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KT Corporation

KT Corporation

KT · NYSE · Communication Services / Telecom Services

18.97USD+0.17 (+0.90%)

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Market Stats

Previous Close18.80
Open18.99
Day Range18.88 – 19.18
52-Week Range16.97 – 24.00
Volume2.13M
Market Cap9.38B
P/E (TTM)10.10
Forward P/E10.93
EPS1.95
Dividend Yield4.14%
Beta0.09
50-Day Avg18.98
200-Day Avg19.97

About

KT Corporation provides integrated telecommunications and platform services in South Korea, rest of Asia, and internationally. The company offers mobile voice and data telecommunications services based on 5G, 4G LTE and 3G W-CDMA technology; fixed-line telephone services, including local, domestic long-distance, international long-distance, and voice over Internet protocol telephone services, as well as interconnection services; broadband Internet access service and other Internet-related services; and data communication services, such as fixed-line and satellite leased line services, as well as broadband Internet connection services. It also provides media and content services, including IPTV, satellite TV, digital music, e-commerce, online advertising consulting, and web comics and novels services; and credit card processing and other financial services. In addition, the company offers information technology and network services, and satellite services; sells handsets and miscellaneous telecommunications equipment; develops and sells residential units and commercial real estate development. Further, it offers telecommunication facility maintenance, investment fund, software development and data processing, value-added network, call center, system integration and maintenance, marketing, PCS distribution, transportation and trucking arrangement business, cloud system implementation, satellite communication network, installation and management, and data center development and related services. Additionally, the company is involved in the residential building development and supply, sports team management, technology business finance, and submarine cable construction and maintenance businesses. The company was formerly known as Korea Telecom Corp. and changed its name to KT Corporation in March 2002. KT Corporation was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Seongnam-si, South Korea.

Company Details

  • SectorCommunication Services
  • IndustryTelecom Services
  • CEOMr. Yoon-Young Park
  • Employees13.89K
  • Headquarters90, Buljeong-ro (206 Jungja-dong), Seongnam-si, South Korea, 13606, USA
  • Websitehttps://corp.kt.com

Leadership

  • Mr. Seung-Phil OhSenior Executive Vice President of Tech. Innovation Group · b. 1970
  • Hyun-Kyu LimSenior Executive Vice President of Corporate Management Group · b. 1964
  • Mr. Young-Bok LeeSenior Executive Vice President of Legal Affairs Office · b. 1961
  • Eui-Jeung ChooExecutive Vice President · b. 1976
  • Mr. Yoon-Young ParkCEO & Inside Director · b. 1962
  • Mr. Hye-Byung MinCFO & Executive Vice President of Financial Management Office · b. 1969
  • Sun Wook KimInvestor Relations Officer
  • Tae-Won HurSenior Vice President of Compliance Office · b. 1970
  • Donghoon KimExecutive Vice President of Public Relations Office · b. 1967
  • Seon-ju LeeExecutive VP of Group Human Resources Office · b. 1969

