KT Corp (KT) shareholders
KTNYSETelephone Communications (No Radiotelephone)Fiscal year ends December 31
$18.97+0.17 (+0.90%)
Close on Nov 13, 2026Market cap $9.15BP/E 7.3Yield –
Ownership
Institutional holdings as of Jun 30, 2026, from 13F filings
Held by institutions
69.7%
168M of 241M shares
Institutional holders
244
36 new, 43 sold out
Net institutional buying
13M
In Q2 2026
Insider trades, 12 months
0 buys · 0 sales
Open-market trades only
Shares held by institutions
Holders of more than 5%
Latest Schedule 13D (active) or 13G (passive) filed by each holder
| Holder | Shares | % of class | Filing | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington Management Company LLP Joint filing with Wellington Management Group LLP (8.00%), Wellington Group Holdings LLP (8.00%) and 1 more | 19,402,304 | 6.90% | 13G (passive) amendment | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Wellington Management Group LLP Joint filing with Wellington Group Holdings LLP (6.50%), Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP (6.50%) and 1 more | 16,446,832 | 6.50% | 13G (passive) | Dec 31, 2025 |
Top institutional holders
13F holdings as of Jun 30, 2026
| Holder | Shares | % of KT | Value | Change | % of portfolio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington Management Group Llp | 26,973,001 | 11.19% | $466.09M | +4,028,281 | 0.08% |
| Niatross Investments Ltd | 11,006,064 | 4.57% | $190.18M | +1,744,003 | 100.00% |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc /Md/ | 9,445,184 | 3.92% | $163.21M | −635,842 | 0.02% |
| Kopernik Global Investors, LLC | 9,043,938 | 3.75% | $156.28M | +3,722,016 | 9.57% |
| Capital International Investors | 8,756,032 | 3.63% | $151.30M | −1,449,072 | 0.03% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 8,484,029 | 3.52% | $147.96M | +1,303,889 | 0.01% |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 7,392,482 | 3.07% | $127.74M | +1,650,574 | 0.02% |
| Pzena Investment Management LLC | 7,286,500 | 3.02% | $125.91M | +110,953 | 0.37% |
| Boston Partners | 5,959,415 | 2.47% | $102.98M | +2,476,756 | 0.09% |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 5,849,987 | 2.43% | $101.09M | +799,121 | 0.07% |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 5,805,858 | 2.41% | $100.33M | +780,555 | 0.12% |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 5,331,892 | 2.21% | $92.03M | +329,929 | 0.14% |
| Morgan Stanley | 4,644,352 | 1.93% | $80.25M | −341,817 | 0.00% |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 4,389,549 | 1.82% | $76.55M | +607,606 | 0.05% |
| Lazard Asset Management LLC | 3,629,825 | 1.51% | $62.72M | +259,382 | 0.09% |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 3,049,186 | 1.26% | $65.41M | New | 0.02% |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 2,488,428 | 1.03% | $43.00M | +2,482,714 | 0.01% |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 2,454,393 | 1.02% | $42.41M | −43,577 | 0.07% |
| Mondrian Investment Partners LTD | 2,442,234 | 1.01% | $42.20M | −220,966 | 0.65% |
| Nan Fung Trinity (Hk) Ltd | 1,955,340 | 0.81% | $33.79M | +5,200 | 3.34% |
Institutional buying and selling by quarter
Positions opened, added to, reduced and closed by 13F filers
| Quarter | Holders | Shares held | % of shares | New / added | Reduced / closed | Shares bought | Shares sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 244 | 168M | 69.7% | 36 / 98 | 80 / 43 | 29M | 15M |
| Q1 2026 | 258 | 155M | 64.3% | 49 / 102 | 77 / 24 | 33M | 20M |
| Q4 2025 | 236 | 142M | 58.9% | 37 / 75 | 103 / 39 | 26M | 17M |
| Q3 2025 | 244 | 134M | 55.5% | 33 / 106 | 78 / 27 | 20M | 9M |
| Q2 2025 | 240 | 123M | 50.8% | 48 / 92 | 74 / 24 | 21M | 11M |
| Q1 2025 | 223 | 115M | 47.6% | 38 / 90 | 74 / 24 | 20M | 7M |
| Q4 2024 | 213 | 102M | 42.4% | 51 / 85 | 55 / 25 | 35M | 8M |
| Q3 2024 | 190 | 76M | 31.4% | 29 / 85 | 50 / 12 | 9M | 5M |
| Q2 2024 | 175 | 73M | 30.2% | 23 / 78 | 49 / 23 | 5M | 51M |
| Q1 2024 | 177 | 118M | 48.9% | 23 / 61 | 65 / 27 | 14M | 7M |
| Q4 2023 | 182 | 110M | 45.8% | 42 / 67 | 51 / 20 | 14M | 5M |
| Q3 2023 | 162 | 102M | 42.3% | 28 / 63 | 43 / 19 | 7M | 6M |
Top mutual fund and ETF holders
Latest monthly portfolio reports (Form N-PORT)
88 funds held KT in Q2 2026, 8% of their shares through ETFs. Each fund counts once per quarter, from its quarter-end report.
| Fund | Shares | % of KT | Value | % of fund | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New World Fund Inc | 13,041,184 | 5.41% | $235.92M | 0.27% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| T. Rowe Price International Value Equity Fund | 3,683,035 | 1.53% | $66.63M | 0.39% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Vanguard International Core Stock Fund | 2,961,355 | 1.23% | $51.17M | 0.50% | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Disciplined Value International Fund | 2,431,199 | 1.01% | $43.98M | 0.65% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Kopernik Global All-Cap Fund | 2,399,036 | 1.00% | $43.40M | 1.34% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Allspring Emerging Markets Equity Fund | 2,349,713 | 0.97% | $42.51M | 1.10% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| The Hartford International Opportunities Fund | 2,244,974 | 0.93% | $40.61M | 1.01% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| AB Emerging Markets Opportunities ETF | 1,711,750 | 0.71% | $29.58M | 1.39% | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Pzena Emerging Markets Value Fund | 1,573,478 | 0.65% | $28.04M | 0.65% | May 31, 2026 |
| The Hartford International Value Fund | 1,250,819 | 0.52% | $22.63M | 0.14% | Jul 31, 2026 |
| International Growth and Income Fund | 872,808 | 0.36% | $15.08M | 0.07% | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Disciplined Value Global Long/Short Fund | 782,648 | 0.32% | $13.52M | 1.04% | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Touchstone Strategic Trust-Touchstone Non-US Equity Fund | 745,752 | 0.31% | $12.89M | 0.90% | Jun 30, 2026 |
| First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund | 710,135 | 0.29% | $12.27M | 0.28% | Jun 30, 2026 |
| New World Fund | 666,427 | 0.28% | $11.52M | 0.26% | Jun 30, 2026 |
Short interest
Shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of Oct 30, 2026 (FINRA, reported twice a month)
Short % of shares outstanding
–
3M shares short
Days to cover
1.4
At 2M shares a day
Change since last report
-24.5%
From 4M shares
Short volume, 20 days
36.7%
Of volume reported to FINRA
Shares sold short, last 12 months
Short sale volume counts trades marked short on any given day, including market-maker hedging, so it runs far higher than the share of KT's stock actually held short. Settlement fails (shares not delivered on time) peaked at 6,319 shares on Sep 29, 2026 over the last 90 days.
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