Communication Services
Live Price
Offline$17.79
-0.11% today
1Y Change
-10.59%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026
Coverage: 250 bars · Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
KT Corporation (KT) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $14.68T and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $17.79 and down 10.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +0.0%, EPS growth of +277.5%, a dividend yield of 3.9%. What stands out right now is revenue +0.0%, EPS +277.5%, free cash flow -36.8% with operating margin 8.7% and ROIC 5.5%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.9%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 3.7 and price/sales 0.5. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines KT price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
KT
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
KT Max Drawdown
-27.91%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for KT and SPY.
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$24.9T
-2.9% YoY
FY Net Income
$1.4T
+7.6% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$1.3T
+435.9% YoY
Revenue Growth
+0.0%
EPS Growth
+277.5%
Gross Margin
57.6%
Net Margin
6.1%
Income statement
KRW
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 28627.1B | 26431.2B | 26287.2B | 25650.0B | 24898.0B |
| Gross Profit | 9945.4B | 9150.7B | 16724.6B | 9630.9B | 14859.2B |
| Operating Income | 2482.6B | 809.5B | 1649.8B | 1968.2B | 1699.4B |
| EBITDA | 6415.4B | 4237.3B | 5526.8B | 5858.4B | 4774.1B |
| Net Income | 1754.5B | 470.3B | 993.3B | 1260.5B | 1356.9B |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
KRW
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 3506.8B | 3716.7B | 2879.6B | 2449.1B | 3019.6B |
| Total Assets | 42946.8B | 42002.8B | 42791.6B | 40989.8B | 37159.3B |
| Total Liabilities | 23489.6B | 24035.2B | 24249.1B | 22577.1B | 20592.2B |
| Shareholder Equity | 17654.9B | 16181.7B | 16730.6B | 16612.2B | 14976.5B |
| Total Debt | 12208.3B | 11580.1B | 11398.1B | 10006.7B | 8437.7B |
| Net Debt | 8701.4B | 7863.5B | 8518.5B | 7557.6B | 5418.1B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
5561.8B
+54.6% YoY
Capital Expenditures
4251.5B
-6.6% YoY
Free Cash Flow
1310.4B
+435.9% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
57.6%
Operating Margin
8.7%
Net Margin
6.1%
ROE
10.1%
Debt / Equity
0.69x
Next Step
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