NYSE:KEP - Korea Electric Power Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

Korea Electric Power trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KEP."

Korea Electric Power Co. (NYSE:KEP) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, June, 12th. The utilities provider reported ($0.20) EPS for the quarter. The utilities provider earned $14.61 billion during the quarter. Korea Electric Power had a return on equity of 2.24% and a net margin of 3.56%. View Korea Electric Power's Earnings History.

Korea Electric Power is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, September, 6th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Korea Electric Power.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Korea Electric Power in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Korea Electric Power.

Korea Electric Power saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,090,952 shares, an increase of 69.5% from the July 13th total of 643,659 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 486,408 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. View Korea Electric Power's Current Options Chain.

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News headlines about KEP stock have been trending positive recently, Accern reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Korea Electric Power earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.30 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the utilities provider an impact score of 47.39 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for Korea Electric Power.

Korea Electric Power's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Donald Smith & CO. Inc. (0.26%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.09%), Lansdowne Partners UK LLP (0.09%), Aperio Group LLC (0.06%), Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. (0.06%) and LMR Partners LLP (0.06%).

KEP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Donald Smith & CO. Inc., LSV Asset Management, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Stevens Capital Management LP, Aperio Group LLC and World Asset Management Inc.

KEP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lansdowne Partners UK LLP, LMR Partners LLP, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC and Wetherby Asset Management Inc..

Shares of KEP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KEP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.31.

Korea Electric Power has a market capitalization of $17.72 billion and generates $55.59 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $1.17 billion in net income (profit) each year or $0.95 on an earnings per share basis. Korea Electric Power employs 43,688 workers across the globe.

Korea Electric Power's mailing address is 55 JEOLLYEOK-RO, NAJU M5, 58217. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 82-6-1345-4299.