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KT Q3 2025 earnings summary
Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.Q3 2025 earnings summary7 Nov, 2025
Executive summary
Revenue and operating profit grew in Q3 2025, driven by telecom, real estate, cloud/data center, and core portfolio expansion.
Transformation towards an AICT company accelerated with new AI LLM launches, Microsoft partnership, and the KT Innovation Hub.
Apologies and compensation issued for unauthorized micropayments and data breach; comprehensive security investments and measures underway, including a KRW 1 trillion plan over five years.
3Q25 dividend declared at KRW 600 per share, totaling KRW 1,800 YTD, with share buybacks enhancing shareholder returns.
Monetized non-core assets, generating KRW 82.4 billion profit and KRW 275.7 billion cash.
Financial highlights
Operating revenue rose 7.1% year-over-year to KRW 7.1267 trillion.
Operating profit increased 16% YoY to KRW 538.2 billion, aided by real estate sales and portfolio expansion.
Net income up 16.2% YoY to KRW 445.3 billion; EBITDA up 5.2% YoY to KRW 1,503.9 billion with a 21.1% margin.
Operating expenses grew 6.4% YoY, mainly from higher service costs and COGS.
Service revenue grew 2.9% YoY to KRW 5,920.8 billion; sale of goods up 33.6% YoY.
Outlook and guidance
Q4 outlook is conservative due to seasonality, customer compensation costs, and potential fines; efforts ongoing to minimize financial impact.
Full-year 2025 expected to show YoY growth on both consolidated and separate basis, supported by core business and one-off gains.
2028 targets include consolidated ROE of 9–10% and operating profit margin of 9%.
AI/IT revenue share aimed to triple from 2023 levels, with top-tier AI/cloud capabilities sought via global partnerships.
Additional KRW 1 trillion share buyback planned to enhance capital efficiency.
Q4 financial impact of hacking incident
New CEO impact on value up plan consistency
2026 share buyback size and flexibility
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KT Corporation, formerly known as Korea Telecom, is a South Korean telecommunications company. The company offers a wide array of services, including fixed-line telephone services (encompassing local, domestic long-distance, international long-distance, and voice over Internet protocol telephone services), broadband Internet access, data communication services, and interconnection services. In addition to telecommunications, KT Corporation extends its offerings to media and content services (such as IPTV, satellite TV, and digital music), e-commerce, online advertising consulting, web comics and novels services, credit card processing, and other financial services. Furthermore, it engages in information technology and network services, satellite services, sales of handsets and telecommunications equipment, real estate development and rentals, and a variety of other business activities across different sectors.T he company is headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea, and its shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
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