Valuation
26% of the score
91median 13
KT Corporation is valued at 8.5x its operating profit, including debt: a low multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
8.5x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
KTKT Corporation
$19.17-4.3% 1Y
$19.17
$17.3352 weeks$24.54
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 62 out of 100, Above average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Above average. KT Corporation scores higher than 70% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and cycle position, held back by return on capital and return on new capital.
Communication Services median 55 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
13median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 3.8% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
3.8%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 1.7%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
34median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 1 cents. New capital earned 0.8%, and 105% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
0.8%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
63median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countFlat over 5 years
625%
-3%
0.1%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 3.9% a year, sales 1.2%
6612%
-2%
2.8%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
100median 62
Today's operating margin of 2.4% is 0.45x its normal 5.4%: near a trough. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.4x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 2.4%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
42median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA1.2x a year of EBITDA
824.5x
0.5x
1.2x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 2x
21.5x
12x
1.7x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
100median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 5.22x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
5.2x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 10.9% of assets
1008%
0%
-8%
-11%
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2024-12-31, latest annual report FY2024.