Korea Electric Power (KEP) Competitors

Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) and National Grid Transco (NYSE:NGG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Is KEP or NGG a better dividend stock?

Korea Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. National Grid Transco pays an annual dividend of $4.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Korea Electric Power pays out 1.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Grid Transco pays out 78.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has better earnings & valuation, KEP or NGG?

National Grid Transco has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Korea Electric Power. Korea Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Grid Transco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Korea Electric Power	$68.46B	0.26	$2.44B	$2.92	4.72
National Grid Transco	$23.61B	2.96	$3.70B	$5.20	13.56

Do analysts prefer KEP or NGG?

National Grid Transco has a consensus price target of $80.40, indicating a potential upside of 14.04%. Given National Grid Transco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe National Grid Transco 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)	0.00
National Grid Transco	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of KEP or NGG?

4.7% of National Grid Transco shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Korea Electric Power shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, KEP or NGG?

Korea Electric Power has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Grid Transco has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to KEP or NGG?

In the previous week, National Grid Transco had 10 more articles in the media than Korea Electric Power. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for National Grid Transco and 2 mentions for Korea Electric Power. National Grid Transco's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Korea Electric Power's score of 0.65 indicating that National Grid Transco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Korea Electric Power	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
National Grid Transco	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is KEP or NGG more profitable?

Korea Electric Power has a net margin of 5.53% compared to National Grid Transco's net margin of 0.00%. Korea Electric Power's return on equity of 13.16% beat National Grid Transco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Korea Electric Power	5.53%	13.16%	2.18%
National Grid Transco	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

National Grid Transco beats Korea Electric Power on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.