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Korea Electric Power (KEP) Competitors

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KEP vs. AEP, ET, TRP, XEL, EXC, FTS, CQP, VG, OKLO, and EBR

Should you be buying Korea Electric Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Korea Electric Power include American Electric Power (AEP), Energy Transfer (ET), TC Energy (TRP), Xcel Energy (XEL), Exelon (EXC), Fortis (FTS), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Venture Global (VG), Oklo (OKLO), and Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras (EBR). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Korea Electric Power vs. Its Competitors

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

American Electric Power has a net margin of 17.68% compared to Korea Electric Power's net margin of 6.58%. Korea Electric Power's return on equity of 15.34% beat American Electric Power's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Korea Electric Power6.58% 15.34% 2.60%
American Electric Power 17.68%11.55%3.11%

American Electric Power has a consensus price target of $116.91, indicating a potential downside of 1.12%. Given American Electric Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Electric Power 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
American Electric Power
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.41

Korea Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Korea Electric Power pays out 1.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Electric Power pays out 54.4% 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. American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. American Electric Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

75.2% of American Electric Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Korea Electric Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Korea Electric Power has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Electric Power has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, American Electric Power had 30 more articles in the media than Korea Electric Power. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for American Electric Power and 6 mentions for Korea Electric Power. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Korea Electric Power's score of 0.53 indicating that American Electric Power 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)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American Electric Power
26 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Korea Electric Power$94.99T0.00$2.44B$3.513.99
American Electric Power$19.72B3.21$2.97B$6.8417.28

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KEP vs. The Competition

MetricKorea Electric PowerUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.97B$26.54B$16.82B$21.91B
Dividend Yield0.38%3.51%4.66%3.64%
P/E Ratio3.9919.7357.9430.11
Price / Sales0.004.3733.5166.87
Price / Cash1.329.2919.2223.91
Price / Book0.622.432.304.71
Net Income$2.44B$1.43B$748.50M$1.01B
7 Day Performance10.11%1.85%0.85%-0.40%
1 Month Performance3.90%6.44%8.58%1.47%
1 Year Performance86.23%18.03%74.03%15.07%

Korea Electric Power Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KEP
Korea Electric Power
1.3329 of 5 stars
$14.00
+3.4%
N/A+78.9%$17.97B$94.99T3.9948,440News Coverage
Gap Up
AEP
American Electric Power
4.3079 of 5 stars
$117.04
+0.1%
$114.50
-2.2%
+19.8%$62.59B$19.72B17.1116,330Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
ET
Energy Transfer
4.5133 of 5 stars
$16.30
-1.9%
$22.50
+38.0%
-0.1%$55.95B$82.67B12.6416,248Positive News
TRP
TC Energy
4.0305 of 5 stars
$52.82
+0.2%
$62.00
+17.4%
+11.2%$54.95B$10.05B18.036,668Positive News
Analyst Forecast
XEL
Xcel Energy
3.8239 of 5 stars
$80.93
-0.4%
$81.91
+1.2%
+28.3%$47.86B$13.44B22.4211,380Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EXC
Exelon
4.2892 of 5 stars
$47.07
+0.9%
$48.33
+2.7%
+18.7%$47.54B$23.03B17.9020,014Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FTS
Fortis
4.7776 of 5 stars
$51.01
+2.0%
$72.00
+41.1%
+16.9%$25.80B$11.87B20.999,848Positive News
CQP
Cheniere Energy Partners
2.1256 of 5 stars
$51.45
-1.2%
$54.60
+6.1%
N/A$24.95B$9.96B12.491,714
VG
Venture Global
4.2411 of 5 stars
$9.46
-24.8%
$16.54
+74.9%
N/A$22.96B$4.97B0.001,500High Trading Volume
OKLO
Oklo
1.946 of 5 stars
$147.32
+6.7%
$98.14
-33.4%
+1,622.7%$21.75BN/A-350.7578Gap Up
EBR
Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras
1.8655 of 5 stars
$9.45
-2.5%
N/A+35.4%$21.26B$7.45B18.167,710Gap Up

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