NYSE : KT
KT Corporation — Financial statements
Communication Services · Telecom Services · South Korea
Last price 17.17 USD (Oct 29, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT) · Market cap 8.17B
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Financial statements
KT Corporation (KT) reported revenue of 27.43T KRW (TTM). Five years of income statement, balance sheet, cash flow and ratios below.
Income statement
Fiscal year January - December; amounts in KRW.
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | 27.43T | 28.24T | 26.43T | 26.38T | 25.64T | 24.90T |
| Revenue | 27.43T | 28.24T | 26.43T | 26.38T | 25.64T | 24.90T |
| Cost of Revenue | 16.51T | 16.01T | 15.66T | |||
| Gross Profit | 27.43T | 28.24T | 26.43T | 9.87T | 9.63T | 9.24T |
| Selling, General & Admin | 21.15T | 21.38T | 21.19T | 4.01T | 4.07T | 3.83T |
| Research & Development | 8.18B | |||||
| Amortization of Goodwill & Intangibles | 590.87B | 599.70B | 639.27B | 683.78B | 622.20B | 603.33B |
| Other Operating Expenses | 415.36B | 397.26B | 404.11B | 250.65B | 232.49B | 224.83B |
| Operating Expenses | 25.56T | 25.79T | 25.65T | 8.22T | 8.06T | 7.72T |
| Operating Income | 1.87T | 2.45T | 783.00B | 1.65T | 1.57T | 1.53T |
| Interest Expense | -370.25B | -366.03B | -374.67B | -356.35B | -293.85B | -263.39B |
| Interest & Investment Income | 318.34B | 331.20B | 372.46B | 337.58B | 271.93B | 273.46B |
| Earnings From Equity Investments | 89.02B | 51.85B | 72.33B | -43.42B | -17.29B | 116.06B |
| Currency Exchange Gain (Loss) | -370.50B | 83.71B | -405.32B | -90.66B | -170.21B | -174.05B |
| Other Non Operating Income (Expenses) | 564.88B | 75.80B | 520.64B | 87.83B | 356.44B | 520.66B |
| EBT Excluding Unusual Items | 2.10T | 2.63T | 968.46B | 1.58T | 1.72T | 2.00T |
| Impairment of Goodwill | -230.35B | -24.01B | ||||
| Gain (Loss) on Sale of Investments | -105.09B | -110.65B | -85.63B | 6.98B | 38.32B | 13.73B |
| Gain (Loss) on Sale of Assets | -50.59B | -38.69B | -51.63B | -23.57B | 182.36B | -27.64B |
| Asset Writedown | -58.45B | -58.45B | -246.50B | -13.72B | -23.05B | -5.86B |
| Pretax Income | 1.89T | 2.42T | 584.70B | 1.32T | 1.89T | 1.98T |
| Income Tax Expense | 484.42B | 581.33B | 167.61B | 335.37B | 505.76B | 519.02B |
| Earnings From Continuing Operations | 1.41T | 1.84T | 417.09B | 988.72B | 1.39T | 1.46T |
| Net Income to Company | 1.41T | 1.84T | 417.09B | 988.72B | 1.39T | 1.46T |
| Minority Interest in Earnings | -109.96B | -105.73B | 53.19B | 21.14B | -125.17B | -102.52B |
| Net Income | 1.30T | 1.73T | 470.29B | 1.01T | 1.26T | 1.36T |
| Preferred Dividends & Other Adjustments | 1.14B | 1.11B | 1.05B | 1.15B | 784.00M | 2.34B |
| Net Income to Common | 1.29T | 1.73T | 469.23B | 1.01T | 1.26T | 1.35T |
| Shares Outstanding (Basic) | 240.95M | 242.99M | 245.91M | 249.47M | 242.24M | 235.20M |
| Shares Outstanding (Diluted) | 241.06M | 243.09M | 246.00M | 249.59M | 242.33M | 235.69M |
