Korea Electric Power (KEP) Competitors

Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) and Vistra (NYSE:VST) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of KEP or VST?

90.9% of Vistra shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Korea Electric Power shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Vistra shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, KEP or VST?

Korea Electric Power has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vistra has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KEP or VST more profitable?

Vistra has a net margin of 13.40% compared to Korea Electric Power's net margin of 5.53%. Vistra's return on equity of 87.33% beat Korea Electric Power's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Korea Electric Power	5.53%	13.16%	2.18%
Vistra	13.40%	87.33%	7.58%

Does the media favor KEP or VST?

In the previous week, Vistra had 32 more articles in the media than Korea Electric Power. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Vistra and 2 mentions for Korea Electric Power. Vistra's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Korea Electric Power's score of 0.00 indicating that Vistra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Korea Electric Power	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Vistra	23 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend KEP or VST?

Vistra has a consensus price target of $178.69, indicating a potential downside of 14.12%. Given Vistra's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vistra is more favorable than Korea Electric Power.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Korea Electric Power	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Vistra	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Is KEP or VST a better dividend stock?

Korea Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Vistra pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Korea Electric Power pays out 1.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vistra pays out 14.2% 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. Vistra has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Vistra is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, KEP or VST?

Vistra has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Korea Electric Power. Korea Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vistra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Korea Electric Power	$93.51T	0.00	$2.44B	$2.92	4.49
Vistra	$17.22B	4.10	$2.66B	$6.36	32.71

Summary

Vistra beats Korea Electric Power on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.