KEPKorea Electric Power Corporation

$12.24

Is the business good?

How good a business is KEP?

Korea Electric Power Corporation earns 10% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.

10%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 1.5 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value

Operating margin
9.1%

Operating margin · Utilities - Regulated Electric median 22% · fiscal year to FY2024

Cash conversion
0.47×

Cash conversion · some of the reported profit has not turned into cash yet

Share count, year on year
0.00%

Share count, year on year · flat: no meaningful dilution

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY2019−2.9%
FY20207.1%
FY2021−9.5%
FY2022−46%
FY2023−4.9%
FY20249.1%
Details
Gross marginfiscal year to FY2024
11%
Operating marginfiscal year to FY2024
9.1%
Net marginfiscal year to FY2024
3.8%
Free cash flow margin
1.8%
R&D as % of revenue
0.84%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$92.58T
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$1.66T
Net income, trailing twelve months
$3.49T
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
10%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.