Korea Electric Power (KEP) Competitors

Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) and Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Is KEP or ET a better dividend stock?

Korea Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Energy Transfer pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Korea Electric Power pays out 1.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Energy Transfer pays out 102.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Energy Transfer has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Energy Transfer is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, KEP or ET?

Energy Transfer has higher revenue and earnings than Korea Electric Power. Korea Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energy Transfer, 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	0.24	$2.44B	$3.51	3.64
Energy Transfer	$82.67B	0.70	$4.45B	$1.29	13.05

Is KEP or ET more profitable?

Korea Electric Power has a net margin of 6.58% compared to Energy Transfer's net margin of 5.80%. Korea Electric Power's return on equity of 15.34% beat Energy Transfer's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Korea Electric Power	6.58%	15.34%	2.60%
Energy Transfer	5.80%	11.08%	3.73%

Do analysts recommend KEP or ET?

Energy Transfer has a consensus target price of $22.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.67%. Given Energy Transfer's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Energy Transfer 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Energy Transfer	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93

Which has more volatility & risk, KEP or ET?

Korea Electric Power has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Transfer has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

38.2% of Energy Transfer shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Korea Electric Power shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Energy Transfer shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer KEP or ET?

In the previous week, Energy Transfer had 19 more articles in the media than Korea Electric Power. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Energy Transfer and 1 mentions for Korea Electric Power. Energy Transfer's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Korea Electric Power's score of 0.00 indicating that Energy Transfer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Korea Electric Power	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Energy Transfer	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Energy Transfer beats Korea Electric Power on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.