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KT Corporation (KT) vs VEON Ltd. (VEON)

KT Corporation and VEON Ltd. are both Telecom Services companies. KT Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $8.9B against $5.3B — 1.7× the size. KT Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 9.9× against 100×. VEON Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 14.7% against 3.31%. KT Corporation has the higher net margin (4.63% vs 1.24%) and the lower return on invested capital (4.27% vs 12.7%). Across the 22 metrics below, KT Corporation leads on 15 and VEON Ltd. on 7.

Valuation

Metric KT VEON Telecom Services median
P/E 9.93 100.24 13.80
P/S 0.46 1.22 0.83
P/B 0.62 3.02 1.35
Price to free cash flow 11.12 8.49 8.86
EV/EBITDA 3.55 4.75 6.37
EV/Sales 0.75 1.88 1.82
Earnings yield 10.07% 1.00% 2.02%
Free cash flow yield 8.99% 11.78% 5.99%

Profitability

Metric KT VEON Telecom Services median
Gross margin 7.05% 87.07% 51.26%
Operating margin 7.05% 21.75% 7.62%
Net margin 4.63% 1.24% 4.22%
Free cash flow margin 4.11% 14.35% 4.98%
Return on equity 6.53% 3.45% 5.80%
Return on assets 2.95% 0.63% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 4.27% 12.72% 3.41%

Growth

Metric KT VEON Telecom Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.31% 14.71% 3.31%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 257.14% 29.49% 0.62%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.44% (9.61%) 2.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 16.50% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KT VEON Telecom Services median
Debt to equity 0.55 3.05 0.63
Current ratio 1.13 0.97 1.13
Net debt to EBITDA 1.12 1.30 1.86

Dividend

Metric KT VEON Telecom Services median
Dividend yield 2.21% — 2.72%
Payout ratio 0.22 — 0.43

Size

Metric KT VEON Telecom Services median
Market cap 8.86b 5.28b 2.77b

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