KT Corporation

KT Communication Services Telecom Services

KT Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $20.0 billion, up 6.82% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−10.1%
EPS
−39.6%
Free cash flow
−46.9%
Total debt
+4.84%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

18.48 0.02 +0.11%
Market cap
$8.7B
P/E
9.9×
Fwd P/E
—
Dividend yield
2.21%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
1.74
Beneish M
−3.18
Dividend safety
59/100

KT Corporation (KT) Operating margin

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KT Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 7.05%, down 1.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.86%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.40% (fiscal 2024) to 8.86% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is below the Telecom Services industry median of 9.22% and above the Communication Services sector median of 0.94%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 8.86% 6.46
FY2024 2.40% (2.97)
FY2023 5.37% (2.13)
FY2022 7.50% 0.76
FY2021 6.74% 2.56
FY2020 4.18% 0.08
FY2019 4.10% (0.60)
FY2018 4.70% 0.16
FY2017 4.54% (1.25)
FY2016 5.79% (0.01)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 9.71% 2.59
Mar 2026 7.12% 3.11
Dec 2025 4.01% (3.54)
Sep 2025 7.55% (6.11)
35 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 2.40% High 8.86%
Ten-year median 5.37%
Current reading's percentile 57

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
TLK PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk compare 28.1%
TIMB TIM S.A. Sponsored ADR compare 24.4%
TIGO Millicom International Cellular SA compare 24.0%
VEON VEON Ltd. compare 21.8%
IRDM Iridium Communications Inc compare 19.0%
SKM SK Telecom Co., Ltd. compare 7.24%
KT KT Corporation 7.05%
GSAT Globalstar, Inc. compare 3.83%
LBTYB Liberty Global Ltd compare −1.78%
Telecom Services industry median 9.22%
Communication Services sector median 0.94%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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