KT

MKT CAP:$10B

KT Corporation

Market Cap

$10B

Communication Services·Telecommunications Services·🇰🇷 South Korea·NYSE

Communication·Telecommunications·🇰🇷·NYSE

Stock Price

$22.06+$3.02 (+15.86%)

Apr 20, 2026

Company Details

KT Corporation provides integrated telecommunications and platform services in Korea and internationally. The company offers fixed-line telephone services, including local, domestic long-distance, international long-distance, and voice over...

CEO

Young-Shub Kim

IPO Date

May 26, 1999

Website

www.kt.com

Key Metrics TTM

Revenue

$16.9B

— YoY

Net Income

$461M

EPS (Diluted)

$0.92

Free Cash Flow

-$578M

Revenue / Share

$34.25

Gross Margin

27.6%

Operating Margin

5.3%

Net Margin

2.7%

FCF Margin

-3.4%

P/S

0.6x

P/E

22.6x

Earnings Reports

FY 2025

Dec 30, 2025

$19.3BEPS $2.43

Q4 2025

Apr 13, 2026

NEW

$4.6BEPS $0.16

Q2 2018

Jun 29, 2018

$4.1B+1.7%EPS $0.35

Q2 2017

Jun 29, 2017

$4.0B+4.2%EPS $0.31

Q4 2016

Dec 30, 2016

$4.2BEPS $0.11

Revenue & Profitability

Quarter	Revenue	Gross Profit	Operating Income
Q1 16	$3.7B	$2.2B	$260M
Q2 16	$3.8B	$2.3B	$288M
Q3 16	$3.7B	$932M	$266M
Q4 16	$4.2B	$960M	$159M
Q2 17	$4.0B	$1.1B	$306M
Q2 18	$4.1B	$1.1B	$279M
Q4 25	$4.6B	$1.5B	$148M

Valuation

Quarter	P/S	P/E
Q1 16	—	—
Q2 16	—	—
Q3 16	—	—
Q4 16	0.4x	14.2x
Q2 17	0.5x	16.7x
Q2 18	0.4x	12.3x
Q4 25	0.5x	19.9x

Operating Cash Flow

Quarter	Operating CF	Free CF
Q2 13	$946M	$382M
Q3 13	$846M	$197M
Q4 13	$874M	$116M
Q1 14	$400M	-$389M
Q2 14	-$19M	-$500M
Q3 14	$486M	$10M
Q4 14	$427M	-$144M
Q4 25	$643M	$56M

Capital Expenditures

Quarter	CapEx
Q2 13	$564M
Q3 13	$649M
Q4 13	$758M
Q1 14	$789M
Q2 14	$480M
Q3 14	$476M
Q4 14	$571M
Q4 25	$587M

CapEx

OpEx vs Revenue Growth (YoY)

Quarter	Revenue Growth	OpEx Growth
Q2 17	+7.3%	+6.5%
Q2 18	+6.0%	+6.7%
Q4 25	+25.4%	+30.8%

Stock-Based Compensation

Quarter	SBC ($)	% of Revenue
Q2 13	$0	—
Q3 13	$0	—
Q4 13	$0	—
Q1 14	$0	—
Q2 14	$0	—
Q3 14	$0	—
Q4 14	$0	—
Q4 25	$0	0.0%

OpEx Breakdown

Quarter	R&D	G&A	S&M	SG&A
Q1 16	—	$1.6B	$342M	—
Q2 16	$26M	$693M	$360M	—
Q3 16	$28M	—	—	$593M
Q4 16	$30M	—	—	$727M
Q2 17	$26M	—	—	$676M
Q2 18	$28M	—	—	$783M
Q4 25	$38M	—	—	$1.3B

War Chest

Quarter	Cash	Short-term Investments	Total
Q1 22	$1.8B	$924M	$2.7B
Q2 22	$1.9B	$968M	$2.9B
Q3 22	$2.1B	$842M	$2.9B
Q4 22	$1.6B	$856M	$2.5B
Q1 23	$1.4B	$930M	$2.4B
Q2 23	$1.2B	$857M	$2.1B
Q3 23	$2.1B	$1.0B	$3.1B
Q4 23	$1.9B	$937M	$2.9B
Q1 24	$2.0B	$950M	$3.0B
Q2 24	$2.6B	$826M	$3.4B
Q3 24	$2.7B	$660M	$3.3B
Q4 24	$2.5B	$786M	$3.3B
Q1 25	$2.1B	$875M	$3.0B
Q2 25	$2.6B	$769M	$3.3B
Q3 25	$2.6B	$952M	$3.6B
Q4 25	$2.4B	$1.0B	$3.4B

Shares Outstanding

Quarter	Shares (Diluted)	QoQ Change	YoY Change
Q1 16	490M	—	—
Q2 16	490M	-0.0%	—
Q3 16	490M	+0.1%	—
Q4 16	490M	0.0%	—
Q2 17	490M	+0.0%	+0.1%
Q2 18	490M	+0.1%	+0.1%
Q4 25	493M	+0.6%	+0.6%

Shares Outstanding

Revenue Per Employee

Period	Revenue/Employee	Employees
Q1 16	$158.2K	24K
Q2 16	$162.9K	24K
Q3 16	$155.8K	24K
Q4 16	$179.8K	24K
Q2 17	$169.4K	24K
Q2 18	$170.6K	24K
Q4 25	$271.6K	17K

Revenue / Employee