| EPS (Basic) | 5,372.36 | 7,119.24 | 1,908.15 | 4,043.43 | 5,200.26 | 5,759.04 |
| EPS (Diluted) | 5,368.47 | 7,113.92 | 1,905.80 | 4,038.19 | 5,196.24 | 5,747.00 |
| Free Cash Flow | 1.68T | 1.34T | 2.14T | 1.81T | 157.21B | 2.07T |
| Free Cash Flow Per Share | 6,951.84 | 5,532.84 | 8,698.49 | 7,253.18 | 648.74 | 8,769.37 |
| Dividend Per Share | 2.40K | 2.40K | 2.00K | 1.96K | 1.96K | 1.91K |
| Gross Margin | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 37.41% | 37.56% | 37.12% |
| Operating Margin | 6.83% | 8.67% | 2.96% | 6.25% | 6.13% | 6.13% |
| Profit Margin | 4.72% | 6.12% | 1.77% | 3.82% | 4.91% | 5.44% |
| Free Cash Flow Margin | 6.11% | 4.76% | 8.10% | 6.86% | 0.61% | 8.30% |
| EBITDA | 5.76T | 6.39T | 4.71T | 5.00T | 4.74T | 4.77T |
| EBITDA Margin | 20.98% | 22.61% | 17.83% | 18.95% | 18.48% | 19.17% |
| D&A For EBITDA | 3.88T | 3.94T | 3.93T | 3.35T | 3.17T | 3.25T |
| EBIT | 1.87T | 2.45T | 783.00B | 1.65T | 1.57T | 1.53T |
| EBIT Margin | 6.83% | 8.67% | 2.96% | 6.25% | 6.13% | 6.13% |
| Effective Tax Rate | 25.63% | 24.04% | 28.67% | 25.33% | 26.74% | 26.23% |
| Revenue as Reported | 26.23T | 25.21T | ||||
| Advertising Expenses | 2.77T | 2.43T | 153.75B | 195.52B | 171.40B |
Balance sheet
Fiscal year January - December; amounts in KRW.
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 3.05T | 3.51T | 3.72T | 2.88T | 2.45T | 3.02T |
| Short-Term Investments | 1.89T | 1.23T | 823.79B | 689.82B | ||
| Trading Asset Securities | 1.51T | 1.16T | 157.52B | 454.97B | 464.28B | |
| Cash & Short-Term Investments | 4.94T | 5.02T | 4.88T | 4.27T | 3.73T | 4.17T |
| Accounts Receivable | 3.02T | 2.94T | 2.92T | 3.26T | 3.09T | 2.98T |
| Other Receivables | 3.92T | 3.01T | 2.11T | |||
| Receivables | 3.02T | 2.94T | 2.92T | 7.17T | 6.10T | 5.09T |
| Inventory | 625.66B | 416.13B | 940.21B | 912.26B | 717.67B | 514.14B |
| Other Current Assets | 6.23T | 5.60T | 5.51T | 2.16T | 2.14T | 2.08T |
| Total Current Assets | 14.82T | 13.97T | 14.25T | 14.52T | 12.69T | 11.86T |
| Property, Plant & Equipment | 15.14T | 15.80T | 16.04T | 16.18T | 16.05T | 15.71T |
| Long-Term Investments | 5.57T | 4.72T | 4.06T | 4.17T | 3.84T | 2.04T |
| Goodwill | 209.09B | 273.78B | 488.43B | 708.22B | 696.87B | |
| Other Intangible Assets | 1.87T | 1.18T | 1.48T | 1.91T | 2.25T | 2.52T |
| Long-Term Accounts Receivable | 307.64B | 313.63B | 243.88B | 297.67B | 395.36B | 592.45B |
| Long-Term Deferred Tax Assets | 669.01B | 660.11B | 671.61B | 608.92B | 579.09B | 423.73B |
| Long-Term Deferred Charges | 168.20B | 104.11B | 138.60B | 171.86B | 228.37B | |
| Other Long-Term Assets | 6.31T | 5.92T | 4.75T | 4.40T | 4.31T | 3.08T |
| Total Assets | 44.69T | 42.95T | 41.88T | 42.71T | 40.99T | 37.16T |
| Accounts Payable | 1.14T | 1.04T | 1.30T | 1.15T | 1.54T | |
| Short-Term Debt | 4.18T | 709.81B | 459.83B | 425.79B | 505.00B | 338.93B |
