Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. KT scored 50.8, KYIV scored 72.0 — KYIV leads.
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Different reporting periods. KT's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but KYIV's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
KT
KT Corporation
Telecom Services · Quality-Growth
50.8
$18.30 · $8.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
21.2
KYIV leads
KYIV
Kyivstar Group Ltd.
Telecom Services · Quality-Growth
72
$12.10 · $2.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestKT9.9x
Fastest growthKYIV+25.9%
Strongest balance sheetKYIV0.39
Highest qualityKYIV67 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueKYIV-56%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
KT
stronger →← stronger
KYIV
48
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
67
59
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
87
64
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
73
KYIV is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
KT
KYIV
$811mC+
FCF
$311mC
+7.1%B
Rev
+25.9%A-
0.62B
D/E
0.39B+
9.9xA-
P/E
17.3xB
4.41D
PEG
1.21B
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
KT
KYIV
23% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
56% below
~-4%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-8%/yr
+35%
1-yr DCF upside
+88%
+29%
5-yr DCF upside
+125%
+22%
10-yr DCF upside
+192%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
KT
Why this score
Cut its dividend
Foreign reporter (KRW)
KYIV
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
Short track record
The companies
KTKT Corporation
Telecom Services · $18.30 · beta 0.09
Why now
Telecom Services · market cap $8.7b. Down 26% from 52-week high of $24.58 — deep drawdown territory. 4 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $21.94 (implying +20% upside).
Moat
Moat signals from the quantitative card are modest — profitability and capital efficiency are middle-of-pack. The thesis here depends on softer factors (switching costs, brand, distribution, regulatory protection) not captured by the quality-growth screen.
Risk
Net margin 4.7% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first. ROE 7% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
KYIVKyivstar Group Ltd.
Telecom Services · $12.10
Why now
Telecom Services · market cap $2.8b. Down 27% from 52-week high of $16.55 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +26% — in hypergrowth territory. 9 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $17.93 (implying +48% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where KT and KYIV diverge
On the headline score the gap is 21.2 points in favor of KYIV. The widest single difference is Growth, where KYIV leads by 27.8 points.
GrowthKT 59.3 · KYIV 87.1KYIV +27.8
QualityKT 47.6 · KYIV 67.1KYIV +19.5
ValueKT 63.9 · KYIV 73.5KYIV +9.6
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is KYIV or KT the better stock?
KYIV scores higher: KYIV 72.0, KT 50.8 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do KYIV and KT differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where KYIV leads by 28 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. KYIV leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are KYIV and KT scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.