Korea Electric Power (KEP) Stock Analysis

Company Profile

Korea Electric Power (KEP) trades as an ADR rather than ordinary local shares — read it with FX exposure, depositary-program fees, and dividend-withholding-tax differences in mind.

Price Performance

Cumulative Growth

Trailing Returns

Calendar-Year Returns

Performance Metrics

Risk Profile

Drawdown History

Return Distribution

Risk Metrics

Risk-Adjusted Performance

Risk-Return Positioning

Risk-Adjusted Metrics

Profitability

Korea Electric Power (KEP) posts ROE of 16.60%, in the upper peer quartile. That suggests the company earns more from each dollar of shareholders’ equity than most industry peers, a useful capital-efficiency signal.

Korea Electric Power (KEP) keeps 8.04% of revenue as net profit, in the lower peer quartile for net margin. More of each sales dollar is being absorbed by costs, financing, taxes, or other charges than at most peers.

Korea Electric Power (KEP) turns 4.73% of revenue into operating profit, in the lower peer quartile for operating margin. Operating costs are taking a larger share of sales than they do at most peers.

Profitability Metrics

Growth

Korea Electric Power (KEP) grew revenue 4.31%, roughly around the peer group's normal range. Top-line momentum looks broadly typical for the industry.

Korea Electric Power (KEP) grew earnings per share 144.73%, above the industry benchmark range. Profits are compounding faster than at any typical peer, though a depressed base year can inflate the percentage, so the level of earnings matters alongside the rate.

Growth Metrics

Financial Strength

Korea Electric Power (KEP) has current ratio of 0.44, in the tighter-liquidity quartile for its industry. The short-term cushion is thinner than most peers carry, even if the absolute comfort level still depends on the business model.

Korea Electric Power (KEP) has debt-to-equity ratio of 2.63, in the higher-leverage quartile for its industry. The heavier reliance on borrowing can make earnings, rates, or refinancing conditions matter more.

Financial Strength Metrics

Dividends

Korea Electric Power (KEP) has dividend yield of 13,891.89%, above the entire industry range. That headline income is large, but yields this far above peers often come from a falling share price or an at-risk payout, so dividend safety matters more than the percentage itself.

Korea Electric Power (KEP) has payout ratio of 12.22%, below the peer payout band. More earnings are being kept inside the business, but that is a dividend-policy choice rather than a coverage advantage on its own.

Dividend Metrics

Valuation

Korea Electric Power (KEP) trades at P/E ratio of 2.66, below the peer range for its industry. On trailing earnings the stock screens cheap, but a discount that deep still needs a check on growth, earnings quality, and business risk.

Korea Electric Power (KEP) trades at 0.00 on P/S ratio, in the lower sales-valuation quartile for its industry. That points to a cheaper revenue stream than most peers, with margin quality still doing the heavy lifting.

Korea Electric Power (KEP) trades at 0.38 on P/B ratio, in the lower book-value quartile for its industry. Investors are paying less for the balance-sheet equity than they pay for most peers, with returns on that equity still central to the read.

Valuation Metrics