KEP vs. AEP, TRP, VG, EXC, XEL, CQP, FTS, EBR, LNT, and EVRG
Should you be buying Korea Electric Power stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Korea Electric Power include American Electric Power (AEP), TC Energy (TRP), Venture Global (VG), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Fortis (FTS), Centrais El�tricas Brasileiras (EBR), Alliant Energy (LNT), and Evergy (EVRG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Korea Electric Power vs. Its Competitors
American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) and Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Korea Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. American Electric Power pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Korea Electric Power pays out 1.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. American Electric Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
75.2% of American Electric Power shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Korea Electric Power shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American Electric Power has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Korea Electric Power. Korea Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Electric Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Electric Power currently has a consensus price target of $108.31, suggesting a potential upside of 4.74%. Given American Electric Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe American Electric Power is more favorable than Korea Electric Power.
American Electric Power has a net margin of 13.73% compared to Korea Electric Power's net margin of 5.53%. Korea Electric Power's return on equity of 13.16% beat American Electric Power's return on equity.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 22 more articles in the media than Korea Electric Power. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for American Electric Power and 6 mentions for Korea Electric Power. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Korea Electric Power's score of 0.96 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Electric Power has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Korea Electric Power has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Electric Power beats Korea Electric Power on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KEP) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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