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: KRW1998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Revenue9.92T11.75T13.54T15.95T16.39T16.85T16.49T17.02T16.94T18.66T19.59T19.64T19.99T21.31T23.86T22.82T22.36T22.21T22.80T23.26T23.22T24.64T24.10T24.90T25.64T26.29T26.38T28.25T
Growth (%)-+18.50%+15.21%+17.83%+2.77%+2.79%-2.15%+3.25%-0.51%+10.18%+5.00%+0.26%+1.78%+6.59%+11.94%-4.35%-2.01%-0.66%+2.64%+2.02%-0.17%+6.11%-2.19%+3.31%+2.98%+2.53%+0.35%+7.10%
Cost of Revenue5.44T6.58T7.13T12.24T11.69T1.75T3.29T3.23T3.53T3.89T4.13T3.70T2.93T8.38T10.13T9.71T9.28T9.06T9.01T9.39T9.58T10.34T9.79T10.04T9.74T9.56T9.36T10.16T
Gross Profit4.47T5.17T6.41T3.71T4.71T15.11T13.20T13.79T13.40T14.77T15.46T15.94T17.06T12.93T13.73T13.10T13.08T13.15T13.79T13.87T13.64T14.30T14.31T14.86T15.90T16.72T17.02T18.10T
Gross Margin45.09%44.01%47.34%23.29%28.71%89.64%80.03%81.03%79.15%79.16%78.92%81.16%85.33%60.66%57.54%57.43%58.49%59.22%60.50%59.63%58.72%58.02%59.38%59.68%62.01%63.62%64.50%64.05%
Operating Expense3.89T4.41T5.36T1.77T2.37T13.19T10.80T11.38T11.14T13.03T14.02T14.97T15.05T10.94T12.05T12.87T13.86T12.08T12.41T12.80T12.53T13.27T13.29T13.16T14.11T15.04T16.14T15.50T
Operating Income582.84B765.23B1.05T1.94T2.34T1.91T2.40T2.41T2.27T1.75T1.44T970.55B2.01T1.99T1.68T234.59B-778.84B1.08T1.38T1.07T1.10T1.03T1.02T1.70T1.79T1.69T874.44B2.59T
Operating Margin5.88%6.51%7.76%12.18%14.26%11.34%14.53%14.17%13.40%9.35%7.35%4.94%10.04%9.32%7.04%1.03%-3.48%4.85%6.07%4.60%4.74%4.17%4.24%6.83%7.00%6.43%3.31%9.17%
EBITDA3.68T3.59T4.52T5.96T6.13T5.85T6.06T6.02T5.72T5.57T4.89T4.59T5.41T5.09T5.20T3.94T3.03T4.74T4.93T4.56T4.70T4.96T4.96T5.89T5.90T5.53T4.88T6.70T
EBITDA Margin37.07%30.59%33.41%37.33%37.42%34.73%36.78%35.38%33.78%29.86%24.96%23.35%27.05%23.87%21.80%17.28%13.55%21.33%21.60%19.59%20.22%20.11%20.59%23.65%23.00%21.02%18.48%23.73%
Net Income190.36B1.45T986.09B1.11T1.95T861.79B1.24T1.08T1.23T1.17T513.29B494.85B1.30T1.45T1.05T-189.93B-1.03T546.36B745.09B461.56B645.57B645.70B700.89B1.36T1.26T993.33B459.86B1.72T
Net Income Margin1.92%12.32%7.28%6.98%11.88%5.11%7.51%6.33%7.28%6.28%2.62%2.52%6.48%6.78%4.39%-0.83%-4.61%2.46%3.27%1.98%2.78%2.62%2.91%5.45%4.92%3.78%1.74%6.08%
R&D--140.33B137.98B172.24B256.55B256.19B265.40B206.64B291.01B283.15B239.51B317.58B147.82B153.17B171.49B192.03B183.82B167.88B168.63B176.76B165.03B156.94B168.97B174.94B140.45M141.21M148.89M
R&D as % of Total Revenue--1.04%0.86%1.05%1.52%1.55%1.56%1.22%1.56%1.45%1.22%1.59%0.69%0.64%0.75%0.86%0.83%0.74%0.73%0.76%0.67%0.65%0.68%0.68%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Interest Expense000000000466.46B481.63B505.89B529.36B158.80B779.80B450.30B829.00B385.93B337.22B302.46B296.87B238.75M263.58B263.39B293.85B274.45M281.65M366.03B
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%2.50%2.46%2.58%2.65%0.75%3.27%1.97%3.71%1.74%1.48%1.30%1.28%0.00%1.09%1.06%1.15%0.00%0.00%1.30%

Balance Sheet

Currency: KRW1998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Assets19.15T26.36T28.39T30.02T29.05T26.80T26.00T24.54T24.41T24.07T21.98T26.52T26.88T32.04T34.85T34.98T32.95T29.34T30.58T30.24T32.32T33.77T33.66T37.16T40.98T42.78T42.01T42.95T
Total Liabilities13.25T12.02T16.02T16.26T19.43T18.00T17.01T14.21T13.61T12.92T12.66T15.85T15.55T19.52T21.54T22.07T21.45T17.17T17.79T16.80T17.53T18.92T18.11T20.59T22.57T24.24T23.96T23.49T
Total Equity5.62T13.59T11.32T11.72T7.68T6.87T7.19T7.81T8.51T8.88T7.43T10.38T11.11T11.69T12.44T11.80T10.09T10.84T11.44T12.02T13.26T13.36T15.55T16.57T18.41T16.72T16.26T17.65T
Cash644.54B670.67B701.64B1.17T1.09T797.50B1.75T1.54T1.85T1.39T1.59T1.54T8.63B1.44T2.08T2.08T1.84T2.58T2.90T1.96T2.71T2.25T2.63T3.02T2.45T2.88T3.73T3.51T
Total Debt4.77T3.87T8.36T9.36T14.01T13.51T12.15T8.66T7.76T7.70T8.12T9.60T9.46T11.12T11.59T11.60T12.55T8.79T8.12T6.80T6.68T7.85T8.11T9.26T10.86T11.39T11.62T12.21T
Net Debt4.12T3.20T7.66T8.19T12.92T12.71T10.40T7.12T5.91T7.70T6.53T8.07T9.45T9.68T9.51T9.52T10.71T6.21T5.22T4.84T3.96T5.59T4.68T5.42T7.56T8.52T7.89T8.70T

