Kt (KT) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2025)
Kt's (KT) Times Interest Earned was 0.22 for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2025, compared with 0.00 a year earlier and down 98.7% from the prior quarter.
Kt (KT) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Dec 31, 2025, Times Interest Earned at Kt was 3.28, up 409.2% from the prior year.
- By year, Times Interest Earned came in at 0.64 in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (-74.4%), 2.51 in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (-4.3%), 2.62 in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-63.7%) and 7.24 in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+69.2%).
- Five-year quarterly Times Interest Earned spans a low of 0.00 in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2024 and a high of 17.01 in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2025.
- Year over year, Times Interest Earned gained in four of the last seven quarters, with growth averaging 63.7%.
- The high point for year-over-year Times Interest Earned in five years was the quarter ended Mar 31, 2022 (growth of 374.4%); the low point was the quarter ended Jun 30, 2022 (a decline of 80.6%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before the quarter ended Dec 31, 2025 came in at 17.01 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025), 2.69 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2025) and 5.54 (quarter ended Mar 31, 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Times Interest Earned (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verizon Communications | 190.70 Bn | 155.11 Bn | 27.03 Bn | 3.62 |
| 2 | T-Mobile US | 175.28 Bn | 160.03 Bn | 14.76 Bn | - |
| 3 | At&T | 167.47 Bn | 115.42 Bn | 25.82 Bn | 3.74 |
| 4 | Grupo Televisa, S.A.B | 141.87 Bn | 130.50 Bn | 318.12 Mn | 0.81 |
| 5 | Comcast | 76.96 Bn | 41.21 Bn | - | 4.90 |
| 6 | Chunghwa Telecom | 35.31 Bn | 31.16 Bn | 728.80 Mn | 125.87 |
| 7 | EchoStar | 25.94 Bn | 17.08 Bn | 1.65 Bn | - |
| 8 | AST SpaceMobile | 22.90 Bn | 23.41 Bn | 7.95 Mn | - |
| 9 | Bce | 18.99 Bn | 17.31 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Kt | 9.13 Bn | -3.84 Bn | - | 0.22 |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.22 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 17.01 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.69 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 5.54 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.00 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 9.01 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.33 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.11 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.00 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.93 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.88 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.45 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.00 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.98 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.43 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 12.20 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.00 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.00 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 7.38 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 2.57 |
Kt Times Interest Earned 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=times-interest-earned&ticker=KT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "times-interest-earned", "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=times-interest-earned&ticker=KT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();