Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEP)Utilities | Utilities - Regulated Electric | Naju-Si, South Korea | NYSE
11.68 USD
-0.25
(-2.096%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 11.67 -0.01 (-0.010%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 8 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:56 a.m. EDT
The long-term investment case is severely compromised by a brutal multi-year decline. Despite a massive 81% rally in the most recent year, the asset has lost nearly half its value over the last nine years, with six of those years seeing negative returns. This persistent downward trajectory suggests the market views the business as fundamentally deteriorating or facing insurmountable headwinds, rendering the current low valuation a reflection of deep structural issues rather than a bargain. The short-term outlook remains muted; while the stock recently rallied sharply, it is now trading below its 50-day moving average, and the statistical forecast offers no directional edge. The 4.65% dividend yield is attractive on paper but appears insufficient to offset the risk of capital destruction given the company's shrinking revenue and negative earnings growth. Investors should view this as a speculative recovery play at best, not a core holding. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.059264 |
| AutoETS | 0.059264 |
| MSTL | 0.061749 |
| AutoTheta | 0.086511 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 41% |
| H-stat | 2.75 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.640 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.05 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Utilities |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2025-12-30 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2024-12-30 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 263.19 |
| Revenue per Share | 75994.97 |
| Market Cap | 14,996,281,344 |
| Trailing P/E | 2.70 |
| Forward P/E | 4.15 |
| Beta | 0.82 |
| Profit Margins | 8.04% |
| Website | https://www.kepco.co.kr |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:56 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy put volume and open interest at strikes below the current price, particularly for the September and December expirations. While there is some call activity at distant strikes (20 and 30), the overwhelming majority of open interest sits out-of-the-money on the downside, suggesting a bet on continued weakness or a hedge against further declines rather than a bullish breakout.
| 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 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.105026245 |
| Address1 | 55, Jeollyeok-ro |
| All Time High | 28.37 |
| All Time Low | 5.76 |
| Ask | 11.67 |
| Ask Size | 900 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 3.0 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 966,920 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,164,475 |
| Average Volume | 1,164,475 |
| Average Volume10Days | 966,920 |
| Beta | 0.819 |
| Bid | 11.64 |
| Bid Size | 1,800 |
| Book Value | 28.549204 |
| City | Naju-Si |
| Country | South Korea |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 11.68 |
| Current Ratio | 0.443 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 11.84 |
| Day Low | 11.55 |
| Debt To Equity | 263.19 |
| Display Name | Korea Electric Power |
| Dividend Date | 1,777,420,800 |
| Dividend Rate | 0.52 |
| Dividend Yield | 4.38 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,521,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,521,600 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.765 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.765 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,537,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,486,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,486,600 |
| Ebitda | 25,479,981,563,904 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.26114 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 5.174 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.351 |
| Enterprise Value | 131,843,567,386,624 |
| Eps Current Year | 3.11051 |
| Eps Forward | 2.81778 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 4.33 |
| 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 | 11.994 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.31400013 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.026179766 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -10.5026245 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 23.41 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -11.73 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.5010679 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 11.16 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.52000046 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.046595022 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 11.16 - 23.41 |
| Financial Currency | KRW |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 783,264,600,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 2.91 |
| Float Shares | 611,886,566 |
| Forward Eps | 2.81778 |
| Forward P E | 4.1451073 |
| Free Cashflow | 690,140,872,704 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Fullday Change | -0.25 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -2.09556 |
| Fullday Price | 11.6699 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.15972 |
| Gross Profits | 15,584,723,992,576 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.02636 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 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 | 14,996,281,344 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_380884 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 7,840,011,911,168 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 15,739,414,230 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 1 |
| Open | 11.82 |
| Operating Cashflow | 18,079,134,253,056 |
| Operating Margins | 0.047280002 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.123100005 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.44 |
| Phone | 82 6 1345 3114 |
| Post Market Change | -0.010100365 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.08647572 |
| Post Market Price | 11.6699 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,600 |
| Previous Close | 11.93 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 3.755011 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.40911824 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.00015369363 |
| Profit Margins | 0.08035 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.24 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 3.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.25 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -2.09556 |
| Regular Market Day High | 11.84 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 11.55 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 11.55 - 11.84 |
| Regular Market Open | 11.82 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 11.93 |
| Regular Market Price | 11.68 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,202 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,090,690 |
| Return On Assets | 0.030350002 |
| Return On Equity | 0.16595 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.001 |
| Revenue Per Share | 75,994.97 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Utilities |
| Sector Disp | Utilities |
| Sector Key | utilities |
| Shares Outstanding | 1,283,928,154 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0018000001 |
| Shares Short | 2,283,868 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,384,852 |
| Short Name | Korea Electric Power Corporatio |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0036000002 |
| Short Ratio | 1.96 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | KEP |
| Target High Price | 15.0 |
| Target Low Price | 15.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 15.0 |
| Target Median Price | 15.0 |
| Total Cash | 5,792,483,246,080 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 4,507.33 |
| Total Debt | 136,451,656,253,440 |
| Total Revenue | 97,572,563,714,048 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 1,542.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 129.25398 |
| Trailing Eps | 4.33 |
| Trailing P E | 2.6974597 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 15.55155 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -3.8715496 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.24894944 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,090,690 |
| Website | https://www.kepco.co.kr |
| Zip | 58,322 |