KT
About: 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.
Employees: 16,927
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
12,250% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $247K | Put options by funds: $2K
61% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 37 | Existing positions closed: 23
27% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $1.59B [Q4 2024] → $2.02B (+$433M) [Q1 2025]
16% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 87 | Existing positions reduced: 75
4.8% more ownership
Funds ownership: 40.53% [Q4 2024] → 45.33% (+4.8%) [Q1 2025]
4% more funds holding
Funds holding: 210 [Q4 2024] → 218 (+8) [Q1 2025]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q4 2024] → 3 (+0) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
We haven’t received any recent analyst ratings for KT.
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 7 articles about KT published over the past 30 days
