Korea Electric Power Corporatio (KEP) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $0.15
- Estimate
- $1.12
- Surprise
- -86.8%
- Score today
- 4.9/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Korea Electric Power Corporatio (KEP) missed the $1.12 estimate with diluted EPS of $0.15 — a large 86.8% shortfall.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates KEP Sell at 4.9/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -86.8% surprise compares with a +6.0% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-12.
What argues against it
- Quality below floor (2.5 < 4.0)
- Value-trap signals (2/5): High leverage (D/E 1.6), Negative free cash flow
- Reward/Risk 0.9:1 at current price — below 1.5:1 minimum
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $11.89
- Price target
- $12.75
- Stop
- $11.40
- Upside to target
- +7.2%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.9:1
Forward estimates sit below the trailing run-rate (4.3× forward vs 2.6× trailing) — consensus expects earnings to decline from here.
Risk check: trading volume is running 1.6× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-04 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
KEP at TrendMatrix's latest read
Utility earnings are regulatory outcomes on a lag — allowed-return and rate-case posture frame any quarter's print.
- Industry
- Utilities - Regulated Electric
- Market cap
- $15.41B
- P/E (fwd)
- 4.3
- P/E (ttm)
- 2.6
- 52-week range
- $11.16–$23.41
- Off 52-week high
- 49.2%
- RSI (14)
- 54
- Volume vs avg
- 1.58×
- Score today
- 4.9/10