| Current Portion of Long-Term Debt | 1.79T | 3.44T | 2.63T | 1.32T | 1.41T | |
| Current Portion of Leases | 366.50B | 379.29B | 349.26B | 307.87B | 315.89B | 332.70B |
| Current Income Taxes Payable | 286.45B | 237.61B | 123.14B | 236.46B | 232.38B | 266.43B |
| Current Unearned Revenue | 64.53B | 62.17B | 62.25B | 51.54B | 55.74B | 64.74B |
| Other Current Liabilities | 8.27T | 7.37T | 8.40T | 8.19T | 7.12T | 6.12T |
| Total Current Liabilities | 13.16T | 11.69T | 13.87T | 13.15T | 10.70T | 10.07T |
| Long-Term Debt | 7.09T | 8.29T | 6.62T | 7.18T | 8.21T | 6.71T |
| Long-Term Leases | 977.86B | 1.04T | 710.19B | 872.04B | 856.15B | 826.67B |
| Long-Term Unearned Revenue | 134.14B | 140.62B | 148.96B | 153.56B | 165.19B | 194.31B |
| Pension & Post-Retirement Benefits | 153.78B | 85.63B | 128.46B | 63.62B | 51.65B | 197.88B |
| Long-Term Deferred Tax Liabilities | 1.38T | 1.15T | 920.00B | 994.33B | 967.65B | 643.96B |
| Other Long-Term Liabilities | 1.36T | 1.09T | 1.49T | 1.73T | 1.62T | 1.95T |
| Total Liabilities | 24.25T | 23.49T | 23.88T | 24.15T | 22.58T | 20.59T |
| Common Stock | 1.56T | 1.56T | 1.56T | 1.56T | 1.56T | 1.56T |
| Additional Paid-In Capital | 1.44T | 1.44T | 1.44T | 1.44T | 1.44T | 1.44T |
| Retained Earnings | 15.47T | 14.96T | 13.78T | 14.49T | 14.26T | 13.29T |
| Treasury Stock | -609.98B | -461.13B | -215.21B | -398.07B | -202.29B | -1.01T |
| Comprehensive Income & Other | 716.32B | 144.87B | -361.48B | -351.94B | -447.63B | -305.81B |
| Total Common Equity | 18.58T | 17.66T | 16.21T | 16.75T | 16.61T | 14.98T |
| Minority Interest | 1.85T | 1.80T | 1.79T | 1.81T | 1.80T | 1.59T |
| Shareholders' Equity | 20.43T | 19.46T | 18.00T | 18.56T | 18.41T | 16.57T |
| Total Liabilities & Equity | 44.69T | 42.95T | 41.88T | 42.71T | 40.99T | 37.16T |
| Total Debt | 12.62T | 12.21T | 11.58T | 11.42T | 11.21T | 9.62T |
| Net Cash (Debt) | -7.67T | -7.19T | -6.70T | -7.15T | -7.48T | -5.44T |
| Net Cash Per Share | -31,825.56 | -29,570.03 | -27,247.33 | -28,664.19 | -30,885.72 | -23,088.01 |
| Filing Date Shares Outstanding | 238.63M | 241.10M | 251.67M | 246.41M | 256.04M | 235.81M |
| Total Common Shares Outstanding | 238.63M | 241.10M | 245.83M | 246.41M | 256.04M | 235.81M |
| Working Capital | 1.66T | 2.28T | 377.20B | 1.37T | 1.99T | 1.79T |
| Book Value Per Share | 77,879.02 | 73,231.08 | 65,941.94 | 67,971.85 | 64,872.56 | 63,511.53 |
| Tangible Book Value | 16.71T | 16.27T | 14.45T | 14.35T | 13.65T | 11.76T |
| Tangible Book Value Per Share | 70,026.00 | 67,472.26 | 58,788.19 | 58,251.35 | 53,319.89 | 49,860.77 |
| Land | 1.38T | 1.35T | 1.32T | 1.27T | 1.32T | |
| Buildings | 5.27T | 4.98T | 4.90T | 4.83T | 4.71T | |
| Machinery | 45.58T | 44.58T | 43.61T | 42.09T | 40.27T | |
| Construction In Progress | 974.43B | 1.34T | 1.04T | 1.11T | 1.09T |
Cash flow statement
Fiscal year January - December; amounts in KRW.
