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KT (KT) Shiller PE Ratio : 13.80 (As of May. 10, 2024)


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What is KT Shiller PE Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-10), KT's current share price is $13.11. KT's E10 for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.95. KT's Shiller PE Ratio for today is 13.80.

The historical rank and industry rank for KT's Shiller PE Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

KT' s Shiller PE Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.36   Med: 10.29   Max: 16.15
Current: 14.57

During the past years, KT's highest Shiller PE Ratio was 16.15. The lowest was 5.36. And the median was 10.29.

KT's Shiller PE Ratio is ranked better than
50.46% of 218 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 14.695 vs KT: 14.57

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years.

KT's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.085. Add all the adjusted EPS for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our E10, which is $0.95 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

Shiller PE for Stocks: The True Measure of Stock Valuation


KT Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for KT's Shiller PE Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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KT Shiller PE Ratio Chart

KT Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Shiller PE Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.78 9.66 12.95 14.18 14.08

KT Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Shiller PE Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.18 12.17 12.34 13.17 14.08

Competitive Comparison of KT's Shiller PE Ratio

For the Telecom Services subindustry, KT's Shiller PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Shiller PE Ratio 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's Shiller PE Ratio Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, KT's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where KT's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.



KT Shiller PE Ratio Calculation

For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.

KT's Shiller PE Ratio for today is calculated as

Shiller PE Ratio=Share Price/ E10
=13.11/0.95
=13.80

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

KT's E10 for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, KT's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_EPS=Earnings per Share (Diluted)/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=0.085/118.8477*118.8477
=0.085

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 118.8477.

KT Quarterly Data

Earnings per Share (Diluted) CPI Adj_EPS
201306 0.196 97.732 0.238
201309 0.201 98.479 0.243
201312 -1.140 98.279 -1.379
201403 -0.138 99.253 -0.165
201406 -1.581 99.353 -1.891
201409 0.095 99.608 0.113
201412 -0.425 99.098 -0.510
201503 0.451 99.720 0.538
201506 0.516 100.050 0.613
201509 0.189 100.110 0.224
201512 -0.220 100.220 -0.261
201603 0.321 100.560 0.379
201606 0.403 100.790 0.475
201609 0.389 101.460 0.456
201612 0.203 101.560 0.238
201706 0.401 102.610 0.464
201712 0.073 102.990 0.084
201806 0.468 104.130 0.534
201809 0.406 105.650 0.457
201812 -0.045 104.350 -0.051
201903 0.417 104.490 0.474
201906 0.302 104.880 0.342
201909 0.324 105.200 0.366
201912 0.088 105.120 0.099
202003 0.350 105.540 0.394
202006 0.301 104.870 0.341
202009 0.352 106.200 0.394
202012 0.206 105.765 0.231
202103 0.564 107.357 0.624
202106 0.644 107.579 0.711
202109 0.564 108.759 0.616
202112 0.723 109.676 0.783
202203 0.711 111.806 0.756
202206 0.519 114.083 0.541
202209 0.442 114.831 0.457
202212 0.350 115.200 0.361
202303 0.443 116.550 0.452
202306 0.608 117.140 0.617
202309 0.398 119.111 0.397
202312 0.085 118.848 0.085

Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


KT  (NYSE:KT) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.

Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.


Be Aware

Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.


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KT (KT) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
90 Bulljeong-ro (206 Jungja-dong), Bundang-gu, Gyeonggi-do, Seongnam-si, KOR, 13606
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.