Korea Electric Power (KEP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Korea Electric Power Corporation, or KEPCO, is South Korea’s state-owned electric utility and the country’s principal provider of electricity transmission, distribution, and retail supply services. The company delivers power to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across South Korea and operates the national transmission and distribution networks.

KEPCO coordinates electricity generation through affiliated companies, including Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, Korea South-East Power, Korea Midland Power, Korea Western Power, Korea Southern Power, and Korea East-West Power. These subsidiaries operate a range of generating facilities using nuclear, coal, natural gas, hydroelectric, and renewable energy sources. KEPCO also develops and operates overseas power and energy projects.

Established in 1961, KEPCO has played a central role in the development and operation of South Korea’s modern power system. In addition to its domestic utility activities, the company has pursued international business in areas such as power generation, transmission, distribution, and energy-related infrastructure.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $10.55 to $10.74
• 50-Day Range: $10.35 to $12.51
• 52-Week Range: $10.26 to $23.41
• Volume: 1.15 million shs
• Average Volume: 819,860 shs
• Market Capitalization: $13.56 billion
• P/E Ratio: 2.44
• Dividend Yield: 4.92%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Korea Electric Power Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Korea Electric Power scored higher than 58% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 73rd out of 98 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Korea Electric Power has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.60, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Korea Electric Power has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -55.98%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Korea Electric Power are expected to decrease by -55.98% in the coming year, from $2.59 to $1.14 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Korea Electric Power is 2.44, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.55.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Korea Electric Power is 2.44, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 29.23.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Korea Electric Power has a PEG Ratio of 1.98. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Korea Electric Power has a P/B Ratio of 0.39. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.20% of the float of Korea Electric Power has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Korea Electric Power has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.29, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Korea Electric Power has recently decreased by 2.25%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Korea Electric Power is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.98%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Korea Electric Power does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Korea Electric Power is 12.12%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Korea Electric Power will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.61% next year. This indicates that Korea Electric Power will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.90

News Sentiment

Korea Electric Power has a news sentiment score of 0.90. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.56 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Korea Electric Power this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Korea Electric Power to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Korea Electric Power insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.00% of the stock of Korea Electric Power is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Korea Electric Power has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 9/15/2026
• Today: 11/03/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/17/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Electric Utilities
• Sub-Industry: Electric Utilities
• Current Symbol: NYSE:KEP
• CIK: 887225
• Web: home.kepco.co.kr
• Phone: (261) 345-3114
• Fax: 82-2-3456-3203
• Employees: 48,650
• Year Founded: 1898

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $4.29
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 2.44
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.27
• P/E Growth: 1.98
• Net Income: $5.98 billion
• Net Margins: 8.15%
• Pretax Margin: 10.90%
• Return on Equity: 15.70%
• Return on Assets: 3.06%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.60
• Current Ratio: 0.44
• Quick Ratio: 0.29

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $68.57 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.20
• Cash Flow: $12.28 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.86
• Book Value: $26.89 per share
• Price / Book: 0.39

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,283,930,000
• Free Float: 1,271,089,000
• Market Cap: $13.56 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.96