KEP (KEP) Stock

About KEP

KEP is led by CEO Dong-Cheol Kim, employs 22,875 people, headquartered in Naju-Si, KR, publicly traded since 1994.

KEP stock trades at $11.69 with a market capitalization of $15.00B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 2.52, price-to-book of 0.44, price-to-sales of 0.23. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $11.16 and $23.41, and currently trades 50.1% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 4.39%.

On profitability, KEP generates a return on equity (ROE) of 18.58%, above the typical market average, return on capital employed of 7.27%, an operating margin of 14.05%, a net profit margin of 8.92%.

In its most recent fiscal year, KEP reported annual revenue of $96.57T, net profit of $8.54T, revenue has compounded at 10.8% a year over the last five years, profit at 33.8% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.62 — a leveraged balance sheet worth monitoring, a current ratio of 0.46, total assets of $254.92T, $2.24T in cash and equivalents.

KEP has a beta of 0.79 (less volatile than the overall market).