Korea Electric Power (KEP) Competitors $10.82 +0.07 (+0.60%) Closing price 05/22/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$11.04 +0.23 (+2.08%) As of 06:23 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock KEP vs. VST, TRP, EXC, XEL, CQP, VG, FTS, EBR, LNT, and EVRGShould you be buying Korea Electric Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Korea Electric Power include Vistra (VST), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Venture Global (VG), Fortis (FTS), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Alliant Energy (LNT), and Evergy (EVRG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry. Korea Electric Power vs. Vistra TC Energy Exelon Xcel Energy Cheniere Energy Partners Venture Global Fortis Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás Alliant Energy Evergy Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) and Vistra (NYSE:VST) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability. Is KEP or VST more profitable? Vistra has a net margin of 12.51% compared to Korea Electric Power's net margin of 4.03%. Vistra's return on equity of 57.63% beat Korea Electric Power's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Korea Electric Power4.03% 9.64% 1.53% Vistra 12.51%57.63%6.02% Does the media prefer KEP or VST? In the previous week, Vistra had 34 more articles in the media than Korea Electric Power. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Vistra and 3 mentions for Korea Electric Power. Vistra's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Korea Electric Power's score of 0.67 indicating that Vistra is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Korea Electric Power 1 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Vistra 31 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KEP or VST? Vistra received 71 more outperform votes than Korea Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.32% of users gave Vistra an outperform vote while only 55.43% of users gave Korea Electric Power an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformKorea Electric PowerOutperform Votes24055.43% Underperform Votes19344.57% VistraOutperform Votes31167.32% Underperform Votes15132.68% Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of KEP or VST? 90.9% of Vistra shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Korea Electric Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Vistra shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more risk & volatility, KEP or VST? Korea Electric Power has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vistra has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts recommend KEP or VST? Vistra has a consensus target price of $166.58, suggesting a potential upside of 7.88%. Given Vistra's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vistra is more favorable than Korea Electric Power.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Korea Electric Power 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Vistra 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 10 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.77 Is KEP or VST a better dividend stock? Korea Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Vistra pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Korea Electric Power pays out 2.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vistra pays out 14.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Vistra has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Vistra is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, KEP or VST? Vistra has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Korea Electric Power. Korea Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vistra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioKorea Electric Power$93.51T0.00-$3.86B$2.005.41Vistra$18.10B2.89$1.49B$6.3624.28 SummaryVistra beats Korea Electric Power on 19 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Korea Electric Power News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for KEP and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart KEP vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricKorea Electric PowerElectric services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$13.89B$14.53B$16.11B$19.30BDividend Yield0.46%4.99%5.71%3.83%P/E Ratio5.0119.4420.2734.53Price / Sales0.0016.0021.4834.84Price / Cash1.4710.0718.7117.51Price / Book0.472.372.114.69Net Income-$3.86B$690.28M$661.92M$1.02B7 Day Performance8.31%-1.23%0.81%-2.43%1 Month Performance20.17%10.61%2.64%6.27%1 Year Performance47.75%42.75%8.86%5.78% Korea Electric Power Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)KEPKorea Electric Power1.1611 of 5 stars$10.82+0.6%N/A+46.0%$13.89B$93.51T5.0148,800Positive NewsVSTVistra2.6657 of 5 stars$157.33+0.5%$165.83+5.4%+63.8%$53.39B$18.10B29.354,910Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeGap DownTRPTC Energy4.4213 of 5 stars$49.47-0.7%$62.00+25.3%+27.6%$51.43B$13.89B15.277,480News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst RevisionEXCExelon4.5331 of 5 stars$44.39+0.7%$47.30+6.6%+14.6%$44.81B$23.70B18.1219,100Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastXELXcel Energy4.252 of 5 stars$72.21-0.2%$76.00+5.2%+24.7%$41.65B$13.70B20.9912,000Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementAnalyst DowngradeOptions VolumeCQPCheniere Energy Partners1.5202 of 5 stars$58.60-4.4%$53.60-8.5%N/A$28.37B$9.40B13.761,550Positive NewsAnalyst RevisionVGVenture Global4.5071 of 5 stars$10.10+3.2%$15.63+54.7%N/A$24.44B$6.45B0.001,400FTSFortis4.383 of 5 stars$47.55+0.8%$72.00+51.4%+18.0%$23.85B$11.73B20.159,200EBRCentrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás1.8707 of 5 stars$7.47+1.6%N/A+4.2%$16.78B$40.18B9.8312,100News CoverageAnalyst DowngradeGap DownLNTAlliant Energy4.2108 of 5 stars$63.09+1.0%$63.55+0.7%+19.6%$16.21B$4.08B23.453,130News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastEVRGEvergy3.5379 of 5 stars$67.12+0.3%$72.44+7.9%+20.2%$15.44B$5.89B18.144,510Positive NewsAnalyst Downgrade Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Vistra Competitors TC Energy Competitors Exelon Competitors Xcel Energy Competitors Cheniere Energy Partners Competitors Venture Global Competitors Fortis Competitors Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás Competitors Alliant Energy Competitors Evergy Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:KEP) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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