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About KT&G Corporation
KT&G Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production, distribution, and sale of tobacco products in South Korea, Europe, and internationally. It provides reconstituent tobacco sheets, red ginseng, red ginseng products, other health foods, food and beverage products, health functional food products, and cosmetic and related products. The company also offers leaf tobacco cultivation support services; and develops, manufactures, and distributes drugs, bio-pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter medicines, and medical supplies and equipment. In addition, it engages in the trading, real estate, leasing, and housing businesses. Further, the company engages in hotel development and management activities. The company was formerly known as Korea Tobacco and Ginseng Corporation and changed its name to KT&G Corporation in December 2002. KT&G Corporation was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Daejeon, South Korea.
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KT&G Corporation is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 1.4% above its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 55.1% more expensive than other stocks from the Consumer Defensive sector with a price to sales ratio of 1.9.
KT&G Corporation's total revenue rose by 11.9% to $1T since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has increased by 156.5% to $307B since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow fell by 245.8% to $-19B since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, KT&G Corporation gets an overall score of 3/5.