A forward price-to-earnings ratio of 3.5x and a recent earnings beat of 16.2% reflect genuine underlying value, but the stock has nearly reached its analyst target — leaving only 0.2% of headroom — and high leverage at a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.6 reduces financial cushion if the earnings recovery stalls.
Thesis pillars
- Deep Value Near Analyst Target→Stable
- Earnings Beat Streak Delivery↓Deteriorating
- High Leverage Limits Flexibility→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Korea Electric Power Corporatio (KEP) Stock Analysis
Catalyst-Driven edge
Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Electric
Sell if holding. Multiple concerning factors at $12.06: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.6): -1.5; Weak growth.
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... Read more
Sell if holding. Multiple concerning factors at $12.06: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.6): -1.5; Weak growth. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.4/10, high confidence.
Passes 8/10 gates (positive momentum, favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 18d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Suitability: speculative.
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Multiple concerning factors at $12.06: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.6): -1.5; Weak growth. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $11.36. Score 5.4/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $13.60 (+12.8% upside). Prior stop was $11.36. Stop-loss: $11.36.
Leverage penalty (D/E 2.6): -1.5; Weak growth; Below 200-day MA.
Korea Electric Power Corporatio trades at a P/E of 2.6 (forward 3.1). TrendMatrix value score: 9.9/10. Verdict: Sell.
28 analysts cover KEP with a consensus score of 3.7/5. Average price target: $16.
What does Korea Electric Power Corporatio do?Korea Electric Power Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and...
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.