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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 10.1%, EPS fell 39.6%, free cash flow fell 46.9% and total debt rose 4.84%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.

18.47 0.10 −0.54%
Market cap
$8.9B
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

Insider Decisions trades per month

Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 0.68%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 8,860.00
Revenue 19,413.64
Net Income 975.33
Free Cash Flow 798.08
Net Debt 5,754.71
Current Ratio 1.13
Debt/Equity 0.55
P/E ratio 9.93
Fwd P/E —
P/S ratio 0.46
P/B ratio 0.62
Past 5Y EPS Growth 17.01% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth (9.47%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 9.88%
Next Y revenue growth —
Next 5Y EPS Growth 1.73%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 53.45%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 84.81%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 78.18%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 90.71%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 76.29%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.22
Annual Dividend Rate 0.41
Annual Dividend Yield 2.21%
total individual payouts
2026 0.41
0.20
0.20
0.21
2025 0.60
0.17
0.21
0.22
0.20
2024 0.54
0.18
0.18
0.18
2023 0.71
0.71
2022 0.73
0.73
2021 0.75
0.75
2020 0.61
0.61
2019 0.44
0.44
2018 0.95
0.47
0.47
2017 0.47
0.47
2016 0.70
0.35
0.35
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 2,304 2,602 2,455 2,135
Receivables 5,739 4,304 4,099 4,449
Inventory 791 738 353 438
Other 2,842 2,412 2,940 3,353
11,675 10,056 9,846 10,375
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 6,444 5,176 4,808 4,747
ST’ Debt 2,447 2,733 1,750 2,926
Other 1,477 1,779 1,517 1,296
10,598 9,819 8,285 9,214

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (0.03%) 0.44% 2.86%
Cash Flow (0.42%) (1.82%) 11.17%
Earnings 9.23% 16.50% 10.89%
Book Value 2.74% 1.78% 1.79%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 4,745 4,676 — — —
’25 4,792 5,199 4,989 5,004 19,984
’24 5,324 4,582 4,658 4,143 18,707
’23 5,155 5,238 5,358 5,525 21,276
’22 5,022 5,050 4,534 3,758 18,364
’21 5,426 5,425 5,596 6,238 22,685
’20 4,764 4,701 4,801 5,701 19,553
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 455 1,065 — — —
’25 441 1,439 885 694 3,459
’24 891 1,374 815 466 3,546
’23 731 1,411 1,429 832 4,403
’22 669 973 604 272 2,518
’21 1,047 1,345 1,354 1,260 5,006
’20 755 1,945 699 972 3,792
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (143) 507 — — —
’25 (712) 953 375 59 675
’24 212 990 217 (139) 1,280
’23 (389) 832 753 (44) 1,151
’22 (333) 363 105 (268) (133)
’21 (60) 456 507 447 1,351
’20 755 295 333 972 867
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.50 0.61 — — —
’25 0.75 1.01 0.59 0.16 2.50
’24 0.57 0.58 0.54 (0.95) 0.70
’23 0.46 0.60 0.40 0.09 1.55
’22 0.69 0.53 0.46 0.34 2.02
’21 0.57 0.64 0.57 0.72 2.51
’20 0.69 0.30 0.35 0.26 1.14
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 10.81 13.63 12.55 10.86 6.66 10.41 11.56 11.04 12.10 15.54

