KT - KT Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KT in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" KT shares.
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KT's stock was trading at $13.50 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, KT shares have increased by 1.7% and is now trading at $13.73.
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KT saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,450,000 shares, a drop of 7.6% from the December 15th total of 1,570,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 902,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.6 days. Approximately 0.3% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, March 10th 2023.
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KT Co. (NYSE:KT) issued its earnings results on Monday, November, 14th. The technology company reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The technology company had revenue of $4.84 billion for the quarter. KT had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.41% and a net margin of 5.57%.

KT announced an annual dividend on Wednesday, April 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.636 per share on Wednesday, May 4th. This represents a yield of 4.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 30th.
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KT (NYSE:KT) pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.44%. KT has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 26.67%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KT will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.77% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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14 employees have rated KT Chief Executive Officer Chang Gyu Hwang on Glassdoor.com. Chang Gyu Hwang has an approval rating of 50% among the company's employees. This puts Chang Gyu Hwang in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other KT investors own include QUALCOMM (QCOM), Pfizer (PFE), AbbVie (ABBV), International Business Machines (IBM), AT&T (T), Energy Transfer (ET), Walt Disney (DIS), General Electric (GE), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY).

KT trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KT."

KT's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Silchester International Investors LLP (5.50%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (2.22%), Todd Asset Management LLC (0.04%), Ritholtz Wealth Management (0.02%), Veriti Management LLC (0.01%) and Natixis Advisors L.P. (0.01%).

Shares of KT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of KT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.73.

KT (NYSE:KT) has a market capitalization of $6.48 billion and generates $21.74 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $1.22 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.40 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 21,759 workers across the globe.

KT's mailing address is 90 Buljeong-ro, Seongnam M5, 13606. The official website for the company is www.kt.com. The technology company can be reached via phone at (231) 727-0114 or via fax at 82-3-1727-0949.