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Share price

18.57 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

9.04B USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2024, filed Apr 29, 2025
Ratios computed
Oct 15, 2026
Filed years
9, FY2016 to FY2024
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on invested capital, after tax

1.9% Computed

From the FY2024 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to earnings

26.38x Computed

FY2024 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

17.8% Computed

FY2024 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, by fiscal year

FY2015 Revenue: 22.21T KRWFY2015 Net income: 546.36B KRWFY2016 Revenue: 23.16T KRWFY2016 Net income: 745.09B KRWFY2017 Revenue: 23.55T KRWFY2017 Net income: 461.56B KRWFY2018 Revenue: 23.44T KRWFY2018 Net income: 645.57B KRWFY2019 Revenue: 24.90T KRWFY2019 Net income: 645.70B KRWFY2020 Revenue: 24.10T KRWFY2020 Net income: 700.89B KRWFY2021 Revenue: 24.90T KRWFY2021 Net income: 1.36T KRWFY2022 Revenue: 25.64T KRWFY2022 Net income: 1.26T KRWFY2023 Revenue: 26.29T KRWFY2023 Net income: 993.33B KRWFY2024 Revenue: 26.38T KRWFY2024 Net income: 459.86B KRW
Revenue Net income10 fiscal years; a year whose statement names no SEC filing is market data, and the table in Filings says which.
Named tests met
6 of 30 Which tests
The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it cheap

Price to earnings is 26.38x at the close of 2026-10-15 on FY2024 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits between 25.00x and 40.00x.

Today, against the Telecommunications Services industry (31 companies), 26.38x sits at the 80th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 8.80x to 22.98x.

Is it good

Return on invested capital was 1.9% in FY2024, in the band labelled "Likely below the cost of capital" (below 8.0%), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting returns below the usual cost of the capital employed.

Today, against the Communication Services sector (80 companies), 1.9% sits at the 44th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from -2.3% to 8.8%.

Is it safe

Interest coverage was 0.64x in FY2024, in the band labelled "Distress territory" (below 1.50x), on lines anchored on Damodaran's interest-coverage table.

Year by year against peers
Whether KT Corporation's return on invested capital stayed above the median of the Communication Services sector, year by year. (FY2022 to FY2024, 3 fiscal years of KT Corporation with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way KT Corporation's return on equity has moved, and how steadily. (FY2015 to FY2024, 10 filed years of KT Corporation)
What could explain it
What in KT Corporation's filed statements could explain the movements. (5 readings drawn from the statement lines KT Corporation filed)
What to check next
What to check next on KT Corporation, and where in its filings. (3 questions for KT Corporation)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on KT Corporation's returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (14 of sixteen figures read for KT Corporation)

These are KT’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2024 annual report: 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, accession 0001193125-25-101714.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

KT Corporation: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax1.9% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Return on equity2.8% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Return on capital employed, pre-tax2.3% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Return on assets1.1% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Gross margin
Why n/a

Our archived statements for this filer carry no gross profit line, so there is nothing to compute a gross margin from and trace back to source. That may be because the filer presents no cost of revenue, or because we have not captured the concept. We do not guess which.

n/a ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Operating margin2.4% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Net margin1.7% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
KT 1.7%
LUMN -14.0%TKC 11.7%TIMB 16.2%PHI 14.9%KYIV 10.7%
-14.0%16.2%
Net margin: KT against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

KT Corporation: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity0.72 ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Current ratio1.02 ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Quick ratio0.95 ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Interest coverage0.64x ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Altman Z-score1.45 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Net debt7.86T ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Total assets 42.00TTotal liabilities 24.04TShareholders' equity 16.18TOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What KT Corporation owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2024, from the balance sheet it filed (20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714).

KT Corporation: balance sheet position
Total assets42.00T FiledFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025
Total liabilities24.04T FiledFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025
Shareholders' equity16.18T FiledFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025
Cash3.72T FiledFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025
Total debt11.58T FiledFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025
Net debt7.86T
Current ratio1.02
Debt to equity0.72

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

KT Corporation: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings26.38x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
P/E on trailing twelve months
Why n/a

A trailing figure needs 4 filed quarters with the dates they were filed on, and we hold 0 for this company. Nothing is drawn rather than a line built from fewer.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book0.75x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Price to sales0.46x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Enterprise value to EBIT31.24x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Enterprise value to EBITDA4.43x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Price to earnings over growth
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Diluted earnings per share
Why n/a

The FY2024 filing carries no diluted earnings per share we could read.

n/a FiledFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Graham number
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value KT on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for KT Corporation today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

KT Corporation: valuation
Share price18.57 USD
Market capitalisation9.04B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDA4.43x
Graham numbern/a
Diluted earnings per share, FY2015n/a

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months: A trailing figure needs 4 filed quarters with the dates they were filed on, and we hold 0 for this company. Nothing is drawn rather than a line built from fewer.

