KT (KT) Days Inventory

: 25.11 (As of Sep. 2023)

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Days Inventory is also known as Days Sales of Inventory (DSI). KT's Average Total Inventories for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was $511 Mil. KT's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was $1,856 Mil. Hence, KT's Days Inventory for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was 25.11.

The historical rank and industry rank for KT's Days Inventory or its related term are showing as below:

KT' s Days Inventory Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 19.07 Med: 22.4 Max: 38.76
Current: 38.76

During the past 13 years, KT's highest Days Inventory was 38.76. The lowest was 19.07. And the median was 22.40.

KT's Days Inventory is ranked worse than
75.17% of 298 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 19.14 vs KT: 38.76

KT's Days Inventory increased from Sep. 2022 (22.75) to Sep. 2023 (25.11). It might indicate that KT's sales slowed down.

Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year. KT's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was 3.63.

Inventory-to-Revenue determines the ability of a company to manage their inventory levels. It measures the percentage of Inventories the company currently has on hand to support the current amount of Revenue. KT's Inventory-to-Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.10.

KT Days Inventory Historical Data

The historical data trend for KT's Days Inventory can be seen below:

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KT Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Days Inventory

33.81

23.71

19.87

23.98

KT Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Days Inventory																23.53	28.58	29.37	25.11	-

Competitive Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, KT's Days Inventory, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Inventory data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

KT Days Inventory Distribution

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, KT's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where KT's Days Inventory falls into.

KT Days Inventory Calculation

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory.

KT's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

	Days Inventory (A: Dec. 2022 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2021 )	+	Total Inventories (A: Dec. 2022 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Dec. 2022 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (434.285	+	554.803)	/	2 )	/	7528.777	*	365
=	494.544					/	7528.777	*	365
=	23.98

KT's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as:

	Days Inventory (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=	Average Total Inventories					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Total Inventories (Q: Jun. 2023 )	+	Total Inventories (Q: Sep. 2023 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Sep. 2023 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (490.977	+	530.218)	/	2 )	/	1855.597	*	365 / 4
=	510.5975					/	1855.597	*	365 / 4
=	25.11

KT (NYSE:KT) Days Inventory Explanation

Days Inventory indicates the liquidity of the inventory. Generally, a lower Days Inventory is preferred as it indicates a shorter duration to clear off the inventory. An increase of the ratio may indicate the company's sales slowed. Similar ratios related to Days Inventory are:

1. Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year.

KT's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Inventory Turnover	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Average Total Inventories
	=	1855.597	/	510.5975
	=	3.63

2. Inventory-to-Revenue determines the ability of a company to manage their inventory levels. It measures the percentage of Inventories the company currently has on hand to support the current amount of Revenue.

KT's Inventory to Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Inventory-to-Revenue	=	Average Total Inventories	/	Revenue
	=	510.5975	/	5019.679
	=	0.10

Be Aware

A lot of business are seasonable. It makes more sense to compare Days Inventory from the same period in the previous year instead of from the previous quarter.

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Traded in Other Exchanges

030200:Korea KTC:Germany

Address

90 Bulljeong-ro (206 Jungja-dong), Bundang-gu, Gyeonggi-do, Seongnam-si, KOR, 13606

Website

https://corp.kt.com

KT is South Korea's largest fixed-line telecom operator, with around 9.0 million fixed-line broadband customers and 9.4 million IPTV customers, and is the second-largest wireless operator with 25 million subscribers. Additionally, it has a number of nontelecom businesses, including real estate, payment processing, artificial intelligence, and IDC/cloud services, many of which are the focus of its growth strategy. The company was formed from the previously government-owned, monopoly telecom business and was listed in 1998. After selling its mobile business in 1994 (forming its mobile competitor, SK Telecom) KT created its own mobile operator in 1997.