KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $12.38, KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION (KEP) is priced for -4.1% growth. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed June 27, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• Korea Electric Power is the state-controlled monopoly utility for South Korea, so its profitability is set less by the market than by the government, which decides how much of KEPCO's fuel costs it can pass through in regulated electricity rates. • The defining feature is the debt: KEPCO carries roughly 206 trillion won of total debt after years of selling power below cost, and the daily interest burden runs near 11.9 billion won [Source: Korean press reporting, 2026]. • Watch the fuel-cost an
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175 institutional managers reported holding KEP in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 2% of the company; the top 10 hold 1%. 32 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Morgan Stanley, BlackRock, Vanguard Group, among others. On the short side, 1.6M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 0.1% of shares outstanding (1.2 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
KEP's share count is about flat over the past five years. It pays a dividend. Cash returned over the past three years: $127.57M in dividends.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 27, 2026
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