CMS vs. KEP: CMS Energy vs. Korea Electric Power Stock Comparison

Company Profile

CMS Energy (CMS) and Korea Electric Power (KEP) both fall under the Utilities industry group, but CMS is classified in Multi-Utilities while KEP is classified in Electric Utilities.

CMS Energy (CMS) trades as ordinary local shares, while Korea Electric Power (KEP) trades as an ADR — compare 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) at 16.60% sits in the top ROE quartile, while CMS Energy (CMS) at 5.31% is in the bottom quartile, showing a clear gap in returns on equity.

CMS Energy (CMS) at 9.72% keeps about the industry-typical share of revenue as profit, while Korea Electric Power (KEP) at 8.04% retains only a bottom-quartile share.

CMS Energy (CMS) at 28.45% runs core operations around its industry’s norm, while Korea Electric Power (KEP) at 4.73% operates in the bottom quartile.

Profitability Metrics

Growth

CMS Energy (CMS) at 13.63% sits in the top revenue growth quartile, while Korea Electric Power (KEP) at 4.31% is closer to the peer norm — faster top-line expansion for CMS.

Korea Electric Power (KEP) at 144.73% clears its industry range for EPS growth, a much stronger earnings trajectory than CMS Energy (CMS) at 4.19%, which is closer to a typical peer reading.

Growth Metrics

Financial Strength

CMS Energy (CMS) at 0.95 keeps current ratio within its industry’s typical mid-range, while Korea Electric Power (KEP) at 0.44 runs in the tighter-liquidity quartile — a thinner cushion against current liabilities for KEP.

Both CMS Energy (CMS) at 1.96 and Korea Electric Power (KEP) at 2.63 lean more heavily on debt funding than most peers, landing in the higher-leverage quartile of their industries.

Financial Strength Metrics

Dividends

CMS Energy (CMS) at 3.21% pays an industry-typical yield; Korea Electric Power (KEP) at 13,891.89% is above its entire peer range — the higher number, but one that calls for a look at payout sustainability before treating it as an advantage.

Korea Electric Power (KEP) at 12.22% retains more earnings than its industry usually does; CMS Energy (CMS) at 80.45% distributes an above-typical share — opposite departures from the band, with the risk sitting on CMS’s side.

Dividend Metrics

Valuation

Korea Electric Power (KEP) at 2.66 trades below its industry P/E ratio range, while CMS Energy (CMS) at 24.71 sits in the richer quartile — the market is paying very different prices for each company’s trailing earnings.

Korea Electric Power (KEP) at 0.00 sits in the cheaper P/S ratio quartile while CMS Energy (CMS) at 2.42 prices around its industry’s middle — KEP costs less per dollar of sales, though read it alongside growth and margins.

Korea Electric Power (KEP) at 0.38 looks cheap against book in the lower P/B ratio quartile, while CMS Energy (CMS) at 2.28 carries a premium in the upper quartile — a clear price-to-book gap.

Valuation Metrics