Kt (KT) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025)
Kt (KT) recorded Operating Margin of 4.19% in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2025, up 2.32 percentage points from 1.86% a year earlier but down 3.37 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Kt (KT) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Dec 31, 2025, Kt reported Operating Margin of 8.95%, up 6.52 percentage points from the prior year.
- Annual Operating Margin has a five-year change of +4.71 percentage points (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- Across earlier years, Operating Margin came in at 2.43% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (-3.01 pp), 5.43% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (-2.24 pp), 7.68% in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (+0.85 pp) and 6.83% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+2.58 pp).
- Quarterly Operating Margin has ranged from 1.86% in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2024 to 13.66% in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2025 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Margin has increased for four consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.98 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Operating Margin in the last five years was a gain of 6.12 percentage points in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2025, against a drop of 4.59 percentage points in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2024 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 7.55% (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025), 13.66% (quarter ended Jun 30, 2025) and 10.06% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verizon Communications | 190.70 Bn | 155.11 Bn | 27.03 Bn | 20.96% |
| 2 | T-Mobile US | 175.28 Bn | 160.03 Bn | 14.76 Bn | 24.09% |
| 3 | At&T | 167.47 Bn | 115.42 Bn | 25.82 Bn | 22.30% |
| 4 | Grupo Televisa, S.A.B | 141.87 Bn | 130.50 Bn | 318.12 Mn | 11.00% |
| 5 | Comcast | 76.96 Bn | 41.21 Bn | - | 17.23% |
| 6 | Chunghwa Telecom | 35.31 Bn | 31.16 Bn | 728.80 Mn | 21.61% |
| 7 | EchoStar | 25.94 Bn | 17.08 Bn | 1.65 Bn | 14.34% |
| 8 | AST SpaceMobile | 22.90 Bn | 23.41 Bn | 7.95 Mn | -1,018.86% |
| 9 | Bce | 18.99 Bn | 17.31 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Kt | 9.13 Bn | -3.84 Bn | - | 4.19% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.19% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 7.55% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 13.66% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 10.06% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.86% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 6.97% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 7.55% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 7.61% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.45% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.81% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 8.80% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.54% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.39% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 6.99% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 7.27% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 9.98% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.81% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 6.15% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 7.90% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 7.37% |
API Access
Kt Operating Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=KT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "KT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=KT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();