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, Electric Power Generation (Nuclear), Electric Power Generation (Non-nuclear), Plant Maintenance & Engineering Service, 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, 2017, the company had a total of 679 generation units, including nuclear, thermal, hydroelectric, and internal combustion units with an installed generation capacity of 82,132 megawatts. Its transmission system consisted of 33,955 circuit kilometers of lines of 765 kilovolts and others, including high-voltage direct current lines, as well as 839 substations with an installed transformer capacity of 311,869 megavolt-amperes; and distribution system included 115,945 megavolt-amperes of transformer capacity and 9,287,199 units of support with a total line length of 483,467 circuit kilometers. The company provides electricity to residential, commercial, educational, industrial, agricultural, street lighting, and overnight power usage. It also offers utility plant maintenance and architectural engineering, information, communication line leasing, resources development, and fly ashes recycling services, as well as sells nuclear fuel. 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 Ratio0.66
Current Ratio0.80
Quick Ratio0.56
Price-To-Earnings
Trailing P/E Ratio16.58
Forward P/E Ratio6.79
P/E Growth1.36
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$55.59 billion
Price / Sales0.36
Cash Flow$7.7586 per share
Price / Cash2.03
Book Value$51.15 per share
Price / Book0.31
Profitability
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$0.95
Net Income$1.17 billion
Net Margins3.62%
Return on Equity2.29%
Return on Assets0.93%
Miscellaneous
Employees43,688
Outstanding Shares1,283,930,000
