With 2.59 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.87 million shares. The 52-week range on KT shows that it touched its highest point at $18.45 and its lowest point at $12.10 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $20.28. With its current market cap of 8.63 billion, KT has annualized dividend of $0.36 while the current yield stands at 2.06%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.95.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of KT was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 4.46%, but this was up by 3.48% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 15.46% while six-month performance rose 21.20%. The stock gained 20.45% in the past year, while it has gained 13.08% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KT yields 0.73 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.16. For the next quarter, that number is 0.72. This implies an EPS growth rate of 244.64% for this year and -9.23% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 55.65% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -9.47%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 491.65 million KT shares are outstanding with a float of 491.57 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for KT since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1089.01021 being high and $991.62305 being low. For KT, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1053.08199. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.
