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KT (STU:KTC) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 0.33 (As of May. 22, 2025)


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What is KT Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-22), KT's current share price is €17.00. KT's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €51.96. KT's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 0.33.

The historical rank and industry rank for KT's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

STU:KTC' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.19   Med: 0.28   Max: 0.35
Current: 0.32

During the past years, KT's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 0.35. The lowest was 0.19. And the median was 0.28.

STU:KTC's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked better than
83.04% of 283 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 1.18 vs STU:KTC: 0.32

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

KT's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €8.882. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is €51.96 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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KT Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for KT's Cyclically Adjusted PS 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 Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

KT Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.24 0.27 0.26 0.24 0.28

KT Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PS 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 0.26 0.26 0.28 0.28 0.31

Competitive Comparison of KT's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

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

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

* The bar in red indicates where KT's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.


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KT Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

KT's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=17.00/51.96
=0.33

* 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 Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, KT's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=8.882/122.5900*122.5900
=8.882

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 122.5900.

KT Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201409 8.658 99.609 10.656
201412 7.639 99.099 9.450
201503 8.583 99.721 10.551
201506 8.879 100.051 10.879
201509 8.438 100.111 10.333
201512 9.548 100.220 11.679
201603 8.559 100.561 10.434
201606 8.856 100.791 10.771
201609 9.073 101.461 10.962
201612 9.937 101.561 11.994
201706 9.385 102.611 11.212
201712 0.000 102.991 0.000
201806 9.266 104.130 10.909
201809 9.296 105.651 10.786
201812 9.191 104.351 10.797
201903 9.307 104.491 10.919
201906 9.378 104.881 10.961
201909 9.633 105.200 11.225
201912 10.142 105.121 11.827
202003 8.833 105.354 10.278
202006 8.810 105.112 10.275
202009 8.818 106.198 10.179
202012 9.802 105.765 11.361
202103 9.432 107.357 10.770
202106 9.503 107.579 10.829
202109 9.598 108.759 10.819
202112 50.403 109.676 56.338
202203 9.896 111.848 10.846
202206 9.905 114.072 10.645
202209 9.717 114.715 10.384
202212 46.706 115.179 49.711
202303 9.010 116.507 9.480
202306 9.327 117.182 9.757
202309 9.469 118.964 9.758
202312 47.690 118.837 49.196
202403 9.355 120.123 9.547
202406 8.971 120.007 9.164
202409 9.161 120.861 9.292
202412 44.823 121.135 45.361
202503 8.882 122.590 8.882

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

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  (STU:KTC) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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KT Business Description

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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 11.5 million fixed-line broadband customers and 9.4 million IPTV customers, and is the second-largest wireless operator with 26 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.

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