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KT vs. CHT, TME, TEF, WBD, VOD, FWONK, FOXA, TU, FOX, and BCE

Should you be buying KT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KT include Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), Telefonica (TEF), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Vodafone Group (VOD), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C (FWONK), FOX (FOXA), TELUS (TU), FOX (FOX), and BCE (BCE). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

KT vs. Its Competitors

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

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Chunghwa Telecom
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
KT
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

Chunghwa Telecom has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KT has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Chunghwa Telecom pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. KT pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Chunghwa Telecom pays out 87.2% 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 pays out 73.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, KT had 8 more articles in the media than Chunghwa Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for KT and 2 mentions for Chunghwa Telecom. Chunghwa Telecom's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat KT's score of 0.14 indicating that Chunghwa Telecom is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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

Chunghwa Telecom has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Chunghwa Telecom$7.16B4.81$1.13B$1.4929.82
KT$26.57T0.00$321.90M$0.9222.78

Chunghwa Telecom has a net margin of 16.29% compared to KT's net margin of 2.37%. Chunghwa Telecom's return on equity of 9.63% beat KT's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chunghwa Telecom16.29% 9.63% 7.13%
KT 2.37%3.47%1.52%

Summary

KT beats Chunghwa Telecom on 9 of the 17 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$10.81B$22.84B$28.57B$20.79B
Dividend Yield3.21%3.70%3.12%3.67%
P/E Ratio22.7812.8333.4327.50
Price / Sales0.001.361,732.8285.54
Price / Cash3.385.2837.5821.88
Price / Book0.862.127.674.66
Net Income$321.90M$789.78M$779.03M$994.58M
7 Day Performance0.10%1.23%1.11%-0.69%
1 Month Performance6.05%5.26%7.42%5.41%
1 Year Performance55.63%29.09%52,958.92%9.18%

KT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KT
KT
4.0695 of 5 stars
$20.96
-1.0%
N/A+58.8%$10.81B$26.57T22.7816,927Trending News
CHT
Chunghwa Telecom
0.5246 of 5 stars
$44.68
-1.8%
N/A+21.6%$35.30B$7.16B29.9932,452
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
1.7974 of 5 stars
$20.03
+2.9%
$16.60
-17.1%
+41.7%$33.39B$3.89B29.055,353Positive News
TEF
Telefonica
1.6774 of 5 stars
$5.26
-0.6%
N/A+19.4%$30.00B$44.71B-13.84100,870
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
2.19 of 5 stars
$11.02
-1.8%
$12.33
+11.9%
+57.6%$27.54B$39.32B0.0035,000Analyst Forecast
VOD
Vodafone Group
4.5127 of 5 stars
$10.92
+1.3%
N/A+21.9%$26.72B$39.39B9.5892,000Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
FWONK
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C
1.7842 of 5 stars
$103.07
+0.1%
$101.83
-1.2%
+27.3%$25.69B$3.32B-257.686,800Positive News
FOXA
FOX
3.3336 of 5 stars
$54.85
-2.5%
$53.53
-2.4%
+51.6%$25.29B$13.98B13.6410,200Positive News
TU
TELUS
3.4284 of 5 stars
$16.39
+0.6%
$21.50
+31.2%
+4.6%$24.86B$14.88B28.75106,800Analyst Forecast
FOX
FOX
2.9391 of 5 stars
$50.37
-2.7%
N/A+49.3%$23.28B$13.98B12.5310,600Trending News
BCE
BCE
2.0222 of 5 stars
$23.28
+1.9%
$38.67
+66.1%
-25.9%$21.31B$17.82B89.5440,390

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This page (NYSE:KT) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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