Company Analysis

Korea Electric Power Corp (KEP)

NYSE: KEP · Electric Services · Naju-Si, KR · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade5.4
◀ Past 6.5● Present 4.8▶ Future 5.4
2 est.

The grade of Korea Electric Power Corp

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.4/10
◀ Past6.525% of the headline
● Present4.845% of the headline
▶ Future5.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.5/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
6.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 66th percentile among 59 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Korea Electric Power Corp's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 5 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 45th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Korea Electric Power Corp's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from KRW 58582 billion in fiscal 2015 to KRW 92578 billion in fiscal 2024, up 5.2% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 4% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 5 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.2%bottom 46% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 41% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 16% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak3.5%top 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
7.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 7.7/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 77th percentile among 57 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 23% of 57 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 57 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Korea Electric Power Corp's shareholder treatment is put at 7.7 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 23% of 57 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.8/1045% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
4.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 9%: 9¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 83%: owes 83¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 53 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31, Korea Electric Power Corp earned about 9 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 4 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 83 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count was unchanged over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 15% of its family
  • return on equitytop 42% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 29% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 44% of 52 in its family; net margin 3.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 52 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Korea Electric Power Corp's standing among 52 graded names in its industry family: revenue of KRW 92578 billion in fiscal 2024 is not ranked by size, since the family reports in another currency; a net margin of 3.9% ranks in the bottom 22%; revenue growth of 15.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 11% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • net margin3.9%bottom 22% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth15.5%top 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
4.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 4.5/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 33 members with one.
What the record cannot read
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read.
How it was reasoned
family median, 33 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Korea Electric Power Corp's leadership is put at 4.5 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 33 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 33% of 47 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 47 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Korea Electric Power Corp's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2024): cash of KRW 2383 billion against debt of KRW 132533 billion leaves -52.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 4% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 1.8% of revenue (top 44%); a gross margin of 11.5% (bottom 8%); research spending of 0.8% of revenue (top 36%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-52.7%bottom 4% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue1.8%top 44% of its family
  • gross margin11.5%bottom 8% of its family
  • research spending against revenue0.8%top 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 43% of 51 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Korea Electric Power Corp's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2024: revenue grew 15.5% a year over the last three filed years against 5.2% over all 10, speeding up (top 1% of its family); the newest year grew 5.8% (bottom 38%); research spending grew 3.9% a year (top 35%); capital spending grew 3.9% a year (bottom 24%) (its annual reports). Korea Electric Power Corp tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+10.3 points a yeartop 1% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth5.8%bottom 38% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending3.9%top 35% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending3.9%bottom 24% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 35% of 49 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 49 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Korea Electric Power Corp's newest year against its own record: revenue of KRW 92578 billion in fiscal 2024 came in 12.4% below the KRW 105626 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 23% of its family); net income of KRW 3622 billion against a prior three-year average of KRW 11454 billion (top 19%); a net margin of 3.9% against -16.2% before (top 7%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-12.4%bottom 23% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+132%top 19% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+20.1 pointstop 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton KEP · research, not advice