KT vs Peers Stock Comparison

Kt Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
KT Kt Corp
$16.98 -13.7% 1M -8.8% 1Y
Market cap
$8.24B
P/E
6.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$19.92B
Div. yield
–
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Percentile Scorecard

KT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisKT
Valuation 90 #6 of 49
Growth 80 #10 of 45
Profitability 64 #17 of 45
Financial Health 71 #15 of 49
Shareholder Returns 61 #15 of 37
Overall 73
  • KT ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodKTSPY
1 month -13.7% -0.8%
3 months -9.3% +3.5%
6 months -20.4% +7.0%
Year to date -10.5% +12.2%
1 year -8.8% +13.0%
3 years +43.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year +12.7% +23.1%
5 years +28.9% +68.6%
5 years, per year +5.2% +11.0%
10 years +5.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year +0.5% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureKTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 22.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 24.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.49 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.38 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -30.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -30.8% -1.8%
52-week high $24.54 $779.14
52-week low $16.98 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleKT
P/E now vs peer median 6.8xmedian 11.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 6.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 8.0xmedian 5.7x
P/B now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.97median 0.24

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsKT
Revenue $19.92B
Operating income $1.79B
Net income $1.29B
Free cash flow $1.02B
EPS (diluted) $2.50
Cash & equivalents $2.44B
Total debt $12.82B
Shares (diluted) 486.18M
Enterprise value -$6.01B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricKT
P/E 6.8x
P/FCF 8.0x
P/Operating cash flow 2.4x
P/S 0.4x
P/B 0.7x
P/Tangible book 0.7x
EV/EBITDA –
EV/EBIT 7.6x
EV/Revenue 0.7x
EV/FCF 13.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 3.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.97

Growth

14 metrics
MetricKT
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) –
Operating income growth (1Y) 263.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 13.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 11.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 27.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 246.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 7.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -6.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -38.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 33.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricKT
Gross margin –
EBITDA margin –
Operating margin 9.0%
Pretax margin 8.5%
Net margin 6.1%
FCF margin 5.1%
Operating cash flow margin 17.5%
Return on equity 11.2%
Return on assets 4.3%
Return on invested capital 8.3%
Return on capital employed 8.1%
Asset turnover 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.7x
Stock comp / revenue –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricKT
Debt / assets 29.9%
Debt / equity 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA –
Debt / FCF 8.8x
Liabilities / assets 59.1%
Equity / assets 40.9%
Interest coverage 3.3x
Current ratio 1.2x
Quick ratio 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.4x
Altman Z-score 1.69

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricKT
Dividend yield 4.8%
Net buyback yield 2.1%
Shareholder yield 6.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusKT
Forward P/E 8.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.07FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -12.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +11.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $21.09BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -7.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersKT
Held by institutions 34.8%
Institutions holding 244
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.3%
Institutions buying 135
Institutions selling 78
Buyers to sellers 1.73

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