SM Entertainment
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SM Entertainment develops, produces, and distributes music and entertainment content built around K-Pop, the globally popular South Korean pop-music genre, and manages a roster of artists including BoA, EXO, aespa, RIIZE, and others.
Fans, streaming platforms, concert promoters, and advertisers worldwide are its broad audience and commercial partners. Listed on KOSDAQ, South Korea's tech-focused stock exchange, the company extends its artist intellectual property across live performances, merchandise, IP licensing, advertising, and fan platforms through a network of subsidiaries.
Summary is AI-generated and may contain errors · figures from DART filings
Subsidiaries handle adjacent businesses, including a fan platform, travel, and retail distribution, built around the parent company's artist IP.
SM Entertainment in five facts
What does SM Entertainment do?
SM Entertainment develops, produces, and distributes music and entertainment content built around K-Pop, the globally popular South Korean pop-music genre, and manages a roster of artists including BoA, EXO, aespa, RIIZE, and others.
Where is SM Entertainment listed and in which sector?
SM Entertainment (Korean name: 에스엠) trades under KRX code 041510 on KOSDAQ, the Korea Exchange's board for smaller and growth companies. It is classified in the Communication Services sector, Media.
How large is SM Entertainment?
Its market capitalisation was US$1.5B on 2026-10-21, which puts it in this site's small-cap group. US$ amounts are converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21).
What were SM Entertainment's latest annual revenue and operating profit?
For fiscal year 2025, SM Entertainment reported revenue of US$886.8M, operating profit of US$138.1M and net income of US$271.2M, per its annual report on DART (data retrieved from DART on 2026-09-08). Revenue was up 18.7% on the previous year.
Where does this data come from?
Financial statements and filings come from DART, Korea's official corporate-filing system. Share prices, market capitalisation and trading status come from KRX. Company summaries are AI-generated from the filings and may contain errors; financial figures are mapped directly from DART.
Data sources and last updated
- Filings and financial statements
- DART (dart.fss.or.kr), Korea's official corporate-filing system
- Prices, market cap, trading status
- KRX (Korea Exchange), via FinanceDataReader
- Latest annual financials
- Fiscal year 2025, data retrieved from DART on 2026-09-08
- Share price and market cap
- Close of 2026-10-21
- Currency
- US$, converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21 close)
- Company data updated
- 2026-10-21
- Company summary
- AI-generated from filings; may contain errors. Information only, not investment advice.
- Report on large shareholdings (5% rule) (abbreviated)Oct 21
- Investor relations (IR) meetingOct 20
- Earnings release schedule noticeOct 20
- Operating results (consolidated) (preliminary) (fair disclosure)
SM Entertainment filed provisional (unaudited) consolidated results for Q2 2026: revenue of US$246M (+15.4% year on year), operating profit of US$37.2M (+11% year on year) and net income of US$20.5M (−5.6% year on year).
Earnings · Aug 5 - Operating results (preliminary) (fair disclosure)
SM Entertainment filed provisional (unaudited) separate results for Q2 2026: revenue of US$169M (+9.2% year on year), operating profit of US$30.8M (−4.6% year on year) and net income of US$17M (−18.1% year on year).
Earnings · Aug 5 - Operating results (consolidated) (preliminary) (fair disclosure)
SM Entertainment filed provisional (unaudited) consolidated results for Q1 2026: revenue of US$193M (+20.6% year on year), operating profit of US$26.7M (+18.5% year on year) and net income of US$25.4M (−85.5% year on year).
Earnings · May 6 - Operating results (preliminary) (fair disclosure)
SM Entertainment filed provisional (unaudited) separate results for Q1 2026: revenue of US$131M (+14.4% year on year), operating profit of US$26.9M (−5.9% year on year) and net income of US$26.9M (+20.9% year on year).
Earnings · May 6 - [Amended] Change of 30% or more in revenue or profit/loss structure (15% for large companies)
SM Entertainment updated its previously filed consolidated results for FY2025: revenue of US$820M (+18.7% year on year), operating profit of US$128M (+109.6% year on year) and net income of US$251M (+43786.4% year on year).
Earnings · Feb 27 · 2 versions - [Amended] Operating results (consolidated) (preliminary) (fair disclosure)
SM Entertainment updated its previously filed provisional (unaudited) consolidated results for Q4 2025: revenue of US$223M (+16.6% year on year), operating profit of US$38.1M (+62.2% year on year) and net income of US$21.7M (from a loss a year earlier).
Earnings · Feb 27 · 2 versions - [Amended] Operating results (preliminary) (fair disclosure)
SM Entertainment updated its previously filed provisional (unaudited) separate results for Q4 2025: revenue of US$141M (+12.1% year on year), operating profit of US$27.6M (+10.2% year on year) and net income of US$21.5M (+116.6% year on year).
Earnings · Feb 27 · 2 versions - Cash/in-kind dividend decision
SM Entertainment declared a cash dividend of US$1.11 per share.
Dividend · Feb 11