Utilities
Korea Electric Power Corporation(KEP)
Live Price
Offline$13.19
-0.30% today
1Y Change
+27.46%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026
- Market Cap
- $27.96T
- Revenue Growth
- +5.7%
- EPS Growth
- +150.0%
- Dividend Yield
- 3.5%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEP) is a Utilities stock with a market cap of $27.96T and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $13.19 and up 27.5% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 16, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +5.7%, EPS growth of +150.0%, a dividend yield of 3.5%. What stands out right now is revenue +5.7%, EPS +150.0%, free cash flow +209.6% with operating margin 13.8% and ROIC 5.1%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.5%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 3.3 and price/sales 0.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines KEP price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Utilities peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Near sector median
+5.7% vs +6.1% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+13.8% vs +21.0% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
3.3 vs 19.5 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Jun 16, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +5.7% and EPS at +150.0%, with operating margin around 13.8%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 3.5%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +1.7% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Jun 16, 2026 | โ | โ | โ | โ |
2026 Mar 10, 2026 | -8.7% | -1.0% | +0.1% | -9.7% |
2025 Dec 18, 2025 | +28.7% | +2.2% | +3.3% | +40.6% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
Compare this ticker against a broad index, growth benchmark, or sector ETF using a shared 1Y normalization window.
KEP
โ
Normalized return
SPY
โ
S&P 500
Excess Return
โ
Relative to SPY
KEP Max Drawdown
-48.84%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
โ
Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for KEP and SPY.
Company Overview
Korea Electric Power Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
Korea Electric Power Corporation, an integrated electric utility company, generates, transmits, and distributes electricity in South Korea and internationally. The company operates through Transmission and Distribution, Nuclear Power Generation, Thermal Power Generation, and Others segments. It generates power from nuclear, coal, oil, liquefied natural gas, internal combustion, combined-cycle, integrated gasification combined cycle, hydro, wind, solar, fuel cell, biogas, and other sources. As of December 31, 2021, the company had a total of 763 generation units, including nuclear, thermal, hydroelectric, and internal combustion units with an installed generation capacity of 82,459 megawatts. Its transmission system consisted of 34,923 circuit kilometers of lines of 765 kilovolts and others, including high-voltage direct current lines, as well as 892 substations with an installed transformer capacity of 344,286 megavolt-amperes; and distribution system included 132,376 megavolt-amperes of transformer capacity and 9,940,440 units of support with a total line length of 532,348 circuit kilometers. The company provides electricity to residential, commercial, educational, industrial, agricultural, street lighting, and overnight power usage. It also offers utility plant maintenance, resources development, electric power information technology, facility maintenance and service, electric meter reading, security, information, and communication line leasing services, as well as sells nuclear fuel. Korea Electric Power Corporation was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Naju-si, South Korea.
- Leadership
- Dong-Cheol Kim
- IPO Date
- Oct 27, 1994
- Employees
- 22.5k
- Street Address
- 55 Jeollyeok-ro
- Mailing
- Naju-Si, 58322
- Region
- Naju-Si, KR
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 82 6 1345 4213
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 3.3
- EV/EBITDA
- 9.0
- Price/Sales
- 0.3
- Price/Book
- 0.6
Growth
- Revenue
- +5.7%
- EPS
- +150.0%
- Free Cash Flow
- +209.6%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 58.5%
- Operating Margin
- 13.8%
- Net Margin
- 8.8%
- ROE
- 19.1%
- ROIC
- 5.1%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 2.76
- Current Ratio
- 0.46
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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