KT (KT) COGS-to-Revenue : 0.37 (As of Sep. 2023)

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What is KT COGS-to-Revenue?

KT's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was $1,856 Mil. Its Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was $5,020 Mil.

KT's COGS to Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.37.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. KT's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was 63.03%.

KT COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

The historical data trend for KT's COGS-to-Revenue can be seen below:

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KT COGS-to-Revenue Chart

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COGS-to-Revenue

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0.42

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0.40

0.38

KT Quarterly Data
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COGS-to-Revenue	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.40	0.37	0.33	0.37	-

KT COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

KT's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	7528.777	/	19820.339
	=	0.38

KT's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	1855.597	/	5019.679
	=	0.37

KT (NYSE:KT) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin.

KT's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	1855.597 / 5019.679
	=	63.03 %

A company that has a moat can usually maintain or even expand their Gross Margin. A company can increase its Gross Margin in two ways. It can increase the prices of the goods it sells and keeps its Cost of Goods Sold unchanged. Or it can keep the sales price unchanged and squeeze its suppliers to reduce the Cost of Goods Sold. Warren Buffett believes businesses with the power to raise prices have moats.

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KT (KT) Business Description

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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.