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Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEP)

Utilities | Utilities - Regulated Electric | Naju-Si, South Korea | NYSE
11.54 USD -0.14 (-1.199%) ⇩ (July 14, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:13 a.m. EDT

The investment case here is fundamentally broken despite the attractive headline yield. While the 4.37% dividend looks generous on paper, the company is trading at less than half its book value and carries a crushing debt-to-equity ratio of 255%, signaling severe balance sheet distress. The price history confirms a structural deterioration, having lost nearly half its value over the last nine years, even though the most recent annual report showed a sharp rebound. This recent price surge appears to be a temporary relief rally rather than a reversal of the long-term trend, especially given the downgrade from major banks citing macro concerns. For the short term, the stock is likely range-bound or vulnerable to further selling pressure as the market digests the debt load, making it a neutral hold at best. The dividend provides some cushion, but it cannot mask the underlying operational and financial decay.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.196497
AutoARIMA0.196498
MSTL0.197244
AutoTheta0.225356

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 34%
H-stat 2.68
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.003
Excess Kurtosis 1.27
Attribute Value
Sector Utilities
Ex Dividend Date 2025-12-30
Last Dividend Date 2024-12-30
Debt to Equity Ratio 255.55
Revenue per Share 76019.71
Market Cap 14,816,531,456
Trailing P/E 2.65
Forward P/E 3.00
Beta 0.79
Profit Margins 8.92%
Website https://www.kepco.co.kr

As of July 11, 2026, 3:13 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a significant downside gap, evidenced by heavy out-of-the-money put open interest at the $10 strike across multiple expirations. Conversely, call activity is concentrated far out-of-the-money ($17.50 to $22.50), suggesting a speculative bet on a massive recovery rather than a measured rally. The imbalance indicates a fear of further decline outweighing expectations of immediate upside.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2024-12-31 0.075 1.090116
2005-12-27 0.556 2.857143
2004-12-28 0.095 0.721885
2003-12-26 0.336 3.218391
2002-12-26 0.229 2.687793
2001-12-26 0.231 2.519084
2000-12-27 0.250 2.531646
1999-12-28 0.267 1.655814
1998-12-28 0.150 0.909091
1997-12-26 0.150 1.333333
1996-12-26 0.297 1.414286
1995-12-27 0.324 1.234286
1994-12-23 0.078 0.378182
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.52
dividendYield 4.52
exDividendDate 2025-12-31
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1542.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 132.02054
lastDividendValue 0.075
lastDividendDate 2024-12-31
dividendDate 2026-04-29

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.16798848
Address1 55, Jeollyeok-ro
All Time High 28.37
All Time Low 5.76
Ask 11.87
Ask Size 1,000
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,226,260
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,062,581
Average Volume 1,062,581
Average Volume10Days 1,226,260
Beta 0.787
Bid 11.45
Bid Size 1,100
Book Value 25.522924
City Naju-Si
Country South Korea
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 11.54
Current Ratio 0.429
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 11.685
Day Low 11.435
Debt To Equity 255.55
Display Name Korea Electric Power
Dividend Date 1,777,420,800
Dividend Rate 0.52
Dividend Yield 4.52
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,659,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,659,200
Earnings Growth 0.071
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.071
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,675,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,786,537,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,786,537,800
Ebitda 26,571,777,769,472
Ebitda Margins 0.27224
Enterprise To Ebitda 4.759
Enterprise To Revenue 1.296
Enterprise Value 126,467,954,442,240
Eps Current Year 3.66007
Eps Forward 3.84515
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 4.36
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,767,139,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 82 2 3456 4298
Fifty Day Average 13.0528
Fifty Day Average Change -1.5128002
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.11589852
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -16.798847
Fifty Two Week High 23.41
Fifty Two Week High Change -11.87
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.50704825
Fifty Two Week Low 11.43
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.10999966
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.009623767
Fifty Two Week Range 11.43 - 23.41
Financial Currency KRW
First Trade Date Milliseconds 783,264,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.91
Float Shares 611,316,712
Forward Eps 3.84515
Forward P E 3.0011833
Free Cashflow 5,256,119,844,864
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.16994
Gross Profits 16,586,826,055,680
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0
Held Percent Institutions 0.021070002
Implied Shares Outstanding 1,283,928,154
Industry Utilities - Regulated Electric
Industry Disp Utilities - Regulated Electric
Industry Key utilities-regulated-electric
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,735,603,200
Last Dividend Value 0.075
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Korea Electric Power Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity in South Korea and internationally. The company operates through five segments: Electricity Sales, Nuclear Power Generation, Thermal Power Generation, Power Support, and Other. It builds and operates overhead and underground transmission power grids; offers digital substations, grid stabilization equipment, and predictive diagnostic system; high voltage direct current transmission; distribution network construction, distributed energy, and smart distribution network; power outage prevention, insulated sticks, and scheduled power shutdowns; and smart metering service. The company also engages in electricity sale and demand management; electric vehicle charging; microgrid; urban energy planning platform; solar power generation projects; and clean hydrogen businesses, as well as research and development. In addition, it is involved in thermal, nuclear, wind, solar, and hydro power generation; power grid consulting/EPC projects; HVDC submarine transmission; power plant engineering and maintenance; nuclear fuel design and manufacturing; power IT services; investment activities; coal ash industrial materials resource manufacturing; facility management and service; wood pellet utilization; and securitization. The company was formerly known as Korea Electric Company and changed its name to Korea Electric Power Corporation in January 1982. Korea Electric Power Corporation was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Naju-si, South Korea.
Long Name Korea Electric Power Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 14,816,531,456
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_380884
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 8,709,418,254,336
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 14,304,106,295
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 11.7
Operating Cashflow 21,434,078,330,880
Operating Margins 0.15615
Payout Ratio 0.1108
Peg Ratio 0.44
Phone 82 6 1345 3114
Pre Market Change -0.010000229
Pre Market Change Percent -0.0866571
Pre Market Price 11.53
Pre Market Time 1,784,113,215
Previous Close 11.68
Price Eps Current Year 3.1529453
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.45214254
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.00015180274
Profit Margins 0.08923
Quick Ratio 0.242
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.14
Regular Market Change Percent -1.19863
Regular Market Day High 11.685
Regular Market Day Low 11.435
Regular Market Day Range 11.435 - 11.685
Regular Market Open 11.7
Regular Market Previous Close 11.68
Regular Market Price 11.54
Regular Market Time 1,784,059,202
Regular Market Volume 2,573,276
Return On Assets 0.03334
Return On Equity 0.18671
Revenue Growth 0.007
Revenue Per Share 76,019.71
Sand P52 Week Change 0.2043345
Sector Utilities
Sector Disp Utilities
Sector Key utilities
Shares Outstanding 1,283,928,154
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0014
Shares Short 1,801,022
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 1,027,515
Short Name Korea Electric Power Corporatio
Short Percent Of Float 0.0029
Short Ratio 1.42
Source Interval 15
Symbol KEP
Target High Price 16.0
Target Low Price 16.0
Target Mean Price 16.0
Target Median Price 16.0
Total Cash 6,075,080,245,248
Total Cash Per Share 4,731.635
Total Debt 131,378,268,078,080
Total Revenue 97,603,844,833,280
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1,542.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 132.02054
Trailing Eps 4.36
Trailing P E 2.6467888
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 15.9333
Two Hundred Day Average Change -4.3933
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.2757307
Type Disp Equity
Volume 2,573,276
Website https://www.kepco.co.kr
Zip 58,322