KT Corp.

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Company Background

KT is the largest telecommunications company in South Korea. It began life as Korea Telecommunications Authority, established in 1981. Since privatization in 2002, KT has expanded by absorbing mobile service provider KT Freetel and others. The South Korean National Pension Service is the largest shareholder in KT. KT engaged in the mobile phone service at its subsidiary. But it was forced to sell the subsidiary to SK group when it was privatized. The separated company, currently SK Telecom, is the top mobile carrier in South Korea.

KT Freetel is a subsidiary KT established after selling the mobile phone service subsidiary to SK group. KT Freetel currently offers telecom services under the Olleh brand and is one of the largest player in the South Korean market.

The company received capital subscriptions from major Japanese mobile carrier NTT Docomo in 2005. The companies cooperate in providing roaming services as well as on a technical level.

Hwang Chang-gyu, who was head of Samsung Electronics' semiconductor business, became the telecommunications company's chairman and CEO in 2014.

He implemented various reforms, such as reducing the number of sections and the number of administration staff and reinforcing overseas operations.

He has also decided to participate in plans to construct communications networks in African nations and introduce smart meters in Uzbekistan.

Business Summary

KT Corp. engages in the provision of integrated telecommunication services. It operates through the Customer and Marketing businesses. Its services include wire and wireless phones, internet, and other communication. The company was founded on December 20, 1981 and is headquartered in Seongnam-si, South Korea.

Financial Highlights

Dec 2019	KRW	USD
Revenue	24,342.06B	20,873.25M
Gross Profit	6,540.82B	5,608.74M
Operating income	1,124.69B	964.42M
Income before tax	979,676M	840.06M
Net income	619,182M	530.94M
EBITDA	4,763.61B	4,084.78M
Diluted EPS	2,524.14	2.16
Dividends Per Share	1,100	0.94
Total Assets	34,061.29B	29,453.32M
Total liabilities	18,874.33B	16,320.93M
Total equity	13,666.79B	11,817.88M
Operating cash flow	3,745.17B	3,211.47M
	Currency in KRW	Currency in USD

Historical Data

KRW | USD

	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019
Revenue	22,281.22B	22,743.66B	23,387.26B	23,460.14B	24,342.06B
Gross Profit	5,473.97B	5,649.56B	6,886.77B	6,567.94B	6,540.82B
Operating income	1,279.47B	1,439.97B	1,371.95B	1,240.39B	1,124.69B
Income before tax	719,452M	1,127.02B	837,030M	1,090.74B	979,676M
Net income	410,648M	711,089M	476,744M	688,464M	619,182M
EBITDA	4,618.07B	4,785.24B	4,736.45B	4,522.13B	4,763.61B
Diluted EPS	1,245	2,902	1,945.12	2,809.47	2,524.14
Dividends Per Share	500	800	1,000	1,100	1,100
Total Assets	29,341.18B	30,587.73B	29,730.91B	32,188.83B	34,061.29B
Total liabilities	17,175.72B	17,792.95B	16,520.31B	17,457.55B	18,874.33B
Total equity	10,845.06B	11,441.93B	11,819.57B	13,203.56B	13,666.79B
Operating cash flow	4,229.96B	4,770.75B	3,877.74B	4,010.46B	3,745.17B

	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019
Revenue	19,686.47M	19,603.40M	20,687.35M	21,317.36M	20,873.25M
Gross Profit	4,836.50M	4,869.52M	6,091.73M	5,968.04M	5,608.74M
Operating income	1,130.47M	1,241.15M	1,213.56M	1,127.10M	964.42M
Income before tax	635.66M	971.41M	740.40M	991.11M	840.06M
Net income	362.82M	612.90M	421.70M	625.58M	530.94M
EBITDA	4,080.27M	4,124.53M	4,189.65M	4,109.09M	4,084.78M
Diluted EPS	1.10	2.50	1.72	2.55	2.16
Dividends Per Share	0.44	0.68	0.88	0.99	0.94
Total Assets	25,023.39M	25,325.16M	27,771.62M	28,848.20M	29,453.32M
Total liabilities	14,648.17M	14,731.70M	15,431.60M	15,645.76M	16,320.93M
Total equity	9,249.13M	9,473.36M	11,040.65M	11,833.26M	11,817.88M
Operating cash flow	3,737.36M	4,112.04M	3,430.08M	3,644.16M	3,211.47M

Valuation Measures

Dec 2019
PER	10.69
ROA	1.86%
ROE	4.60%
Operating margin	4.62%
Profit margin	2.54%

Key executives

Chief Executive Officer & Director: Hyeon-Mo Ku
Co-President, Director & Head-Management Planning: In-Hwe Kim
Head-Finance: Il Cho
Managing Director & Head-AI Tech: Jin-Han Kim
VP & Head-Information Technology Planning: Soo-Jung Shin

Shareholders

National Pension Service of Korea (13.8%)
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (8.6%)
KT Corp. (6.0%)
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Investment Management) (0.8%)
APG Asset Management NV (0.6%)
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. (0.4%)
KT Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Association (0.4%)
Capital Research & Management Co. (Global Investors) (0.3%)
Kopernik Global Investors LLC (0.2%)
Acadian Asset Management LLC (0.2%)

Contact Details

Website:http://www.kt.com
Address: 90 Buljeong-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, 13606, South Korea
Phone: +82.31.727.0114

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Last Updated on 3 Aug, 2020