Korea Electric Power Corporation, an integrated electric utility company, generates, transmits, and distributes electricity in 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, hydro, wind, solar, and biomass sources. As of December 31, 2016, the company had a total of 655 generation units, including nuclear, thermal, hydroelectric, and internal combustion units with an installed generation capacity of 79,217 megawatts. Its transmission system consisted of 33,630 circuit kilometers of lines of 765 kilovolts and others, including high-voltage direct current lines, as well as 830 substations with an installed transformer capacity of 305,418 megavolt-amperes; and distribution system consisted of 112,751 megavolt-amperes of transformer capacity and 9,122,344 units of support with a total line length of 474,099 circuit kilometers. The company provides electricity to residential, commercial, educational, industrial, agricultural, street lighting, and overnight power usage. It is also involved in providing plant maintenance and engineering services, and information services; selling nuclear fuel; communication line leasing; nuclear export technology and overseas resource development; and developing uranium mine. Korea Electric Power Corporation was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Naju, South Korea.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Electric services
Sub-IndustryN/A
SectorUtilities
SymbolNYSE:KEP
CUSIPN/A
Phone82-6-1345-4299
Debt
Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.63%
Current Ratio0.82%
Quick Ratio0.56%
Price-To-Earnings
Trailing P/E Ratio8.55
Forward P/E Ratio7.11
P/E Growth1.4
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$53.83 billion
Price / Sales0.39
Cash Flow$7.9710 per share
Price / Cash2.07
Book Value$51.15 per share
Price / Book0.32
Profitability
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A
Net Income$1.17 billion
Net Margins6.21%
Return on Equity3.82%
Return on Assets1.56%
Miscellaneous
Employees43,688
Outstanding Shares1,283,930,000
