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After finishing at $17.00 in the prior trading day, KT Corporation ADR (NYSE: KT) closed at $17.01, up 0.06%. In other words, the price has increased by $0.06 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.59 million shares were traded. KT stock price reached its highest trading level at $17.13 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $16.77.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of KT by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 2.22 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 5.15. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.98 and its Current Ratio is at 1.04. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.63 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.36.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, KT now has a Market Capitalization of 8363238400 and an Enterprise Value of 5818881671168. As of this moment, KT’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 9.73, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 7.45. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.69. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.42 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.63. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.22 whereas that against EBITDA is 1.17.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for KT is 0.95, which has changed by 0.2177651 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.208081 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, KT has reached a high of $18.45, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $12.10. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 2.31%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 14.43%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.84M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1159700 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 491.65M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 491.57M. Insiders hold about 0.02% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 20.50% stake in the company. Shares short for KT as of 1736899200 were 4822921 with a Short Ratio of 2.62, compared to 1734048000 on 6544967. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4822921 and a Short% of Float of 1.0199999.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, KT’s forward annual dividend rate was 3460.0, compared to 0.36 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 203.52942The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 5.5.
