KT (KT) Buyback Yield % : 3.75 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)

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What is KT Buyback Yield %?

Buyback yield is the net repurchase of shares outstanding over the market capital of the company. It is a measure of shareholder return.

KT's current buyback yield was 3.75%.

KT Buyback Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for KT's Buyback Yield % can be seen below:

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KT Buyback Yield % Chart

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Buyback Yield %

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1.97

2.76

KT Quarterly Data
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Buyback Yield %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-	6.43	9.86	-	-

Competitive Comparison of KT's Buyback Yield %

For the Telecom Services subindustry, KT's Buyback Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Buyback Yield % 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 Buyback Yield % Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, KT's Buyback Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where KT's Buyback Yield % falls into.

KT Buyback Yield % Calculation

Buyback yield is a measure of shareholder return.

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

Buyback Yield	=	Net Issuance of Stock			/	Market Cap
	=	- (Repurchase of Stock	+	Issuance of Stock)	/	Market Cap
	=	- (0	+	0)	/	6913.1475
	=	0.00%

KT's annualized Buyback Yield for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Buyback Yield	=	Net Issuance of Stock		(Annualized)			/	Market Cap
	=	- (Repurchase of Stock	+	Issuance of Stock)	*	Annualized Factor	/	Market Cap
	=	- (0	+	0)	*	4	/	6401.39778
	=	0.00%

In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the Repurchase of Stock and Issuance of Stock data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2023) data.

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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.