KT (KT) Competitors

Frontier Communications Parent (NASDAQ:FYBR) and KT (NYSE:KT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FYBR or KT?

KT received 200 more outperform votes than Frontier Communications Parent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.40% of users gave KT an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Frontier Communications Parent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Frontier Communications Parent	Outperform Votes 34 56.67%	Underperform Votes 26 43.33%
KT	Outperform Votes 234 62.40%	Underperform Votes 141 37.60%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FYBR or KT?

KT has higher revenue and earnings than Frontier Communications Parent. KT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontier Communications Parent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Frontier Communications Parent	$5.75B	1.16	$29M	$0.11	244.27
KT	$20.20B	0.35	$794.66M	$1.55	8.86

Which has more risk and volatility, FYBR or KT?

Frontier Communications Parent has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KT has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FYBR or KT?

18.9% of KT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Frontier Communications Parent shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of KT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FYBR or KT more profitable?

KT has a net margin of 3.84% compared to KT's net margin of 0.47%. Frontier Communications Parent's return on equity of 5.28% beat KT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Frontier Communications Parent	0.47%	0.52%	0.13%
KT	3.84%	5.28%	2.34%

Do analysts recommend FYBR or KT?

Frontier Communications Parent currently has a consensus price target of $29.13, suggesting a potential upside of 8.39%. Given KT's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Frontier Communications Parent is more favorable than KT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Frontier Communications Parent	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
KT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to FYBR or KT?

In the previous week, KT had 5 more articles in the media than Frontier Communications Parent. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for KT and 4 mentions for Frontier Communications Parent. KT's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Frontier Communications Parent's score of 0.46 indicating that Frontier Communications Parent is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Frontier Communications Parent	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
KT	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

KT beats Frontier Communications Parent on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.