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 16.79 18.82 16.12 14.72 11.63 15.35 15.30 14.93 18.45 21.61
People
People Employees 23,575 23,817 23,835 23,372 22,720 21,759 20,544 19,737 16,927 14,701
Revenue/emp, $m 0.88 0.89 0.89 0.85 0.86 1.04 0.89 1.08 1.11 1.36
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 20,809 21,192 21,327 19,919 19,553 22,685 18,364 21,276 18,707 19,984
Gross margin, % 5.79 4.54 4.70 4.10 4.18 6.74 7.50 5.37 2.40 8.86
EBT 1,011 735 941 815 825 1,781 1,324 1,042 400 1,681
EBT margin, % 4.86 3.47 4.41 4.09 4.22 7.85 7.21 4.90 2.14 8.41
Net income 716 492 655 559 597 1,313 970 778 285 1,277
Depreciation 3,201 3,198 3,074 2,994 3,103 3,286 2,597 3,283 2,917 2,786
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 42.49 43.25 43.52 40.62 39.87 48.22 37.91 42.64 38.04 41.12
Earnings 1.20 0.88 1.28 1.07 1.14 2.51 2.02 1.55 0.70 2.51
Cash flow 8.77 7.12 7.45 6.11 7.73 10.64 5.20 8.82 7.21 7.12
Capex (5.71) (5.45) (5.38) (6.10) (5.96) (7.77) (5.47) (6.52) (4.61) (5.73)
Free cash flow 3.05 1.68 2.07 0.01 1.77 2.87 (0.27) 2.31 2.60 1.39
Book value 23.49 23.97 27.22 24.71 25.37 31.70 26.60 29.73 25.57 27.97
Shares, m 490 490 490 490 490 470 484 499 492 486
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 14.72 16.42 14.81 8.77 6.86 5.01 6.55 8.44 20.97 7.53
P/S 0.00 0.35 0.33 0.27 0.27 0.26 0.35 0.31 0.41 0.46
P/B 0.00 0.66 0.54 0.48 0.42 0.40 0.50 0.44 0.61 0.68
EV/Sales 0.23 0.55 0.49 0.47 0.48 0.48 0.64 0.58 0.66 0.72
EV/FCF 1.51 4.23 2.29 (102.41) 407.22 7.99 (88.30) 10.81 9.69 21.20
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 4,294 3,490 3,650 2,996 3,792 5,006 2,518 4,403 3,546 3,459
Capex (2,798) (2,668) (2,635) (2,992) (2,924) (3,655) (2,651) (3,251) (2,267) (2,784)
Free cash flow 1,496 822 1,014 5 867 1,351 (133) 1,151 1,280 675
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 174 198 2,515 1,492 1,569 1,607 1,394 1,077 238 1,561
Total debt 7,309 6,015 6,050 5,839 5,853 7,594 7,005 8,175 7,364 7,550
Net debt 4,698 4,280 3,590 3,994 3,745 4,876 5,290 5,871 4,763 5,095
Shareholders’ equity 11,504 11,744 13,339 12,115 12,441 14,910 12,889 14,834 12,577 13,592
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 2.42 1.53 2.09 1.83 2.07 4.05 2.84 2.53 1.01 4.04
ROIC 4.65 3.75 3.70 3.17 3.16 4.83 4.74 3.45 1.61 5.92
ROE 5.83 3.57 4.68 4.08 4.57 8.93 6.35 5.73 2.35 9.20
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

KT Corporation vs peers in Telecom Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
TIGO Millicom International Cellular SA $13.8B 20.8× 23.8× +59.40% (above 0%: growing) −83.95% (below 0%: shrinking) +66.11% (above 0%: growing) 75.26% 21.20% Compare
TLK PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk $12.6B 8.1× — −8.61% (below 0%: shrinking) +5,809.09% (above 0%: growing) +3.00% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 24.01% Compare
SKM SK Telecom Co., Ltd. $12.5B 25.5× — +0.47% (above 0%: growing) +406.25% (above 0%: growing) −29.63% (below 0%: shrinking) 89.10% 12.99% Compare
GSAT Globalstar, Inc. $10.8B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −3.54% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −20.48% (below 0%: shrinking) 58.32% (7.37%) Compare
KT KT Corporation $8.9B 9.9× — −10.06% (below 0%: shrinking) −39.60% (below 0%: shrinking) −46.85% (below 0%: shrinking) 9.71% 9.71%
TIMB TIM S.A. Sponsored ADR $8.8B 11.0× 13.4× +18.33% (above 0%: growing) +14.29% (above 0%: growing) +17.75% (above 0%: growing) 55.35% 24.42% Compare
LBTYB Liberty Global Ltd $7.1B — (loss-making) — −7.65% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +429.69% (above 0%: growing) 50.62% 0.26% Compare
VEON VEON Ltd. $5.3B 100× 7.4× +16.93% (above 0%: growing) −79.56% (below 0%: shrinking) +431.58% (above 0%: growing) 86.55% 27.46% Compare
LUMN Lumen Technologies, Inc. $5.0B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −9.28% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +124.34% (above 0%: growing) 49.55% (3.14%) Compare
Median of peers $9.8B 20.8× 13.4× −1.53% +14.29% +41.93% 66.79% 17.10%

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KT Corporation (KT) key facts

  • Strength: KT Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $20.0 billion, up 6.82% from fiscal 2024.
  • KT Corporation (KT) is a Telecom Services company in the Communication Services sector, traded in the US as an ADR.
  • As of October 16, 2026, KT traded at $18.47, a market capitalization of $8.9 billion.
  • KT Corporation pays an annual dividend of $0.41 per share, a yield of 2.21%, with a payout ratio of 21.9%.
  • Return on equity was 9.20% and debt-to-equity 0.55.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 8 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.74 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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