Kt (KT) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2025)
Kt (KT) recorded Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 8.09% in Q4 2025, up 5.75 percentage points from 2.34% a year earlier and up 4.28 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Kt (KT) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Kt reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 8.46%, up 6.28 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of +4.52 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 2.19% in FY2024 (-2.65 pp), 4.84% in FY2023 (-1.70 pp), 6.54% in FY2022 (-0.03 pp) and 6.57% in FY2021 (+2.62 pp).
- The Q4 2025 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q4 2013.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] rose in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.13 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the last five years was a gain of 5.75 percentage points in Q4 2025, against a drop of 2.36 percentage points in Q4 2024 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 3.81% (Q3 2025), 3.86% (Q2 2025) and 2.47% (Q1 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verizon Communications | 190.79 Bn | 157.13 Bn | 27.05 Bn | 8.39% |
| 2 | T-Mobile US | 173.48 Bn | 155.91 Bn | 15.13 Bn | 10.24% |
| 3 | At&T | 147.74 Bn | 89.20 Bn | 26.22 Bn | 6.26% |
| 4 | Grupo Televisa, S.A.B | 147.02 Bn | 147.02 Bn | 960.50 Mn | 5.31% |
| 5 | Comcast | 86.74 Bn | 52.53 Bn | - | 7.98% |
| 6 | Chunghwa Telecom | 38.68 Bn | 30.69 Bn | 728.80 Mn | 2.44% |
| 7 | Vodafone Group Public | 37.42 Bn | 6.82 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | EchoStar | 27.50 Bn | 8.54 Bn | 647.20 Mn | 0.75% |
| 9 | Bce | 20.09 Bn | 18.08 Bn | 2.79 Bn | 8.92% |
| 10 | Kt | 9.21 Bn | -5.04 Bn | - | 8.09% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.09% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.81% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.86% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.47% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.34% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.24% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.66% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.81% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.69% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.99% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.02% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.54% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.57% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.61% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.55% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.58% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.19% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 5.18% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 4.75% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 4.20% |
API Access
Kt Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] 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-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=KT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "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-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=KT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();