KT Corporation

NYSE:KT Stock Report

Market Cap: US$10.0b

KT Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

KT's CEO is Yoon-Young Park, appointed in Mar 2026, has a tenure of less than a year. directly owns 0% of the company’s shares, worth $2.99K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.5 years and 2.9 years respectively.

Key information

Yoon-Young Park

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentagen/a
CEO tenureless than a year
CEO ownership0.00003%
Management average tenure2.5yrs
Board average tenure2.9yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

KT Corporation: Caution Recommended Ahead Of Q1 Earnings Print In Early May (Technical Analysis)

Apr 29

With Consistent Misses And Falling Margins, KT Corp. Is No Bargain

Apr 08

KT Corporation Deserves A Higher Valuation With ROE Expansion Potential

Mar 03

KT Corporation: A Company With Too Many New Businesses

Dec 13

KT Corporation: Transforming Into An AICT Company To Raise Profitability

Sep 10

KT Corp.: Multiple Positives (Rating Upgrade)

Jun 19

KT Corporation: Recent Developments Support A Hold Rating

Apr 04

KT Corporation: Valuations Are Reasonable Considering Outlook And ROE

Jan 14

KT Corporation: Watch Upcoming Earnings Release And New Capital Return Framework

Nov 02

KT Corporation: Consider Both Positives And Negatives

Aug 28

KT Corp.: Too Early To Turn Bullish

Jun 15

KT Corporation: A Bright Future Lies Ahead

Jan 17

KT Corporation: Multiple Tailwinds

Nov 07

KT Corporation: Perhaps Not So Boring Anymore

Aug 26

KT Corporation: Hedge Inflation With This Korean Telecom

Aug 16

KT Corporation reports Q2 results

Aug 10

KT Corp: Success In Diversifying Revenues, And Pays Dividends, Too

Jun 10

Why You Should Diversify Your AT&T And Verizon Positions With KT Corporation

Mar 28

KT Corp.: New Partnership And Potential Listing Draw Attention

Jan 26

KT Corporation: Positive On Q2 Results And Dividend Policy Commitment

Aug 23

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Yoon-Young Park's remuneration changed compared to KT's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Dec 31 2025n/an/a

₩2t

Sep 30 2025n/an/a

₩963b

Jun 30 2025n/an/a

₩928b

Mar 31 2025n/an/a

₩634b

Dec 31 2024n/an/a

₩469b

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

₩1t

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

₩1t

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

₩1t

Dec 31 2023n/an/a

₩1t

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

₩1t

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

₩1t

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

₩1t

Dec 31 2022n/an/a

₩1t

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

₩1t

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

₩1t

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

₩1t

Dec 31 2021₩2b₩74m

₩1t

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

₩1t

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

₩911b

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

₩752b

Dec 31 2020₩816m₩433m

₩701b

Compensation vs Market: Insufficient data to establish whether Yoon-Young's total compensation is reasonable compared to companies of similar size in the US market.

Compensation vs Earnings: Yoon-Young's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.

CEO

Yoon-Young Park (63 yo)

less than a year
Tenure
₩2,020,000,000
Compensation

Mr. Yoon-Young Park has been Inside Director of KT Corporation since March 30, 2020 and also served as its President and Head of Enterprise Business Group. Mr. Park served as Senior Executive Vice Presiden...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Chang-Seok Seo
Head of Network Group11.4yrs₩750.00m0.0084%
$ 841.3k
Hyeon-Seuk Lee
Senior Executive Vice President of Customer Business Group2.1yrs₩683.00m0.0058%
$ 575.1k
Yoon-Young Park
CEO & Inside Directorless than a year₩2.02b0.000030%
$ 3.0k
Min Jang
CFO & Executive VP of Financial Management Office2.5yrsno data0.00031%
$ 30.9k
Jaegil Choi
IR Officerno datano datano data
Young-Woon Shin
Senior Vice President of Group Human Resources Departmentno datano datano data
Young-Ho Kim
Executive Vice President of Southern Seoul Regional Headquarter11.4yrsno data0.0034%
$ 340.9k
Hye-Jin Kwon
Senior Vice President of Network Strategy Unitno datano data0.0025%
$ 247.2k
Byung-Kyun Kim
Executive Vice President of Daegu/Gyeongbuk Regional Headquarterno datano data0.0036%
$ 353.9k
Sang-Kyoon Kim
Senior Vice President of Management Support Officeno datano datano data
Young-In Kim
Executive Vice President of Western Seoul Regional Headquarterno datano data0.0034%
$ 340.9k
Chae-Hee Kim
Executive Vice President of Media Business Groupno datano data0.0045%
$ 447.6k
2.5yrs
Average Tenure
57yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: KT's management team is considered experienced (2.5 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Yoon-Young Park
CEO & Inside Director6.2yrs₩2.02b0.000030%
$ 3.0k
Hyun-Jin Park
Inside Directorless than a yearno datano data
Seung Hoon Lee
Independent Outside Director2.9yrsno data0.00029%
$ 28.9k
Woo-Young Kwak
Independent Outside Director2.9yrsno data0.00029%
$ 28.9k
Seongcheol Kim
Independent Outside Director2.9yrsno data0.00029%
$ 28.9k
Jin-Sug Suh
Independent Outside Directorless than a yearno datano data
Sook Kwon Myung
Independent Outside Directorless than a yearno datano data
Younghan Kim
Independent Outside Directorless than a yearno data0.00012%
$ 12.0k
Young-Hun Kim
Independent Outside Chairman4.2yrsno datano data
2.9yrs
Average Tenure
62yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: KT's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.9 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/05/03 08:05
End of Day Share Price 2026/05/01 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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

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Analyst Sources

KT Corporation is covered by 36 analysts. 25 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 Jung LeeBofA Global Research
Joshua KimCGS International