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Income | 1.30T | 1.73T | 470.29B | 1.01T | 1.26T | 1.36T |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 3.88T | 3.94T | 3.93T | 3.75T | 3.56T | 3.65T |
| Other Amortization | 115.32B | 148.12B | ||||
| Loss (Gain) From Sale of Assets | 23.28B | 11.39B | -21.78B | -26.18B | -277.49B | 41.37B |
| Asset Writedown & Restructuring Costs | 57.91B | 58.45B | 245.06B | 243.98B | 46.77B | 5.87B |
| Loss (Gain) From Sale of Investments | 67.17B | 95.35B | 84.33B | 4.71B | 4.46B | -94.67B |
| Loss (Gain) on Equity Investments | -59.66B | -23.46B | -27.35B | 44.32B | 16.82B | -116.06B |
| Provision & Write-off of Bad Debts | 143.45B | 140.64B | 184.94B | 175.24B | 132.10B | 105.34B |
| Other Operating Activities | 815.65B | 766.25B | 132.13B | 430.04B | 500.36B | 584.09B |
| Change in Accounts Receivable | -227.72B | -181.31B | -79.50B | -124.02B | -43.79B | 327.03B |
| Change in Inventory | -84.49B | 729.52B | -29.23B | -249.92B | -179.25B | 32.80B |
| Change in Accounts Payable | -88.10B | 135.09B | -233.80B | 121.52B | -368.36B | 289.04B |
| Change in Unearned Revenue | -2.47B | -464.00M | -1.90B | 905.00M | -384.00M | 3.70B |
| Change in Other Net Operating Assets | -1.40T | -2.46T | 413.07B | 5.03B | -1.21T | -620.91B |
| Operating Cash Flow | 4.43T | 4.94T | 5.07T | 5.50T | 3.60T | 5.56T |
| Capital Expenditures | -2.75T | -3.60T | -2.93T | -3.69T | -3.44T | -3.50T |
| Sale of Property, Plant & Equipment | 51.30B | 58.63B | 103.48B | 100.35B | 182.66B | 174.41B |
| Cash Acquisitions | -3.00M | -10.31B | -51.56B | -41.09B | -671.36B | |
| Divestitures | 50.32B | 177.29B | 9.85B | 46.64B | 6.75B | 39.34B |
| Sale (Purchase) of Intangibles | -586.44B | -438.29B | -431.70B | -471.61B | -525.10B | -740.56B |
| Investment in Securities | -726.31B | -704.01B | 404.76B | -571.82B | -1.02T | -441.15B |
| Other Investing Activities | -107.12B | 4.26B | 4.35B | -1.99B | -3.94B | |
| Investing Cash Flow | -4.06T | -4.52T | -2.85T | -4.62T | -4.84T | -5.14T |
| Long-Term Debt Issued | 5.75T | 4.60T | 5.38T | 4.23T | 2.90T | |
| Long-Term Debt Repaid | -5.74T | -5.15T | -5.68T | -3.22T | -2.39T | |
| Lease Payments | -407.05B | -378.68B | -394.57B | |||
| Net Debt Issued (Repaid) | -469.68B | 14.20B | -549.40B | -300.93B | 1.01T | 505.83B |
| Repurchase of Common Stock | -204.19B | -250.00B | -27.10B | -308.07B | -193.63B | |
| Common Dividends Paid | -526.83B | -450.39B | -350.33B | |||
| Dividends Paid | -604.16B | -577.81B | -872.35B | -526.83B | -450.39B | -350.33B |
| Other Financing Activities | 160.64B | 182.15B | 58.80B | 683.04B | 107.09B | -3.15B |
| Financing Cash Flow | -1.12T | -631.46B | -1.39T | -452.79B | 669.33B | -41.28B |
| Foreign Exchange Rate Adjustments | 7.21B | -1.68B | 6.82B | 503.00M | 1.72B | 1.89B |
| Net Cash Flow | -744.60B | -209.71B | 837.13B | 430.49B | -570.53B | 384.97B |
| Free Cash Flow | 1.68T | 1.34T | 2.14T | 1.81T | 157.21B | 2.07T |
| Free Cash Flow Margin | 6.11% | 4.76% | 8.10% | 6.86% | 0.61% | 8.30% |
| Free Cash Flow Per Share | 6,951.84 | 5,532.84 | 8,698.49 | 7,253.18 | 648.74 | 8,769.37 |
| Levered Free Cash Flow | 857.78B | 831.62B | 1.55T | 463.23B | -151.04B | 446.89B |
| Unlevered Free Cash Flow | 1.09T | 1.06T | 1.78T | 685.95B | 32.61B | 611.51B |
| Free Cash Flow After Leases | 1.68T | 1.34T | 2.14T | 1.40T | -221.48B | 1.67T |
| Cash Interest Paid | 420.42B | 402.71B | 394.16B | 361.74B | 263.52B | 257.81B |
| Cash Income Tax Paid | 447.59B | 396.76B | 350.57B | 303.77B | 351.21B | 356.47B |
| Change in Working Capital | -1.80T | -1.78T | 68.64B | -246.49B | -1.80T | 31.65B |
Ratios
Fiscal year January - December; amounts in KRW.
