31-Jul-2026
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South Korea calls emergency meeting on market rout; here are the 5 biggest YTD losers
Seeking Alpha News (Wed, 29-Jul 7:04 AM ET)
Korea Electric Power Corp is an electric utility company in which the government of South Korea holds a controlling stake. The firm operates in the following segments: Transmission and distribution, Electric power generation (Nuclear), Electric power generation (Non-Nuclear), Plant maintenance & engineering service, and Others. The majority of the energy produced by the company comes from its nuclear and coal-fired assets. Korea Electric Power generates revenue through the Transmission and distribution segment. Geographically, it derives maximum revenue from Domestic operations.
Korea Electric Power trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol KEP.
As of July 31, 2026, KEP stock price declined to $11.95 with 1,017,522 million shares trading.
KEP has a beta of 1.62, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. KEP has a correlation of 0.16 to the broad based SPY ETF.
KEP has a market cap of $15.34 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.
In the last 3 years, KEP traded as high as $23.41 and as low as $5.93.
The top ETF exchange traded funds that KEP belongs to (by Net Assets): VXUS, AVEM, SPDW, VEU, DFEM.
KEP has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of -13.0%, while the SPY ETF gained +19.4%. In the last 3 month period, KEP fell short of the market, returning -21.8%, while SPY returned +4.2%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks KEP has outperformed the stock market by returning +5.1%, while SPY returned +0.5%.
KEP support price is $11.76 and resistance is $12.46 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that KEP shares will trade within this expected range on the day.
