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KT CORP
NYSETelephone Communications (No Radiotelephone)Latest fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2024

KT CORP reported revenue of KRW 26.38T in its most recent fiscal year, up 0.4% on the year before. It kept 1.5% of that as net income, and generated KRW 2.16T of free cash flow. Figures below are compared against other companies classified under Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone).

Grades vs. industry

Growth
D34/100
Ranked against 7 peers using 8 metrics.
Profitability
C41/100
Ranked against 19 peers using 6 metrics.
Financial health
C+55/100
Ranked against 17 peers using 5 metrics.
Dividend coverage
C45/100
Ranked against 7 peers using 3 metrics.

Growth

MetricCompanyIndustry medianRank
Revenue growth (YoY)
Latest fiscal year revenue vs. the year before.
0.4%2.8%14 / 21
Revenue growth (3y)
Annualized revenue growth over three fiscal years.
1.9%1.8%10 / 20
Revenue growth (5y)
Annualized revenue growth over five fiscal years.
1.2%3.3%13 / 20
EPS growth (YoY)
Diluted EPS vs. the prior fiscal year.
-53.0%18.2%12 / 14
EPS growth (3y)
Annualized diluted EPS growth over three fiscal years.
-31.2%7.0%9 / 9
EPS growth (5y)
Annualized diluted EPS growth over five fiscal years.
-6.6%-1.1%6 / 7
Free cash flow growth (YoY)
Operating cash flow less capital expenditure, vs. prior year.
19.1%7.3%6 / 16
Free cash flow growth (3y)
Annualized free cash flow growth over three fiscal years.
1.4%4.4%8 / 12

top third of peersmiddle thirdbottom third. Rank 1 is always best — for debt and payout ratios that means the lowest figure, not the highest.

“Not reported” means the company did not tag this figure in its filing, not that the value is zero. Rankings are hidden where fewer than 5 classified peers reported the metric, and compare against a broad industry code rather than close competitors.

Profitability

MetricCompanyIndustry medianRank
Gross margin
Gross profit as a share of revenue. Often unreported.
Not reported46.5%—
Operating margin
Operating income as a share of revenue.
2.4%5.4%12 / 19
Net margin
Net income as a share of revenue.
1.5%2.4%11 / 20
Free cash flow margin
Free cash flow as a share of revenue.
8.2%12.4%11 / 19
Return on equity
Net income divided by shareholder equity.
2.3%9.0%14 / 21
Return on assets
Net income divided by total assets.
1.0%4.2%14 / 23
Return on invested capital
After-tax operating profit over debt plus equity less cash.
1.8%4.0%15 / 22

top third of peersmiddle thirdbottom third. Rank 1 is always best — for debt and payout ratios that means the lowest figure, not the highest.

“Not reported” means the company did not tag this figure in its filing, not that the value is zero. Rankings are hidden where fewer than 5 classified peers reported the metric, and compare against a broad industry code rather than close competitors.

Financial health

MetricCompanyIndustry medianRank
Debt to equity
Total debt divided by shareholder equity.
0.59x0.69x9 / 19
Current ratio
Current assets over current liabilities.
1.02x1.00x11 / 23
Quick ratio
Current assets excluding inventory, over current liabilities.
0.95x0.94x11 / 23
Interest coverage
Operating income divided by interest expense.
1.71x0.60x8 / 18
Net debt to EBITDA
Net debt over derived EBITDA. EBITDA is not a GAAP tag; it is computed.
1.21x1.21x9 / 17

top third of peersmiddle thirdbottom third. Rank 1 is always best — for debt and payout ratios that means the lowest figure, not the highest.

“Not reported” means the company did not tag this figure in its filing, not that the value is zero. Rankings are hidden where fewer than 5 classified peers reported the metric, and compare against a broad industry code rather than close competitors.

Debt figures can be understated where a filer splits borrowings across XBRL tags this site does not match.

Dividend coverage

Measures how much of earnings and free cash flow the dividend consumes, against industry peers. A low grade means the dividend is less covered than peers' — not that a cut is expected. Long-established payers often score low here by design.

