KTKT
Market Cap: $7.6B
About: KT is South Korea's largest fixed-line telecom operator, with around 9.0 million fixed-line broadband customers and 9.4 million IPTV customers, and is the second-largest wireless operator with 25 million subscribers. Additionally, it has a number of nontelecom businesses, including real estate, payment processing, artificial intelligence, and IDC/cloud services, many of which are the focus of its growth strategy. The company was formed from the previously government-owned, monopoly telecom business and was listed in 1998. After selling its mobile business in 1994 (forming its mobile competitor, SK Telecom) KT created its own mobile operator in 1997.
Employees: 19,737
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q2 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
55% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 76 | Existing positions reduced: 49
3% less funds holding
Funds holding: 175 [Q1] → 170 (-5) [Q2]
13.01% less ownership
Funds ownership: 41.16% [Q1] → 28.15% (-13.01%) [Q2]
19% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 22 | Existing positions closed: 27
34% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $1.5B [Q1] → $989M (-$514M) [Q2]
50% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q1] → 1 (-1) [Q2]
93% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $36K | Put options by funds: $484K
Research analyst outlook
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Financial journalist opinion
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