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) Return on invested capital

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KT Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 4.27%, down 1.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (5.92%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.61% (fiscal 2024) to 5.92% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Telecom Services industry median of 3.77% and above the Communication Services sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 5.92% 4.31
FY2024 1.61% (1.84)
FY2023 3.45% (1.29)
FY2022 4.74% (0.09)
FY2021 4.83% 1.67
FY2020 3.16% (0.01)
FY2019 3.17% (0.53)
FY2018 3.70% (0.05)
FY2017 3.75% (0.90)
FY2016 4.65% 0.00

Against its own ten years

Low 1.61% High 5.92%
Ten-year median 3.75%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
VEON VEON Ltd. compare 12.7%
TIMB TIM S.A. Sponsored ADR compare 11.4%
TIGO Millicom International Cellular SA compare 10.5%
KT KT Corporation 4.27%
IRDM Iridium Communications Inc compare 4.10%
SKM SK Telecom Co., Ltd. compare 3.53%
GSAT Globalstar, Inc. compare 2.21%
TLK PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk compare 0.00%
LBTYB Liberty Global Ltd compare −0.35%
Telecom Services industry median 3.77%
Communication Services sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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