Kt (KT) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2025)
Kt (KT) recorded Return on Assets [ROA] of 4.25% in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2025, up 1.40 percentage points from 2.85% a year earlier and up 0.21 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Kt (KT) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Dec 31, 2025, Kt reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 4.21%, up 3.28 percentage points from the prior year.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of +1.84 percentage points (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 0.93% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (-1.76 pp), 2.69% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (-1.56 pp), 4.24% in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-0.91 pp) and 5.16% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+2.79 pp).
- The figure for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2025 is the highest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since the quarter ended Sep 30, 2019.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] has increased for six consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.64 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Assets [ROA] in the last five years was a gain of 1.48 percentage points in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2025, against a drop of 1.03 percentage points in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2023 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 4.04% (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025), 4.04% (quarter ended Jun 30, 2025) and 3.28% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verizon Communications | 192.44 Bn | 158.78 Bn | 27.05 Bn | 4.08% |
| 2 | T-Mobile US | 170.09 Bn | 152.53 Bn | 15.13 Bn | 5.30% |
| 3 | At&T | 149.57 Bn | 91.04 Bn | 26.22 Bn | 3.34% |
| 4 | Grupo Televisa, S.A.B | 144.20 Bn | 144.20 Bn | 310.59 Mn | 2.57% |
| 5 | Comcast | 87.91 Bn | 53.70 Bn | - | 4.22% |
| 6 | Vodafone Group Public | 39.09 Bn | 8.49 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | Chunghwa Telecom | 38.09 Bn | 30.11 Bn | 728.80 Mn | 1.93% |
| 8 | EchoStar | 28.69 Bn | 19.78 Bn | 1.65 Bn | -14.06% |
| 9 | Bce | 19.59 Bn | 17.71 Bn | 3.38 Bn | 9.01% |
| 10 | Kt | 8.97 Bn | -5.28 Bn | - | 4.26% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.26% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.19% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.14% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.44% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.04% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.98% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.86% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.77% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.54% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.32% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.52% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.21% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.84% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.98% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.91% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.92% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.71% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.27% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 2.97% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 2.41% |
API Access
Kt Return on Assets [ROA] 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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=KT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=KT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();