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KEP vs. VST, TRP, EXC, XEL, CQP, VG, FTS, EBR, LNT, and EVRG

Should 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.

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.

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%

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Korea Electric PowerOutperform Votes
240
55.43%
Underperform Votes
193
44.57%
VistraOutperform Votes
311
67.32%
Underperform Votes
151
32.68%

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.

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.

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)
0.00
Vistra
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

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.

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 Ratio
Korea Electric Power$93.51T0.00-$3.86B$2.005.41
Vistra$18.10B2.89$1.49B$6.3624.28

Summary

Vistra beats Korea Electric Power on 19 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KEP vs. The Competition

MetricKorea Electric PowerElectric services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$13.89B$14.53B$16.11B$19.30B
Dividend Yield0.46%4.99%5.71%3.83%
P/E Ratio5.0119.4420.2734.53
Price / Sales0.0016.0021.4834.84
Price / Cash1.4710.0718.7117.51
Price / Book0.472.372.114.69
Net Income-$3.86B$690.28M$661.92M$1.02B
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KEP
Korea Electric Power
1.1611 of 5 stars
$10.82
+0.6%
N/A+46.0%$13.89B$93.51T5.0148,800Positive News
VST
Vistra
2.6657 of 5 stars
$157.33
+0.5%
$165.83
+5.4%
+63.8%$53.39B$18.10B29.354,910Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Down
TRP
TC Energy
4.4213 of 5 stars
$49.47
-0.7%
$62.00
+25.3%
+27.6%$51.43B$13.89B15.277,480News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
EXC
Exelon
4.5331 of 5 stars
$44.39
+0.7%
$47.30
+6.6%
+14.6%$44.81B$23.70B18.1219,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
XEL
Xcel Energy
4.252 of 5 stars
$72.21
-0.2%
$76.00
+5.2%
+24.7%$41.65B$13.70B20.9912,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Options Volume
CQP
Cheniere Energy Partners
1.5202 of 5 stars
$58.60
-4.4%
$53.60
-8.5%
N/A$28.37B$9.40B13.761,550Positive News
Analyst Revision
VG
Venture Global
4.5071 of 5 stars
$10.10
+3.2%
$15.63
+54.7%
N/A$24.44B$6.45B0.001,400
FTS
Fortis
4.383 of 5 stars
$47.55
+0.8%
$72.00
+51.4%
+18.0%$23.85B$11.73B20.159,200
EBR
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás
1.8707 of 5 stars
$7.47
+1.6%
N/A+4.2%$16.78B$40.18B9.8312,100News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.2108 of 5 stars
$63.09
+1.0%
$63.55
+0.7%
+19.6%$16.21B$4.08B23.453,130News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EVRG
Evergy
3.5379 of 5 stars
$67.12
+0.3%
$72.44
+7.9%
+20.2%$15.44B$5.89B18.144,510Positive News
Analyst Downgrade

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