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After finishing at $20.27 in the prior trading day, KT Corporation ADR (NYSE: KT) closed at $20.7, up 2.12%. In other words, the price has increased by $2.12 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.0 million shares were traded. KT stock price reached its highest trading level at $20.75 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $20.2817.
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 3.37 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 15.37. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.04 and its Current Ratio is at 1.10. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.74 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.49.
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 10077713408 and an Enterprise Value of 6960871112704. As of this moment, KT’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 22.56, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.21. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.41. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.52 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.90. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.253 whereas that against EBITDA is 1.398.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for KT is 0.71, which has changed by 0.46289754 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16461086 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, KT has reached a high of $21.61, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $13.98. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.35%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 14.36%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.28M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1509350 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 489.75M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 489.67M. Insiders hold about 0.02% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 24.89% stake in the company. Shares short for KT as of 1753920000 were 2613396 with a Short Ratio of 2.04, compared to 1751241600 on 4366464. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2613396 and a Short% of Float of 0.5599999999999999.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, KT’s forward annual dividend rate was 2200.0, compared to 0.40 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 108.534775The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 5.41.
