Kt (KT) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2025)
Kt's Retained Earnings came in at $10.32 billion for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2025, up 4.5% from $9.88 billion a year earlier but down 4.6% from the prior quarter.
Kt (KT) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Going back to the quarter ended Mar 31, 2009, Kt's Retained Earnings data covers 47 quarters.
- Retained Earnings carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of 1.6% (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- Going back by year, Retained Earnings was $9.88 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (-10.0%), $10.98 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+20.7%), $9.09 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-12.9%) and $10.44 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+9.4%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Retained Earnings is $9.09 billion (the quarter ended Dec 31, 2022) to $11.16 billion (the quarter ended Jun 30, 2021).
- Year-over-year, Retained Earnings increased in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 2.9%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Retained Earnings over five years came in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2023 (growth of 20.7%), and the weakest in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2024 (a decline of 10.0%).
- Business Quant data shows KT's Retained Earnings at $10.82 billion (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025), $10.53 billion (quarter ended Jun 30, 2025) and $9.8 billion (quarter ended Mar 31, 2025) in the three quarters before the quarter ended Dec 31, 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Retained Earnings (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verizon Communications | 182.48 Bn | 183.78 Bn | - | 100.00 Bn |
| 2 | T-Mobile US | 157.82 Bn | 142.56 Bn | 14.76 Bn | 24.69 Bn |
| 3 | At&T | 141.06 Bn | 98.51 Bn | 26.22 Bn | 19.27 Bn |
| 4 | Grupo Televisa, S.A.B | 135.02 Bn | 127.32 Bn | 318.12 Mn | 5.86 Bn |
| 5 | Comcast | 77.31 Bn | 43.27 Bn | - | 62.54 Bn |
| 6 | Vodafone Group Public | 38.32 Bn | 11.99 Bn | - | -145.01 Bn |
| 7 | Chunghwa Telecom | 37.64 Bn | 30.13 Bn | 728.80 Mn | 17.37 Bn |
| 8 | EchoStar | 26.23 Bn | 17.36 Bn | 1.65 Bn | 5.44 Bn |
| 9 | Bce | 18.73 Bn | 17.08 Bn | 3.38 Bn | -1.48 Bn |
| 10 | Kt | 8.12 Bn | -4.87 Bn | - | 10.38 Bn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 10.38 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 8.79 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 8.92 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 8.14 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 9.37 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 11.21 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 10.42 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 10.64 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 11.33 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 10.81 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 10.89 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 10.80 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 11.31 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 9.69 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 10.41 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 10.93 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 11.17 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 10.80 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 11.06 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 10.70 Bn |
Kt Retained Earnings API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=KT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-earnings", "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=retained-earnings&ticker=KT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();