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Capitalization | 8.22B | 8.79B | 7.30B | 6.62B | 6.88B | 6.02B |
| Enterprise Value | 13.43B | 14.40B | 12.59B | 13.39B | 13.99B | 11.13B |
| Last Close Price | 17.28 | 18.50 | 14.60 | 12.26 | 11.78 | 10.48 |
| PE Ratio | 8.66 | 7.33 | 22.97 | 8.51 | 6.87 | 5.29 |
| PS Ratio | 0.46 | 0.45 | 0.41 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.29 |
| PB Ratio | 0.62 | 0.65 | 0.60 | 0.46 | 0.47 | 0.43 |
| P/TBV Ratio | 0.76 | 0.78 | 0.75 | 0.60 | 0.63 | 0.61 |
| P/FCF Ratio | 6.60 | 9.43 | 5.04 | 4.74 | 55.05 | 3.47 |
| P/OCF Ratio | 2.50 | 2.57 | 2.13 | 1.56 | 2.41 | 1.29 |
| EV/Sales Ratio | 0.76 | 0.74 | 0.70 | 0.66 | 0.69 | 0.53 |
| EV/EBITDA Ratio | 3.61 | 3.25 | 3.95 | 3.47 | 3.71 | 2.78 |
| EV/EBIT Ratio | 11.11 | 8.49 | 23.76 | 10.52 | 11.20 | 8.69 |
| EV/FCF Ratio | 10.78 | 15.46 | 8.69 | 9.59 | 111.92 | 6.42 |
| Debt / Equity Ratio | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.58 |
| Debt / EBITDA Ratio | 2.19 | 1.91 | 2.46 | 2.11 | 2.18 | 1.86 |
| Debt / FCF Ratio | 7.53 | 9.08 | 5.41 | 6.31 | 71.32 | 4.65 |
| Net Debt / Equity Ratio | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.39 | 0.41 | 0.33 |
| Net Debt / EBITDA Ratio | 1.33 | 1.12 | 1.42 | 1.43 | 1.58 | 1.14 |
| Net Debt / FCF Ratio | 4.58 | 5.34 | 3.13 | 3.95 | 47.61 | 2.63 |
| Asset Turnover | 0.63 | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.66 | 0.70 |
| Inventory Turnover | 20.26 | 25.99 | 29.85 | |||
| Quick Ratio | 0.60 | 0.68 | 0.56 | 0.87 | 0.92 | 0.92 |
| Current Ratio | 1.13 | 1.20 | 1.03 | 1.10 | 1.19 | 1.18 |
| Return on Equity (ROE) | 7.15% | 9.81% | 2.28% | 5.35% | 7.92% | 9.09% |
| Return on Assets (ROA) | 2.69% | 3.61% | 1.16% | 2.46% | 2.51% | 2.69% |
| Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) | 4.97% | 7.25% | 2.22% | 4.77% | 4.80% | 5.33% |
| Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) | 5.90% | 7.80% | 2.80% | 5.60% | 5.20% | 5.60% |
| Earnings Yield | 11.55% | 13.65% | 4.36% | 11.76% | 14.56% | 18.92% |
| FCF Yield | 15.16% | 10.61% | 19.85% | 21.08% | 1.82% | 28.82% |
| Dividend Yield | 3.86% | 4.56% | 4.56% | 5.62% | 5.80% | 6.28% |
| Payout Ratio | 33.46% | 33.38% | 185.49% | 52.17% | 35.73% | 25.82% |
| Buyback Yield / Dilution | 1.77% | 1.18% | 1.44% | -3.00% | -2.82% | 3.91% |
| Total Shareholder Return | 5.63% | 5.75% | 6.00% | 2.63% | 2.98% | 10.19% |