KT Corporation (KT)Communication Services | Telecom Services | Seongnam-si, South Korea | NYSE
19.63 USD
+0.03
(0.153%)
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(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 19.63 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:34 a.m. EDT
The investment case here rests entirely on the company's transition from a traditional telecom utility to a digital infrastructure play powered by AI, a shift confirmed by recent executive buying and upgraded analyst ratings. While the stock trades at a discount to book value and offers a robust 4.36% yield, the underlying business faces headwinds with shrinking revenue and negative earnings growth. The market has priced in these struggles, resulting in a low valuation that may not fully reflect the potential of the new strategic pivot. For the short term, the upcoming ex-dividend event acts as a catalyst, supported by speculative call buying that suggests traders expect a pop. However, the lack of put protection and the company's recent earnings miss suggest caution; this is a speculative turnaround story rather than a momentum play, warranting a neutral stance until the new strategy yields tangible top-line results. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.021890 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.022143 |
| MSTL | 0.022490 |
| AutoTheta | 0.023618 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 55% |
| H-stat | 0.53 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.244 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.06 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-07-28 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2025-07-29 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 61.744 |
| Revenue per Share | 56915.08 |
| Market Cap | 9,349,054,464 |
| Trailing P/E | 10.12 |
| Forward P/E | 5.62 |
| Beta | 0.09 |
| Profit Margins | 4.72% |
| Website | https://corp.kt.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:34 a.m. EDT: Speculator positioning is heavily skewed toward calls, with open interest concentrated at the $20 strike (ATM anchor) and significant volume in $17.5 calls. This indicates a bullish bias expecting a move higher, likely ahead of the ex-dividend date. Conversely, put activity is virtually non-existent, suggesting a lack of hedging demand or fear of a downside crash.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-30 | 0.216 | 1.068778 |
| 2025-03-31 | 0.209 | 1.180124 |
| 2025-02-28 | 0.175 | 1.019814 |
| 2024-09-30 | 0.181 | 1.176853 |
| 2024-06-28 | 0.180 | 1.316752 |
| 2024-03-27 | 0.182 | 1.285311 |
| 2023-12-28 | 0.711 | 5.239499 |
| 2022-12-29 | 0.729 | 5.376106 |
| 2005-12-28 | 0.973 | 4.563790 |
| 2005-06-28 | 0.493 | 2.258360 |
| 2005-01-07 | 0.318 | 1.499293 |
| 2004-06-28 | 0.430 | 2.388889 |
| 2003-12-29 | 0.361 | 1.920213 |
| 2002-12-27 | 0.299 | 1.381701 |
| 2001-12-27 | 0.236 | 1.186526 |
| 2000-12-27 | 0.207 | 0.663727 |
| 1999-12-29 | 0.198 | 0.278873 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.00910008 |
| Address1 | 90, Buljeong-ro (206 Jungja-dong) |
| Address2 | Bundang-gu, Jong-ro 3-Gil |
| All Time High | 79.875 |
| All Time Low | 6.66 |
| Ask | 20.0 |
| Ask Size | 800 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.5 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,389,830 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,701,122 |
| Average Volume | 1,701,122 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,389,830 |
| Beta | 0.085 |
| Bid | 18.08 |
| Bid Size | 1,000 |
| Book Value | 28.114326 |
| City | Seongnam-si |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | South Korea |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 19.63 |
| Current Ratio | 1.126 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 19.71 |
| Day Low | 19.46 |
| Debt To Equity | 61.744 |
| Display Name | KT |
| Dividend Date | 1,787,184,000 |
| Dividend Rate | 0.81 |
| Dividend Yield | 4.16 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,565,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,565,600 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.351 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.36 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,908,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,908,800 |
| Ebitda | 5,755,091,025,920 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.20981 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 1.656 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.347 |
| Enterprise Value | 9,528,197,251,072 |
| Eps Current Year | 3.472 |
| Eps Forward | 3.495 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.94 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,785,283,200 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 18.271 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.3589993 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.07438012 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -0.91000795 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 24.58 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -4.950001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.20138326 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 17.13 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 2.5 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.14594279 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 17.13 - 24.58 |
| Financial Currency | KRW |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 927,725,400,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 5.3 |
| Float Shares | 423,113,286 |
| Forward Eps | 3.495 |
| Forward P E | 5.6165953 |
| Free Cashflow | 857,782,484,992 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Fullday Change | 0.0299988 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 0.153055 |
| Fullday Price | 19.63 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 1.0 |
| Gross Profits | 27,430,020,448,256 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.36611998 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 476,263,616 |
| Industry | Telecom Services |
| Industry Disp | Telecom Services |
| Industry Key | telecom-services |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,753,833,600 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.216 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | KT Corporation provides integrated telecommunications and platform services in South Korea, rest of Asia, and internationally. The company offers mobile voice and data telecommunications services based on 5G, 4G LTE and 3G W-CDMA technology; fixed-line telephone services, including local, domestic long-distance, international long-distance, and voice over Internet protocol telephone services, as well as interconnection services; broadband Internet access service and other Internet-related services; and data communication services, such as fixed-line and satellite leased line services, as well as broadband Internet connection services. It also provides media and content services, including IPTV, satellite TV, digital music, e-commerce, online advertising consulting, and web comics and novels services; and credit card processing and other financial services. In addition, the company offers information technology and network services, and satellite services; sells handsets and miscellaneous telecommunications equipment; develops and sells residential units and commercial real estate development. Further, it offers telecommunication facility maintenance, investment fund, software development and data processing, value-added network, call center, system integration and maintenance, marketing, PCS distribution, transportation and trucking arrangement business, cloud system implementation, satellite communication network, installation and management, and data center development and related services. Additionally, the company is involved in the residential building development and supply, sports team management, technology business finance, and submarine cable construction and maintenance businesses. The company was formerly known as Korea Telecom Corp. and changed its name to KT Corporation in March 2002. KT Corporation was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Seongnam-si, South Korea. |
| Long Name | KT Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 9,349,054,464 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_416000 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 1,294,480,048,128 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 9,269,242,296 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 19.71 |
| Operating Cashflow | 4,427,068,997,632 |
| Operating Margins | 0.09595 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.4422 |
| Peg Ratio | 4.41 |
| Phone | 82 8 0448 0100 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 19.63 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,805 |
| Previous Close | 19.6 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 5.653802 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.6982205 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.00034083295 |
| Profit Margins | 0.04723 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.605 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.5 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0299988 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.153055 |
| Regular Market Day High | 19.71 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 19.46 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 19.46 - 19.71 |
| Regular Market Open | 19.71 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 19.6 |
| Regular Market Price | 19.63 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,202 |
| Regular Market Volume | 892,909 |
| Return On Assets | 0.02694 |
| Return On Equity | 0.07151 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.101 |
| Revenue Per Share | 56,915.08 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Sector Disp | Communication Services |
| Sector Key | communication-services |
| Shares Outstanding | 476,263,616 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0097 |
| Shares Short | 4,639,973 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 5,982,090 |
| Short Name | KT Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0097 |
| Short Ratio | 2.85 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | KT |
| Target High Price | 26.0 |
| Target Low Price | 20.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 21.94458 |
| Target Median Price | 20.88916 |
| Total Cash | 4,943,225,815,040 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 10,357.433 |
| Total Debt | 12,615,180,877,824 |
| Total Revenue | 27,430,020,448,256 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 2,400.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 122.448975 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.94 |
| Trailing P E | 10.118556 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 4.4077 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 19.82485 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.19485092 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.009828621 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 892,909 |
| Website | https://corp.kt.com |
| Zip | 13,606 |