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KT vs. CHT, ASTS, TEF, VOD, FOXA, TU, FWONK, FOX, BCE, and RCI

Should you be buying KT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KT include Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), Telefonica (TEF), Vodafone Group (VOD), FOX (FOXA), TELUS (TU), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C (FWONK), FOX (FOX), BCE (BCE), and Rogers Communication (RCI). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

KT vs. Its Competitors

KT (NYSE:KT) and Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE:CHT) are both communication companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

KT has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chunghwa Telecom has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

18.9% of KT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of KT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

KT pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Chunghwa Telecom pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. KT pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chunghwa Telecom pays out 85.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. KT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Chunghwa Telecom has lower revenue, but higher earnings than KT. KT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chunghwa Telecom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KT$19.37B0.51$321.90M$1.3514.10
Chunghwa Telecom$7.16BN/A$1.13B$1.5328.44

Chunghwa Telecom has a net margin of 16.27% compared to KT's net margin of 3.35%. Chunghwa Telecom's return on equity of 9.72% beat KT's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KT3.35% 5.06% 2.22%
Chunghwa Telecom 16.27%9.72%7.17%

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KT
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Chunghwa Telecom
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, KT had 7 more articles in the media than Chunghwa Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for KT and 5 mentions for Chunghwa Telecom. Chunghwa Telecom's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat KT's score of 0.00 indicating that Chunghwa Telecom is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
KT
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Chunghwa Telecom
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

KT beats Chunghwa Telecom on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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KT vs. The Competition

MetricKTWireless Non IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.81B$19.69B$32.44B$21.74B
Dividend Yield3.83%3.76%3.20%3.59%
P/E Ratio14.0912.52487.5132.62
Price / Sales0.511.371,457.2581.85
Price / Cash2.926.1438.1024.53
Price / Book0.782.377.454.60
Net Income$321.90M$795.54M$820.59M$1.01B
7 Day Performance2.45%3.42%1.06%1.45%
1 Month Performance-5.20%1.55%3.26%-0.28%
1 Year Performance21.17%37.02%23,916.26%10.98%

KT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KT
KT
3.9844 of 5 stars
$19.04
-1.0%
N/A+22.5%$9.81B$19.37B14.0916,927
CHT
Chunghwa Telecom
1.5716 of 5 stars
$42.95
+0.1%
N/A+14.5%$33.30B$7.16B28.0732,452News Coverage
Positive News
ASTS
AST SpaceMobile
1.6732 of 5 stars
$90.50
+10.3%
$45.27
-50.0%
+217.2%$29.41B$4.42M-47.88390Analyst Downgrade
TEF
Telefonica
1.407 of 5 stars
$4.96
-0.9%
N/A+5.5%$28.35B$44.71B-10.32100,870
VOD
Vodafone Group
4.7583 of 5 stars
$11.17
-1.2%
$136.00
+1,117.5%
+16.5%$27.11B$39.39B9.8092,000
FOXA
FOX
1.8592 of 5 stars
$58.10
+1.4%
$57.60
-0.9%
+35.5%$25.52B$16.30B11.8310,400
TU
TELUS
3.4265 of 5 stars
$15.23
-0.1%
$21.50
+41.2%
-7.2%$23.39B$14.88B33.11106,800Positive News
FWONK
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C
3.0796 of 5 stars
$104.03
+0.8%
$111.22
+6.9%
+26.0%$23.08B$3.32B101.996,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FOX
FOX
2.8479 of 5 stars
$51.95
+1.1%
N/A+32.3%$22.90B$16.30B10.5810,600Trending News
BCE
BCE
3.3579 of 5 stars
$24.19
+1.2%
$32.50
+34.3%
-29.3%$22.29B$17.82B83.4340,390Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
RCI
Rogers Communication
4.0582 of 5 stars
$36.81
+0.1%
$33.00
-10.4%
-2.6%$19.79B$15.04B18.3124,000Positive News
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This page (NYSE:KT) was last updated on 10/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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