KT Valuation Multiples

KT Overview

About KT

KT is South Korea's largest fixed-line telecom operator, with around 11.5 million fixed-line broadband customers and 9.5 million IPTV customers, and is the second-largest wireless operator with 28 million subscribers. Additionally, it has a number of nontelecom businesses, including real estate, payment processing, artificial intelligence, and IDC/cloud services, many of which are the focus of its growth strategy. The company was formed from the previously government-owned, monopoly telecom business and was listed in 1998. After selling its mobile business in 1994 (forming its mobile competitor, SK Telecom), KT created its own mobile operator in 1997.

Founded

1981

HQ

Employees

16.9K

Website

corp.kt.com

Sectors

Telecom Service ProvidersTelecom Infrastructure

Financials (LTM)

Revenue: $19B

EBITDA: $4B

EV

$14B

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KT Financials

KT reported last 12-month revenue of $19B and EBITDA of $4B.

In the same LTM period, KT generated $19B in gross profit, $4B in EBITDA, and $1B in net income.

KT P&L

In the most recent fiscal year, KT reported revenue of $18B and EBITDA of $3B.

KT expects next 12-month revenue of XXX and NTM EBITDA of XXX

KT Stock Performance

KT has current market cap of $10B, and enterprise value of $14B.

KT's stock price is $21.59.

KT Valuation Multiples

KT trades at 0.7x EV/Revenue multiple, and 3.4x EV/EBITDA.

KT Financial Valuation Multiples

As of April 19, 2026, KT has market cap of $10B and EV of $14B.

Equity research analysts estimate KT's 2025E EV/Revenue multiple at XXX and 2025E EV/EBITDA multiple at XXX

KT has a P/E ratio of 8.7x.

KT Margins & Growth Rates

KT's revenue in the last 12 month declined by (1%).

KT's revenue per employee in the last FY averaged $1.1M, while opex per employee averaged $0.7M for the same period.

KT's rule of 40 is 19% (metric relevant for SaaS companies only, counted as combined revenue growth rate and EBITDA margin).

KT's rule of X is 16% (created by Bessemer, rule of X is another metric to measure SaaS companies, ~1.5x stronger vs. the traditional Rule of 40, counted as revenue growth rate multiplied by 2.5 plus EBITDA margin).

KT Public Comps

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KT M&A Activity

KT acquired XXX companies to date.

Last acquisition by KT was on XXXXXXXX, XXXXX. KT acquired XXXXXXXX for XXX (EV/Revenue multiple of XXX).

KT Investment Activity

KT invested in XXX companies to date.

KT made its latest investment on XXXXXXXX, XXXXX. KT invested in XXXXXXXX for XXX (EV/Revenue multiple of XXX).