KT (KT) Competitors $20.25 +0.10 (+0.48%) As of 11:23 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock KT vs. TME, CHT, WBD, TEF, VOD, FOXA, FWONK, TU, FOX, and BCEShould you be buying KT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KT include Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Telefonica (TEF), Vodafone Group (VOD), FOX (FOXA), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C (FWONK), TELUS (TU), FOX (FOX), and BCE (BCE). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry. KT vs. Its Competitors Tencent Music Entertainment Group Chunghwa Telecom Warner Bros. Discovery Telefonica Vodafone Group FOX Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C TELUS FOX BCE KT (NYSE:KT) and Tencent Music Entertainment Group (NYSE:TME) are both large-cap communication companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership. Do analysts prefer KT or TME? Tencent Music Entertainment Group has a consensus price target of $16.60, suggesting a potential downside of 24.53%. Given Tencent Music Entertainment Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tencent Music Entertainment Group is more favorable than KT.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score KT 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.33Tencent Music Entertainment Group 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.91 Which has more volatility & risk, KT or TME? KT has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tencent Music Entertainment Group has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to KT or TME? In the previous week, KT had 7 more articles in the media than Tencent Music Entertainment Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for KT and 11 mentions for Tencent Music Entertainment Group. Tencent Music Entertainment Group's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat KT's score of 0.10 indicating that Tencent Music Entertainment Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment KT 7 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 3 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Tencent Music Entertainment Group 8 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Which has stronger valuation & earnings, KT or TME? Tencent Music Entertainment Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than KT. KT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tencent Music Entertainment Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioKT$26.57T0.00$321.90M$0.9222.01Tencent Music Entertainment Group$3.89B9.70$924.18M$0.8426.18 Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in KT or TME? 18.9% of KT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of Tencent Music Entertainment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of KT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is KT or TME a better dividend stock? KT pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Tencent Music Entertainment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. KT pays out 73.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tencent Music Entertainment Group pays out 20.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Is KT or TME more profitable? Tencent Music Entertainment Group has a net margin of 32.73% compared to KT's net margin of 2.37%. Tencent Music Entertainment Group's return on equity of 10.95% beat KT's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets KT2.37% 3.47% 1.52% Tencent Music Entertainment Group 32.73%10.95%8.40% SummaryTencent Music Entertainment Group beats KT on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get KT News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for KT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart KT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricKTWireless Non IndustryComputer SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$10.45B$27.27B$29.66B$20.69BDividend Yield3.31%3.52%3.11%3.66%P/E Ratio22.0213.5650.4828.68Price / Sales0.001.541,550.4866.15Price / Cash3.195.5636.7223.59Price / Book0.832.287.354.32Net Income$321.90M$789.78M$803.33M$995.66M7 Day Performance-0.75%3.88%1.46%2.10%1 Month Performance-2.38%4.57%-0.50%-0.36%1 Year Performance42.58%36.25%53,046.04%15.07% KT Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)KTKT4.5414 of 5 stars$20.25+0.5%N/A+45.8%$10.45B$26.57T22.0216,927TMETencent Music Entertainment Group2.6775 of 5 stars$21.36+4.0%$16.60-22.3%+65.9%$35.25B$3.89B25.435,353Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsGap UpCHTChunghwa Telecom1.3099 of 5 stars$43.73-0.1%N/A+22.2%$33.95B$7.16B29.3532,452Earnings ReportWBDWarner Bros. Discovery2.0973 of 5 stars$12.80-0.5%$12.66-1.1%+53.8%$31.59B$39.32B-2.9135,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastTEFTelefonica1.0784 of 5 stars$5.29+1.3%N/A+23.1%$29.60B$44.71B-11.02100,870VODVodafone Group4.4557 of 5 stars$11.04+0.7%$136.00+1,131.9%+22.5%$26.59B$39.39B9.6892,000FOXAFOX2.6143 of 5 stars$56.98+2.6%$53.53-6.1%+37.3%$24.97B$13.98B14.1710,200Positive NewsEarnings ReportDividend IncreaseAnalyst UpgradeHigh Trading VolumeFWONKLiberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C2.8692 of 5 stars$99.26+0.3%$107.56+8.4%+25.6%$24.68B$3.32B-248.156,800News CoveragePositive NewsTUTELUS2.7798 of 5 stars$15.72+0.8%$21.50+36.8%-2.2%$23.79B$14.88B34.17106,800Trending NewsEarnings ReportDividend IncreaseAnalyst RevisionFOXFOX3.7898 of 5 stars$52.02+2.5%N/A+34.2%$22.81B$13.98B12.9410,600Trending NewsEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementBCEBCE2.3765 of 5 stars$23.31-1.1%$38.67+65.9%-31.8%$21.98B$17.82B89.6540,390Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst UpgradeAnalyst Revision Related Companies and Tools Related Companies TME Competitors CHT Competitors WBD Competitors TEF Competitors VOD Competitors FOXA Competitors FWONK Competitors TU Competitors FOX Competitors BCE Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:KT) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAltucher: Trump’s Great Gain is startingNew Hampshire just launched a Strategic Crypto Reserve — and James Altucher says it’s the first sign that “Tru...Paradigm Press | SponsoredThe End of Elon Musk…?The End of Elon Musk? 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