KT Corporation ADR (NYSE:KT) does about 1.42M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 1316950 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 9.67B USD. Its current market price is $19.75, marking a decrease of -2.03% compared to the previous close of $20.16. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $20.46 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $13.11.
The consensus objective for the share price is $22.82, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 13.45% 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 1.38%, 4.11%, and 15.84% 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 0.25% over the week and 2.17% over the past month. Its price is 27.26% year-to-date and 48.72% over the past year.
The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at 0 and 3.04 for whole year. Expected sales for next quarter are $6.86T, which analysts say will come at $27.63T for the current fiscal year and next year at $27.66T. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $7.15T.
To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 13.45 percent from here.
The company has a return on investment of 2.68% and return on equity of 3.81%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 21.52 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 9.11. The beta has a value of 0.66. Price to book ratio is 0.86 and price to sales ratio is 0.51.