Cash Flow

Currency: KRW1998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating Cash Flow2.64T2.92T2.65T3.63T4.83T3.35T4.56T5.98T5.49T4.27T2.92T3.40T3.24T2.15T5.72T4.11T1.92T4.23T4.77T3.88T4.01T3.75T4.74T5.56T3.60T5.50T5.07T5.01T
Investing Cash Flow-4.06T-3.34T-5.49T-3.92T-4.06T-1.55T-3.50T-2.50T-2.92T-3.45T-3.53T-2.87T-3.44T-2.65T-3.84T-3.66T-3.17T-2.40T-3.48T-3.48T-2.70T-3.89T-3.76T-5.14T-4.84T-4.62T-2.85T-4.56T
Financing Cash Flow1.04T578.14B2.86T755.58B-844.13B-2.13T-103.00B-3.69T-2.31T-1.37T1.05T-930.45B-128.98B768.47B-1.27T-311.79B1.07T-1.16T-943.27B-1.36T-531.67B-249.75B-647.59B-41.28B669.33B-452.79B-1.39T-655.68B
Capital Expenditure3.62T3.07T4.58T4.41T3.23T3.37T2.87T2.84T3.56T329.47B3.55T2.99T3.59T3.69T4.28T3.64T3.43T3.52T3.22T3.06T3.01T3.80T3.72T4.25T3.99T4.17T2.91T3.65T
Free Cash Flow-977.67B-154.13B-1.93T-781.87B1.59T-20.00B1.69T3.13T1.94T3.94T-633.50B407.99B-346.90B-1.53T1.45T472.92B-1.51T714.86B1.55T821.97B1.00T-55.18B1.02T1.31T-390.07B1.33T2.16T1.36T
Dividends Paid81.32B67.72B94.82B161.63B224.91B223.75B660.00B675.83B406.46B473.04B409.27B229.36B502.19B586.15B486.60B511.27B222.80B41.58B184.10B243.14B298.63B305.16B310.57B350.33B476.80B526.83B872.35B585.64B
FCF to OCF-37.00%-5.28%-72.87%-21.53%33.03%-0.60%37.05%52.46%35.30%92.28%-21.70%12.01%-10.69%-71.38%25.26%11.50%-79.05%16.90%32.50%21.20%25.02%-1.47%21.42%23.56%-10.84%24.18%42.57%27.22%
Dividend Paid to FCF-8.32%-43.94%-4.91%-20.67%14.11%-1118.75%39.08%21.56%20.96%12.01%-64.60%56.22%-144.76%-38.19%33.67%108.11%-14.71%5.82%11.87%29.58%29.76%-553.06%30.59%26.74%-122.23%39.59%40.46%42.96%

