With 0.15 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.19 million shares. During the session, the Utilities – Regulated Electric company that operates in wider Utilities sector, reached to the highest price of $7.1998 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $7.13. The 52-week range on KEP shows that it touched its highest point at $9.55 and its lowest point at $6.68 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $10.04. KEP paid its most recent dividend on 1135641600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1609286400. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.03.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of KEP was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 4.22%, but this was down by -5.17% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -5.42% while six-month performance rose 0.70%. The stock gained 1.85% in the past year, while it has gained 4.07% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KEP yields 2.15 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.63. For the next quarter, that number is 0.48. This implies an EPS growth rate of 172.56% for this year and 82.32% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 1.28 billion KEP shares are outstanding with a float of 1.28 billion shares on hand for trading. On 2024-12-31, short shares totaled 0.76 million, which was 5.9999997 higher than short shares on 1732838400. In addition to Mr. Heung-Bok Oh as the firm’s Corporate Senior VP, Chief Financial & Strategic Planning Officer and Director, Mr. Jun-Ho Lee serves as its Corporate Senior VP, Chief Safety Officer, COO & Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.014579999 of KEP’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-09-30, KEP reported revenue of $26103000000000.0 and operating income of $3396000000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $3396000000000.0 and diluted EPS was $1440.111734.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for KEP since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $3322.33835 being high and $2704.45947 being low. For KEP, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2941.52133. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.
