KEP vs. VST, AEP, TRP, EXC, XEL, VG, CQP, FTS, EBR, and LNT
Should you be buying Korea Electric Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Korea Electric Power include Vistra (VST), American Electric Power (AEP), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Venture Global (VG), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Fortis (FTS), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), and Alliant Energy (LNT). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Korea Electric Power vs. Its Competitors
Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) and Vistra (NYSE:VST) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
Vistra has a consensus price target of $169.08, suggesting a potential downside of 2.50%. Given Vistra's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vistra is more favorable than Korea Electric Power.
Vistra received 71 more outperform votes than Korea Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.17% of users gave Vistra an outperform vote while only 55.43% of users gave Korea Electric Power an outperform vote.
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 0.5%. 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.
Korea Electric Power has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vistra has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
90.9% of Vistra shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Korea Electric Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Vistra shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Vistra had 17 more articles in the media than Korea Electric Power. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Vistra and 5 mentions for Korea Electric Power. Vistra's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Korea Electric Power's score of 0.04 indicating that Vistra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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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This page (NYSE:KEP) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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