Kt (KT) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025)

Kt's (KT) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $4.7 billion in Q4 2025, down 14.14% year-on-year from $5.5 billion in Q4 2024, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from $4.8 billion in Q3 2025.

Kt (KT) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Kt has disclosed Operating Expenses across 15 years of filings, most recently posting $4.7 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Operating Expenses for Q4 2025 came in at $4.7 billion, down 14.14% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $18.3 billion (down 4.23% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $18.0 billion, down 3.97% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $4.7 billion for Q4 2025 at Kt, roughly flat from $4.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $5.5 billion in Q4 2024 to a low of $4.2 billion in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $4.7 billion (2022), against an average of $4.8 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses advanced 9.67% in 2021 and dropped 14.14% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Kt's Operating Expenses stood at $5.5 billion in 2021, then slipped by 10.12% to $5.0 billion in 2022, then gained by 4.9% to $5.2 billion in 2023, then climbed by 6.17% to $5.5 billion in 2024, then dropped by 14.14% to $4.7 billion in 2025.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $4.7 billion (Q4 2025), $4.8 billion (Q3 2025), and $4.6 billion (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Bce 382.57 Bn 381.58 Bn - -2.58 Bn
2 T-Mobile US 195.94 Bn 192.42 Bn 17.62 Bn 18.61 Bn
3 Verizon Communications 190.78 Bn 183.73 Bn 27.94 Bn 26.20 Bn
4 At&T 159.64 Bn 149.68 Bn 25.25 Bn 24.85 Bn
5 Telefonica Brasil 146.21 Bn 144.47 Bn 1.32 Bn -191.29 Mn
6 America Movil Sab De Cv 128.31 Bn 126.27 Bn 10.13 Bn 8.11 Bn
7 Chunghwa Telecom 109.39 Bn 107.21 Bn 719.92 Mn 305.28 Mn
8 Millicom International Cellular 106.22 Bn 104.67 Bn - -650.00 Mn
9 Veon 82.81 Bn 80.59 Bn - -533.00 Mn
10 Kt 3.05 Mn -3.55 Bn - 4.75 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 4.75 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 4.76 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 4.58 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 4.25 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 5.53 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 4.57 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 4.42 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 4.63 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 5.21 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 4.86 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 4.54 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 4.68 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 4.96 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 4.51 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 4.65 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 4.69 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 5.52 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 5.04 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 4.95 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 5.02 Bn