Companies like KT Corporation

  1. Lumen Technologies, Inc. (LUMN)Market cap 5.02B USD
  2. Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. (TKC)Market cap 4.33B USD
  3. TIM S.A. (TIMB)Market cap 8.79B USD
  4. PLDT Inc. (PHI)Market cap 4.26B USD
  5. Kyivstar Group Ltd. Common Shares (KYIV)Market cap 2.84B USD

Same industry (Telecommunications Services) and size band (Mid, 2B to 10B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

KT Corporation: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield17.8% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Free cash flow2.16T KRW ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Free cash flow margin8.2% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Dividend yield
Why n/a

The newest cash flow statement on file ended more than fifteen months ago, so it says nothing about today's yield.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Payout ratio189.7% ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
FY2015 Free cash flow: 714.86B KRWFY2015 Net income: 546.36B KRWFY2016 Free cash flow: 2.01T KRWFY2016 Net income: 745.09B KRWFY2017 Free cash flow: 1.44T KRWFY2017 Net income: 461.56B KRWFY2018 Free cash flow: 1.75T KRWFY2018 Net income: 645.57B KRWFY2019 Free cash flow: 481.83B KRWFY2019 Net income: 645.70B KRWFY2020 Free cash flow: 1.53T KRWFY2020 Net income: 700.89B KRWFY2021 Free cash flow: 2.07T KRWFY2021 Net income: 1.36T KRWFY2022 Free cash flow: 157.21B KRWFY2022 Net income: 1.26T KRWFY2023 Free cash flow: 1.81T KRWFY2023 Net income: 993.33B KRWFY2024 Free cash flow: 2.16T KRWFY2024 Net income: 459.86B KRW
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

KT Corporation: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
26.38xFY2024Oct 15, 2026
0.75xFY2024Oct 15, 2026
31.24xFY2024Oct 15, 2026
17.8%FY2024Oct 15, 2026
1.9%FY2024Apr 29, 2025
n/aFY2024Oct 15, 2026
n/a The newest cash flow statement on file ended more than fifteen months ago, so it says nothing about today's yield.
0.72FY2024Apr 29, 2025
1.02FY2024Apr 29, 2025
0.46xFY2024Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2024Oct 15, 2026
n/a The filed income statement reports no earnings per share.
1.45FY2024Oct 15, 2026
-3.27FY2024Apr 29, 2025
5/9FY2024Apr 29, 2025

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2024, the newest full year on file. 9 filed fiscal years on record, FY2016 to FY2024, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 fiscal years, FY2015 to FY2024. 9 read from the annual reports KT Corporation filed with the SEC, each naming its filing; the rest from statements that name none, which are market data. Amounts in KRW, as reported.

KT Corporation: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY202426.38T640.06B459.86Bn/a2.16T2.4%2.8%20-F, Apr 29, 20250001193125-25-101714
FY202326.29T1.43T993.33Bn/a1.81T5.4%5.9%20-F, Apr 30, 20240001193125-24-123598
FY202225.64T1.97T1.26Tn/a157.21B7.7%7.6%20-F, Apr 28, 20230001193125-23-123967
FY202124.90T1.70T1.36Tn/a2.07T6.8%9.1%20-F, Apr 28, 20220001193125-22-125213
FY202024.10T1.02T700.89Bn/a1.53T4.2%5.0%20-F, Apr 30, 20210001193125-21-142666
FY201924.90T1.03T645.70Bn/a481.83B4.1%4.7%20-F, Apr 29, 20200001193125-20-124602
FY201823.44T1.10T645.57Bn/a1.75T4.7%4.9%20-F, Apr 30, 20190001193125-19-127310
FY201723.55T1.07T461.56Bn/a1.44T4.5%3.9%20-F, Apr 30, 20180001193125-18-141554
FY201623.16T1.38T745.09Bn/a2.01T6.0%6.4%20-F, Apr 30, 20180001193125-18-141554
FY201522.21T1.08T546.36B1115.50714.86B4.8%5.0%Market data, supplied Oct 15, 2026accession n/a
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2015 to FY2024: 1.9%
  • Earnings, compound annual growth FY2015 to FY2024: -1.9%
  • Earnings per share: Fewer than two filed years carry earnings per share.
  • Free cash flow, compound annual growth FY2015 to FY2024: 13.1%

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

KT Corporation: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-3.27 ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Piotroski F-score5/9 ComputedFY2024 20-F, filed Apr 29, 2025, 0001193125-25-101714
Named tests met6 of 30 Computed
Beta0.30 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 6 met, 22 not met, 2 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
Deep value; Owner earnings yield; Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Cash-covered dividend; Tangible book or below; Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman)
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Large cap, low P/E; Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High returns and growth; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); EV/EBITDA and coverage; High yield, low payout; Low beta, profitable; ROIC at or above WACC; Near the 52-week low; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt; High return on tangibles; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Clean books, high ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff)
Not measured
Dividends and buybacks; P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham). A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(7)
  • Positive Earnings Streak: The latest filed year has no per-share earnings we can read; the test needs 10.
  • PEG Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Eps Growth 5Y: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Gross Margin: Our archived statements for this filer carry no gross profit line, so there is nothing to compute a gross margin from and trace back to source. That may be because the filer presents no cost of revenue, or because we have not captured the concept. We do not guess which.
  • Dividend Yield: The newest cash flow statement on file ended more than fifteen months ago, so it says nothing about today's yield.
  • Share Count Change Yoy: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Price To Graham: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by the founder: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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Next step

What to do with what you have read.

A thesis is your reason for owning it, in your words, with the figures that must stay true. Checking those figures every night against the newest filed accounts, and telling you once when one breaks, is what the subscription adds.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 7 figures could not be read on this company, among them Positive Earnings Streak, PEG Ratio, Eps Growth 5Y. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 2 named tests come back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.
  • We hold 9 filed fiscal years rather than 10, so the run above is shorter than a full decade and is counted as what it is.

And the one that is true of all of it: This is what the numbers say today. It cannot tell you the day one of them stops being true. Nothing here can, because the reasons are not written down.

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