KT Corporation (KT) vs Liberty Global Ltd (LBTYB)

KT Corporation and Liberty Global Ltd are both Telecom Services companies. KT Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $9.3B against $7.1B — 1.3× the size. Liberty Global Ltd has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; KT Corporation trades at 10.6×. Liberty Global Ltd grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.43% against 3.31%. KT Corporation has the higher net margin (4.63% vs −62.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.27% vs −0.35%). Across the 21 metrics below, KT Corporation leads on 14 and Liberty Global Ltd on 7.

Valuation

Metric KT LBTYB Telecom Services median
P/E 10.59 n/m 13.27
P/S 0.49 0.86 0.95
P/B 0.66 0.45 1.47
Price to free cash flow 11.86 9.97 8.72
EV/EBITDA 3.70 9.90 6.85
EV/Sales 0.78 2.08 1.87
Earnings yield 9.44% (71.96%) 1.66%
Free cash flow yield 8.43% 10.03% 5.53%

Profitability

Metric KT LBTYB Telecom Services median
Gross margin 7.05% 48.78% 51.26%
Operating margin 7.05% (1.78%) 7.62%
Net margin 4.63% (62.14%) 4.22%
Free cash flow margin 4.11% 8.66% 4.73%
Return on equity 6.53% (26.78%) 5.80%
Return on assets 2.95% (12.46%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 4.27% (0.35%) 3.41%

Growth

Metric KT LBTYB Telecom Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.31% 5.43% 3.31%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 257.14% (593.14%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.44% (15.83%) 1.50%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 16.50% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KT LBTYB Telecom Services median
Debt to equity 0.55 0.88 0.63
Current ratio 1.13 1.28 1.13
Net debt to EBITDA 1.12 6.04 1.86

Dividend

Metric KT LBTYB Telecom Services median
Dividend yield 5.34% — 4.06%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric KT LBTYB Telecom Services median
Market cap 9.32b 7.08b 3.06b

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