Earnings

Report DateApr 30, 2010Jul 30, 2010Nov 9, 2010Jan 28, 2011May 30, 2011Aug 29, 2011Nov 7, 2011Mar 31, 2012Jun 30, 2012Sep 30, 2012Dec 31, 2012Mar 31, 2013Jun 30, 2013Sep 30, 2013Nov 1, 2013Jan 28, 2014Apr 30, 2014Jul 29, 2014Oct 31, 2014Jan 30, 2015Apr 29, 2015Jul 31, 2015Oct 30, 2015Jan 29, 2016May 18, 2016Aug 16, 2016Nov 14, 2016Mar 3, 2017Apr 28, 2017Aug 14, 2017Nov 14, 2017Mar 2, 2018May 3, 2018Aug 3, 2018Nov 2, 2018Feb 11, 2019May 2, 2019Aug 6, 2019Nov 7, 2019Feb 5, 2020May 12, 2020Aug 6, 2020Nov 5, 2020Mar 29, 2021May 10, 2021Aug 9, 2021Nov 8, 2021Feb 9, 2022Apr 26, 2022Aug 9, 2022Nov 8, 2022Feb 22, 2023May 10, 2023Aug 7, 2023Nov 6, 2023Feb 7, 2024May 9, 2024Aug 8, 2024Nov 5, 2024Feb 13, 2025May 8, 2025Aug 11, 2025Nov 13, 2025Feb 10, 2026May 28, 2026Sep 11, 2026Nov 6, 2026
EPS Estimate--0.360.450.660.53-------------------0.650.570.220.630.750.720.360.370.450.41-0.030.360.290.320.040.350.310.380.180.570.610.550.710.690.500.460.250.450.590.420.340.480.590.49-0.910.760.930.560.200.50--
EPS Actual0.530.731.420.251.570.490.481.390.791.370.420.670.390.40-2.28-0.36-3.270.090.10-0.460.490.560.20-0.220.320.430.370.150.370.400.33-0.240.350.430.400.030.400.290.330.040.360.310.380.130.550.610.550.700.680.490.460.200.450.620.350.320.570.580.53-0.880.761.000.580.160.501.01-
Surprise--294.44%-44.44%137.88%-7.55%--------------------33.85%-35.09%-31.82%-41.94%-46.67%-54.17%-166.67%-5.30%-4.42%-1.46%204.00%11.92%1.00%1.78%2.00%2.43%0.35%-0.50%-29.84%-4.08%-0.29%0.15%-1.68%-1.08%-1.44%-0.26%-20.62%0.71%4.92%-16.47%-7.95%19.68%-1.25%8.99%2.76%-0.13%6.84%3.65%-18.00%0.93%--
Timing--After-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hours------------Pre-market-After-hoursPre-marketPre-marketPre-marketAfter-hoursAfter-hoursPre-marketAfter-hoursAfter-hoursPre-marketPre-marketPre-marketPre-marketPre-marketPre-marketAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursPre-marketAfter-hours-After-hours--After-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursAfter-hoursPre-market-Pre-market-After-hours----

Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap9.38B
Enterprise Value13.61B
Trailing P/E10.10
Forward P/E10.93
PEG Ratio4.41
Price / Sales0.00
Price / Book0.69
EPS1.95
Book Value28.50
Revenue (TTM)27.43T
Gross Profit (TTM)27.43T
EBITDA5.76T
Profit Margin4.72%
Operating Margin9.60%
Return on Equity7.15%
Return on Assets2.69%
Shares Outstanding476.26M
Shares Float422.11M
Beta0.09
Dividend Yield4.14%
Dividend Rate0.81
Payout Ratio29.40%

Analyst Ratings

Buy
Based on 2 analystsTarget 21.94
  • Strong Buy
    1
  • Hold
    1

Ownership Breakdown

Institutions
36.66%
Insiders
0.00%
Retail / Other
63.34%

Top Institutional Holders

  • Wellington Management Company LLP
    26.97M5.59%
  • Niatross Investments Limited
    11.01M2.28%
  • T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
    10.08M2.09%
  • Kopernik Global Investors, LLC
    9.04M1.88%
  • Capital Research & Mgmt Co - Division 3
    8.76M1.82%
  • Capital Research Global Investors
    7.39M1.53%
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co
    7.18M1.49%
  • Pzena Investment Management, LLC
    7.18M1.49%
  • Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc
    5.96M1.24%
  • Two Sigma Investments LLC
    5.85M1.21%
  • Robeco Institutional Asset Management BV
    5.81M1.20%
  • Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC
    5.33M1.11%
  • Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts
    4.99M1.03%
  • Schroder Investment Management Group
    4.39M0.91%
  • Lazard Asset Management LLC
    3.63M0.75%
  • Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd
    2.66M0.55%

Top Fund Holders

  • American Funds New World A
    13.26M2.75%
  • T. Rowe Price International Value Eq
    3.68M0.76%
  • Heptagon Kopernik Glb AllCp Eq C $ Acc
    3.24M0.67%
  • Vanguard International Core Stock Adm
    2.96M0.61%

Dividends

20263×
0.17Jul 29, 20260.16May 27, 20260.17Feb 25, 2026
20254×
0.16Nov 5, 20250.22Jul 30, 20250.21Mar 31, 20250.17Feb 28, 2025
20243×
0.18Sep 30, 20240.18Jun 28, 20240.18Mar 27, 2024
20231×
0.71Dec 28, 2023
20221×
0.73Dec 29, 2022
20211×
0.75Dec 30, 2021
20201×
0.61Dec 30, 2020
20191×
0.44Dec 30, 2019
20181×
0.47Dec 30, 2018
20171×
0.47Dec 28, 2017
20161×
0.35Dec 29, 2016
20151×
0.22Dec 30, 2015
20131×
0.38Dec 30, 2013
20121×
0.88Dec 30, 2012
20111×
0.88Dec 29, 2011
20101×
1.11Dec 30, 2010
20091×
0.89Dec 30, 2009