Korea Electric Power Corporation

NYSE:KEP Stock Report

Market Cap: US$9.5b

Korea Electric Power Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 3/6

Korea Electric Power's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -22.7%, while the Electric Utilities industry saw earnings growing at 6% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 10.9% per year. Korea Electric Power's return on equity is 9.7%, and it has net margins of 4%.

Key information

-22.7%

Earnings growth rate

-22.7%

EPS growth rate

Electric Utilities Industry Growth6.3%
Revenue growth rate10.9%
Return on equity9.7%
Net Margin4.0%
Last Earnings Update30 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Korea Electric Power: South Korea's Power Giant Is On Sale

Dec 30

Korea Electric Power: Catalysts Are Still Intact

Jun 27

Korea Electric Power: Return To Profitability And Dividend Reinstatement Are Potential Catalysts

Mar 14

Korea Electric Power: New CEO Appointment Is A Positive Development

Oct 09

Korea Electric Power: Still Bullish Considering Improved Outlook

Aug 03

Korea Electric Power: All Eyes On Positive Developments

May 23

Korea Electric Power: Positive Changes

Oct 11

KEPCO At The Crossroads With Low Carbon Power - Nuclear And/Or Renewables?

Jul 29

Korea Electric Power: Short-Term Pain, Long-Term Gain

Apr 18

Korea Electric Power: Tariff Hike And Hydrogen Economy Plans Draw Attention

Jan 04

Korea Electric Power: All Eyes On Tariff Hike

Oct 18

Korea Electric Power: Negatives Priced In

Aug 03

Korea Electric Power plunges as government keeps electricity tariffs flat

Jun 21

Korea Electric Power: Tariff Rate Adjustment And Environmental Costs In The Spotlight

Dec 03

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Korea Electric Power makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

NYSE:KEP Revenue, expenses and earnings (KRW Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 2492,402,7773,708,6772,324,836216,586
30 Jun 2490,769,3942,653,2872,282,180217,533
31 Mar 2489,918,182685,4162,242,243214,410
31 Dec 2388,219,461-4,822,5492,238,527217,319
30 Sep 2385,179,291-13,826,7582,206,236210,109
30 Jun 2380,482,275-20,526,0912,173,523210,337
31 Mar 2376,387,815-23,460,5002,200,333212,645
31 Dec 2271,257,863-24,466,8532,179,778213,932
30 Sep 2267,291,603-20,350,4642,169,295215,397
30 Jun 2263,980,864-15,490,3192,234,104213,191
31 Mar 2262,046,502-11,337,0762,217,466209,990
31 Dec 2160,673,587-5,304,5222,173,961214,825
30 Sep 2159,839,324-1,083,6782,000,149217,727
30 Jun 2159,088,4821,197,9041,933,760210,931
31 Mar 2158,567,3422,048,0661,970,592202,648
31 Dec 2058,569,3141,991,3471,942,380197,436
30 Sep 2058,818,26492,5701,972,378210,969
30 Jun 2059,019,172-920,9821,914,603222,024
31 Mar 2059,017,613-1,534,7401,856,903225,373
31 Dec 1959,172,890-2,345,5171,919,899224,463
30 Sep 1959,406,226-1,809,2151,997,654218,701
30 Jun 1959,903,785-1,323,4222,032,912209,473
31 Mar 1960,169,969-1,825,0952,035,150214,466
31 Dec 1860,627,610-1,314,5672,024,592215,494
30 Sep 1860,529,061-1,906,3022,676,232-9,204
30 Jun 1860,306,944-1,121,8482,686,313-3,527
31 Mar 1859,895,325154,5372,680,4552,023
31 Dec 1759,335,8891,298,7202,640,9850
30 Sep 1759,546,0092,960,4182,048,947220,313
30 Jun 1759,301,7804,380,7432,161,375206,332
31 Mar 1759,651,6665,780,0442,143,599193,145
31 Dec 1659,763,0877,048,5812,507,1890
30 Sep 1659,128,7598,329,3992,263,350-14,878
30 Jun 1658,746,79414,645,7782,062,367-3,795
31 Mar 1659,143,19514,224,4942,035,9561,486
31 Dec 1558,581,72713,289,1272,012,4320
30 Sep 1559,171,03412,187,4311,676,163173,431
30 Jun 1558,608,6224,505,1251,611,399158,654
31 Mar 1557,911,8403,354,6941,599,041153,098
31 Dec 1457,123,0262,686,8731,829,0600
30 Sep 1456,759,4092,829,5231,828,888-6,367
30 Jun 1456,057,6232,227,5441,886,123-1,684
31 Mar 1454,678,896458,9731,833,181-2,046

Quality Earnings: KEP has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: KEP became profitable in the past.

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: KEP has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by -22.7% per year.

Accelerating Growth: KEP has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: KEP has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Electric Utilities industry (11.4%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: KEP's Return on Equity (9.7%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/21 02:59
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/21 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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Analyst Sources

Korea Electric Power Corporation is covered by 40 analysts. 17 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Douglas KimBNP Paribas Securities (Asia)
Jay YooBofA Global Research
Min Seok ShinCape Investment & Securities Co., Ltd.