KT Corporation

KOSE:A030200 Stock Report

Market Cap: ₩10.8t

KT Valuation

Is A030200 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of A030200 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: A030200 (₩43850) is trading below our estimate of fair value (₩349208.38)

Significantly Below Fair Value: A030200 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for A030200?

Key metric: As A030200 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for A030200. This is calculated by dividing A030200's market cap by their current earnings.
What is A030200's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio9.3x
Earnings₩1.16t
Market Cap₩10.78t

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does A030200's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for A030200 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average23.8x
A032640 LG Uplus
8.3x8.0%₩4.4t
A017670 SK Telecom
10.5x8.3%₩11.8t
IAM Itissalat Al-Maghrib (IAM)
58.3x35.2%د.م72.9b
ELISA Elisa Oyj
18.2x5.4%€6.7b
A030200 KT
9.3x14.2%₩10.8t

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: A030200 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.3x) compared to the peer average (24x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does A030200's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Asian Telecom Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
A030200 9.3xIndustry Avg. 15.6xNo. of Companies28PE01632486480+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: A030200 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.3x) compared to the Asian Telecom industry average (15.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is A030200's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

A030200 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio9.3x
Fair PE Ratio11.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: A030200 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.8x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst A030200 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current₩43,850.00
₩54,554.55
+24.4%
15.8%₩85,000.00₩40,000.00n/a22
Dec ’25₩48,800.00
₩53,400.00
+9.4%
16.1%₩85,000.00₩40,000.00n/a23
Nov ’25₩44,300.00
₩49,258.33
+11.2%
11.9%₩70,000.00₩40,000.00n/a24
Oct ’25₩40,200.00
₩46,708.33
+16.2%
11.7%₩70,000.00₩40,000.00n/a24
Sep ’25₩38,600.00
₩46,500.00
+20.5%
11.6%₩70,000.00₩40,000.00n/a24
Aug ’25₩38,750.00
₩45,895.83
+18.4%
12.0%₩70,000.00₩39,000.00n/a24
Jul ’25₩36,900.00
₩46,029.17
+24.7%
12.0%₩70,000.00₩39,000.00n/a24
Jun ’25₩36,600.00
₩45,987.50
+25.6%
12.1%₩70,000.00₩39,000.00n/a24
May ’25₩34,600.00
₩44,729.17
+29.3%
13.3%₩70,000.00₩37,000.00n/a24
Apr ’25₩37,700.00
₩44,604.17
+18.3%
13.5%₩70,000.00₩37,000.00n/a24
Mar ’25₩39,100.00
₩44,187.50
+13.0%
13.1%₩70,000.00₩37,000.00n/a24
Feb ’25₩36,900.00
₩43,704.55
+18.4%
13.9%₩70,000.00₩37,000.00n/a22
Jan ’25₩34,400.00
₩43,345.45
+26.0%
14.3%₩70,000.00₩37,000.00n/a22
Dec ’24₩33,250.00
₩42,936.36
+29.1%
14.9%₩70,000.00₩36,000.00₩48,800.0022
Nov ’24₩33,200.00
₩42,838.10
+29.0%
15.3%₩70,000.00₩36,000.00₩44,300.0021
Oct ’24₩33,150.00
₩42,605.00
+28.5%
16.2%₩70,000.00₩36,000.00₩40,200.0020
Sep ’24₩32,650.00
₩42,100.00
+28.9%
16.6%₩70,000.00₩34,000.00₩38,600.0021
Aug ’24₩31,050.00
₩42,047.83
+35.4%
16.2%₩70,000.00₩34,000.00₩38,750.0023
Jul ’24₩29,800.00
₩42,639.13
+43.1%
15.5%₩70,000.00₩35,000.00₩36,900.0023
Jun ’24₩30,600.00
₩42,421.74
+38.6%
16.4%₩70,000.00₩30,000.00₩36,600.0023
May ’24₩30,000.00
₩43,850.00
+46.2%
16.4%₩70,000.00₩30,000.00₩34,600.0022
Apr ’24₩29,450.00
₩43,842.86
+48.9%
10.9%₩50,000.00₩30,000.00₩37,700.0021
Mar ’24₩30,450.00
₩44,804.55
+47.1%
10.4%₩52,000.00₩30,000.00₩39,100.0022
Feb ’24₩34,500.00
₩45,940.91
+33.2%
5.7%₩52,000.00₩40,000.00₩36,900.0022
Jan ’24₩33,800.00
₩46,831.82
+38.6%
5.0%₩52,000.00₩43,000.00₩34,400.0022
Dec ’23₩37,400.00
₩46,752.17
+25.0%
5.0%₩52,000.00₩43,000.00₩33,250.0023

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/30 14:23
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/30 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

KT Corporation is covered by 47 analysts. 23 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Seyon ParkBarclays
Sun ChungBNP Paribas Securities (Asia)
Sun LeeBofA Global Research