KT Corporation ADR (NYSE:KT) does about 1.09M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 2776266 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 8.90B USD. Its current market price is $18.11, marking a decrease of -0.22% compared to the previous close of $18.15. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $18.45 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $12.10.
KT Corporation ADR (KT) has a 20-day trading average at $16.18 and the current price is -1.84% off the 52-week high compared with 49.67% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $15.73 and its 200-day simple moving average is $14.31. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 2.71%, which decreases to 2.25% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 74.52 to suggest the stock is overbought.
The consensus objective for the share price is $20.08, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 9.81% over the period.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 2 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 1 analysts have rated it as a buy and 1 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Buy and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Strong Buy the stock.
The current price level is 11.91%, 15.16%, and 26.52% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the KT price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. KT Corporation ADR (KT) stock is up 9.10% over the week and 15.13% over the past month. Its price is 34.75% year-to-date and 38.67% over the past year.
The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at 0 and 2.23 for whole year. Expected sales for next quarter are $6.66T, which analysts say will come at $26.62T for the current fiscal year and next year at $27.48T. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $6.71T.
To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 9.81 percent from here.
Outstanding shares total 491.65M with insiders holding 0.00% of the shares and institutional holders owning 16.17% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 4.87% and return on equity of 6.80%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 10.22 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 8.17. The beta has a value of 0.92. Price to book ratio is 0.67 and price to sales ratio is 0.45.
