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Korea Electric Power Corp ADR (KEP) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for KEP, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sector × region Utilities in US: +3.7% week · −3.8% month · −8.6% quarter · −5.9% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLU.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.57 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How KEP has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.57 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Korea Electric Power Corp ADR moved 0.57% on average · correlation 0.11 · higher than 59% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.76 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.78% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.37% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Utilities - Regulated Electric · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Utilities - Regulated Electric · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against KEP on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Korea Electric Power Corp ADR

KEP in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) generates, transmits and distributes electricity across South Korea and abroad, working through segments that cover sales, nuclear, thermal and grid support. It builds transmission and distribution networks, digital substations, EV charging points and smart metering, and runs renewable, hydro and clean-hydrogen projects alongside its core power business. It is headquartered in Naju-si, South Korea, and trades in the United States as an ADR.
Where it sits in the stack
KEPCO holds no seat in Closelooknet's index families; it sits in the Utilities sleeve of the US universe, grouped by sector and country rather than by build-out layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group here is Utilities in the US, pairing KEPCO with names such as Companhia Paranaense de Energia, SABESP, Energy of Minas Gerais, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, Clearway Energy, Talen Energy and Enlight Renewable Energy; the market also names Korea's own KOSPI utility peers when comparing state-linked power groups.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It carries a Closelooknet score across seven modules, with valuation reading strongest and momentum reading weakest; it holds no index seat and has not yet drawn a quote in the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the stock's place on the weakening side of our Directional Flow list persists or reverses as its chart structure settles against its moving averages.

Korea Electric Power Corp ADR (KEP) trades on US exchanges, classified under Utilities.

The Closelooknet company score reads 46/100 composite (momentum 12, quality 36, valuation 90) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 0 analyst actions on the wire · last print 2026-09-15

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for KEP from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Latest print EPS 0.14 against 0.33 expected — a -57.6% miss 2026-09-15

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Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.48%, annual · buybacks 233.1 bn USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What KEP pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.0545 USD per share · a 0.48% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-10-06
  • Last distribution 0.0545 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2025-12-31
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.0545 USD (partial) first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-12-31
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 219.7 bn USD 1% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 233.1 bn USD 1625.5% of today's market value
  • Share count +1.4% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 452.8 bn USD · 9% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Korea Electric Power Corp ADR (KEP)?

Korea Electric Power Corp ADR trades as KEP on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Utilities in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is KEP in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Korea Electric Power Corp ADR is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

What is Korea Electric Power Corp ADR's Closelooknet composite score?

46 out of 100, with momentum 12, quality 36 and valuation 90 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does KEP trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -2.6% vs the 50-day and -23.5% vs the 200-day average, 51.6% below the 52-week high and +5% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Korea Electric Power Corp ADR compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Utilities - Regulated Electric · US), Korea Electric Power Corp ADR (KEP) sits 51.6% below its 52-week high, 2.6% below its 50-day average; Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELPC) is 4.3% below, Energy of Minas Gerais Co DRC (CIG-C) is 9.8% below, American Electric Power Co Inc (AEP) is 13.5% below. Put any of them next to KEP in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Korea Electric Power Corp ADR trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Korea Electric Power Corp ADR had a beta of 0.57 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 59% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.78% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Korea Electric Power Corp ADR do?

Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) generates, transmits and distributes electricity across South Korea and abroad, working through segments that cover sales, nuclear, thermal and grid support. It builds transmission and distribution networks, digital substations, EV charging points and smart metering, and runs renewable, hydro and clean-hydrogen projects alongside its core power business. It is headquartered in Naju-si, South Korea, and trades in the United States as an ADR. Closelooknet's peer group here is Utilities in the US, pairing KEPCO with names such as Companhia Paranaense de Energia, SABESP, Energy of Minas Gerais, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, Clearway Energy, Talen Energy and Enlight Renewable Energy; the market also names Korea's own KOSPI utility peers when comparing state-linked power groups.

Where does Korea Electric Power Corp ADR sit in the AI build-out?

KEPCO holds no seat in Closelooknet's index families; it sits in the Utilities sleeve of the US universe, grouped by sector and country rather than by build-out layer. It carries a Closelooknet score across seven modules, with valuation reading strongest and momentum reading weakest; it holds no index seat and has not yet drawn a quote in the diary's editions.

Does Korea Electric Power Corp ADR pay a dividend?

Korea Electric Power Corp ADR has paid 0.0545 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 0.48% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.0545 USD on 2025-12-31. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 219.7 bn USD in dividends and bought back 233.1 bn USD of its own shares, 9% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 1.4% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Korea Electric Power Corp ADR recently?

Its latest earnings print on the wire, 2026-09-15: EPS 0.14 against 0.33 expected — a -57.6% miss. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for KEP, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Utilities - Regulated Electric. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.