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
Follow KT
Alert me
KT Corporation (KT) Return on equity
KT Corporation's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 6.53%, down 2.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.20%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.35% (fiscal 2024) to 9.20% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Telecom Services industry median of 6.00% and above the Communication Services sector median of 0.00%.
Return on equity, annual
Embed this chart
Annual newest first
| Period | Return on equity | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 9.20% | 6.85 |
| FY2024 | 2.35% | (3.38) |
| FY2023 | 5.73% | (0.62) |
| FY2022 | 6.35% | (2.58) |
| FY2021 | 8.93% | 4.36 |
| FY2020 | 4.57% | 0.49 |
| FY2019 | 4.08% | (0.60) |
| FY2018 | 4.68% | 1.11 |
| FY2017 | 3.57% | (2.26) |
| FY2016 | 5.83% | 1.11 |
Against its own ten years
Return on equity against peers
| Company | Return on equity |
|---|---|
| IRDM Iridium Communications Inc compare | 31.7% |
| TIGO Millicom International Cellular SA compare | 22.2% |
| TIMB TIM S.A. Sponsored ADR compare | 17.3% |
| KT KT Corporation | 6.53% |
| SKM SK Telecom Co., Ltd. compare | 5.30% |
| VEON VEON Ltd. compare | 3.45% |
| TLK PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk compare | 0.00% |
| GSAT Globalstar, Inc. compare | −25.5% |
| LBTYB Liberty Global Ltd compare | −26.8% |
| Telecom Services industry median | 6.00% |
| Communication Services sector median | 0.00% |
| Market median | 0.51% |
What Return on equity is
ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)
More on KT
- Revenue
- Net income
- EPS (diluted)
- EBITDA
- Free cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- Free cash flow margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- EV/EBITDA
- EV/Sales
- EV/FCF
- Return on assets
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
- Piotroski F-score
- Altman Z-score
- Beneish M-score
- The full statement