MetricCompanyIndustry medianRank
Dividend payout ratio
Dividends paid as a share of net income.
214.5%47.4%12 / 12
Dividend / free cash flow
Dividends paid as a share of free cash flow. The stricter test.
40.5%30.1%9 / 14
Dividend growth (5y)
Annualized growth in dividends per share over five years.
12.2%-7.1%1 / 7

top third of peersmiddle thirdbottom third. Rank 1 is always best — for debt and payout ratios that means the lowest figure, not the highest.

“Not reported” means the company did not tag this figure in its filing, not that the value is zero. Rankings are hidden where fewer than 5 classified peers reported the metric, and compare against a broad industry code rather than close competitors.

Dividend record

What the dividend has actually done, not a prediction of what it will do. Changes are checked against total dollars paid so that stock splits are not mistaken for cuts.

Years paying
9
since 2017 in this data
Consecutive increases
None
most recent year was not an increase
Reductions
None
in the years covered
Latest per share
KRW 1960.00
fiscal 2024

Dividend history is limited to what companies have filed in machine-readable form, which generally begins around 2009. A company may have paid or raised its dividend for far longer than shown here.

Annual financials

Fiscal year2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
RevenueKRW 26.38TKRW 26.29TKRW 25.64TKRW 24.90TKRW 24.10TKRW 24.90TKRW 23.44TKRW 23.55TKRW 23.16TKRW 22.70T
Operating incomeKRW 640.06BKRW 1.43TKRW 1.97TKRW 1.70TKRW 1.02TKRW 1.03TKRW 1.10TKRW 1.07TKRW 1.38TKRW 1.08T
Net incomeKRW 406.67BKRW 972.18BKRW 1.39TKRW 1.46TKRW 746.26BKRW 695.87BKRW 719.41BKRW 546.34BKRW 831.85BKRW 624.68B
EPS (diluted)KRW 1868.00KRW 3977.00KRW 5196.00KRW 5747.00KRW 2858.00KRW 2632.00KRW 2634.00KRW 1883.00KRW 3041.00KRW 2231.00
Operating cash flowKRW 5.07TKRW 5.50TKRW 3.60TKRW 5.56TKRW 4.74TKRW 3.75TKRW 4.01TKRW 3.88TKRW 4.77TKRW 4.23T
Capital expenditureKRW 2.91TKRW 3.69TKRW 3.44TKRW 3.50TKRW 3.21TKRW 3.26TKRW 2.26TKRW 2.44TKRW 2.76TKRW 3.12T
Free cash flowKRW 2.16TKRW 1.81TKRW 157.21BKRW 2.07TKRW 1.53TKRW 481.83BKRW 1.75TKRW 1.44TKRW 2.01TKRW 1.11T
Total assetsKRW 42.00TKRW 42.79TKRW 40.99TKRW 37.16TKRW 33.66TKRW 34.63TKRW 32.47TKRW 29.90TKRW 30.66T—
Shareholder equityKRW 17.97TKRW 18.54TKRW 18.41TKRW 16.57TKRW 15.55TKRW 15.14TKRW 14.66TKRW 13.18TKRW 12.92TKRW 12.25T
Total debtKRW 10.52TKRW 10.22TKRW 10.01TKRW 8.44TKRW 7.32TKRW 7.30TKRW 6.65TKRW 6.68TKRW 8.12T—
CashKRW 3.72TKRW 2.88TKRW 2.45TKRW 3.02TKRW 2.63TKRW 2.31TKRW 2.70TKRW 1.93TKRW 2.90TKRW 2.56T
Dividends per shareKRW 1960.00KRW 1960.00KRW 1910.00KRW 1350.00KRW 1100.00KRW 1100.00KRW 1000.00KRW 800.00KRW 500.00—

A dash means the figure was not tagged in that year’s filing. It does not mean zero. Figures reflect the most recent filing covering each period, so restated years show their restated values.

Amounts are in KRW, as the company reports them. Nothing here is converted to dollars, so these figures cannot be compared directly against a company reporting in another currency. Margins, returns and other ratios are unaffected.

Source

Figures come from KT CORP’s filings with the SEC, as submitted in XBRL. The most recent annual figures are from a 20-F filed Apr 29, 2025. View filings on EDGAR.

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