How KT Corporation stacks up

KT · against 149 other Communication Services companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

54/ 100

Above the middle of the pack.

Ranked #74 of 150 · scores higher than 50% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

12 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including KT · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 54?

Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.

Its metrics sit close to the Communication Services norm.

Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 8.9% vs peer median 8.2%
Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 8.0% vs peer median 6.0%
a higher return on assets: stronger than 62% of peers. Return on assets: 4.0% vs peer median 2.7%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = KT, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	KT	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 146 reported	8.0%	7.8%	52%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 149 reported	8.9%	8.9%	50%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 151 reported	4.0%	3.2%	57%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 137 reported	7.2%	7.4%	49%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 151 reported	100.0%	56.5%	99%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around KT

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	AppLovin CorporationAPP · US-listed	82.5B USD	99	70
2	CarGurus, Inc.CARG · US-listed	3.0B USD	98	69
3	Array Digital Infrastructure, Inc.AD · US-listed	2.9B USD	97	80
4	EverQuote, Inc.EVER · US-listed	1.0B USD	96	87
4	Reddit, Inc.RDDT · US-listed	18.5B USD	96	81
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69	DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.DV · US-listed	2.1B USD	60	64
71	Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.CCO · US-listed	1.2B USD	59	36
72	Cars.com Inc.CARS · US-listed	619M USD	56	49
73	Formula One GroupFWONA · US-listed	22.0B USD	55	54
74	KT CorporationKT · US-listed	8.4B USD	54	61
74	Reservoir Media, Inc.RSVR · US-listed	649M USD	54	46
76	Nexstar Media Group, Inc.NXST · US-listed	5.5B USD	53	37
77	Pinterest, Inc.PINS · US-listed	11.5B USD	52	55
78	Groupon, Inc.GRPN · US-listed	630M USD	51	27

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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