KYIV is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
KYIV
SKM
$311mC
FCF
$933mC+
+25.9%A-
Rev
-4.7%D+
0.39B+
D/E
0.66B
17.3xB
P/E
26.1xC+
1.21B
PEG
0.42A
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
KYIV
SKM
56% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
12% below
~-8%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-2%/yr
+88%
1-yr DCF upside
+23%
+125%
5-yr DCF upside
+13%
+192%
10-yr DCF upside
+1%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
KYIV
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
Short track record
SKM
Why this score
Cut its dividend
Foreign reporter (KRW)
The companies
KYIVKyivstar Group Ltd.
Telecom Services · $12.10
Why now
Telecom Services · market cap $2.8b. Down 27% from 52-week high of $16.55 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +26% — in hypergrowth territory. 9 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $17.93 (implying +48% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
SKMSK Telecom Co., Ltd.
Telecom Services · $34.24 · beta 0.75
Why now
Telecom Services · market cap $13.1b. Down 27% from 52-week high of $47.18 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.42 — paying under fair value for the growth rate.
Moat
FCF converts 172% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Net margin 4.4% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first. ROE 5% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where KYIV and SKM diverge
On the headline score the gap is 42.4 points in favor of KYIV. The widest single difference is Growth, where KYIV leads by 72.4 points.
GrowthKYIV 87.1 · SKM 14.7KYIV +72.4
ValueKYIV 73.5 · SKM 40.8KYIV +32.7
QualityKYIV 67.1 · SKM 59.6KYIV +7.5
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is KYIV or SKM the better stock?
KYIV scores higher: KYIV 72.0, SKM 29.6 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do KYIV and SKM differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where KYIV leads by 72 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. KYIV leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are KYIV and SKM scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.