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Korea Electric Power (Korea Electric Power) Piotroski F-Score

: 5 (As of Today)
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The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Korea Electric Power has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for Korea Electric Power's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

KEP' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6   Max: 9
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Korea Electric Power was 9. The lowest was 3. And the median was 6.


Korea Electric Power Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Korea Electric Power's Piotroski F-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Korea Electric Power Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.00 7.00 5.00 4.00 -

Korea Electric Power Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.00 4.00 3.00 5.00 -

Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Korea Electric Power's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Korea Electric Power Piotroski F-Score Distribution

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Korea Electric Power's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Korea Electric Power's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Sep23) TTM:Last Year (Sep22) TTM:
Net Income was -6007.762 + -3787.475 + -1466.781 + 595.057 = $-10,667 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -7590.134 + -2641.615 + -1049.382 + 3128.814 = $-8,152 Mil.
Revenue was 14518.785 + 16534.269 + 15126.208 + 18340.051 = $64,519 Mil.
Gross Profit was -8227.483 + -4200.539 + -1192.188 + 18340.051 = $4,720 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Sep22)
to the end of this year (Sep23) was
(163427.281 + 181518.034 + 179871.464 + 182249.095 + 180061.195) / 5 = $177425.4138 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Sep22) was $163,427 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,011 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $21,717 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $38,615 Mil.
Net Income was -3087.312 + -4876.029 + -3786.732 + -4229.09 = $-15,979 Mil.

Revenue was 12556.373 + 13485.844 + 12155.915 + 14160.228 = $52,358 Mil.
Gross Profit was -3837.961 + -5847.419 + -4498.925 + -4890.586 = $-19,075 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Sep21)
to the end of last year (Sep22) was
(176510.039 + 178330.963 + 177156.938 + 173181.086 + 163427.281) / 5 = $173721.2614 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Sep21) was $176,510 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,861 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $19,993 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $29,799 Mil.

*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Korea Electric Power's current Net Income (TTM) was -10,667. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)

Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Korea Electric Power's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -8,152. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

Question 3. Change in Return on Assets

Compare this year's return on assets (1) to last year's return on assets.

Score 1 if it's higher, 0 if it's lower.

ROA (This Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Sep22)
=-10666.961/163427.281
=-0.06527038

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Sep21)
=-15979.163/176510.039
=-0.09052835

Korea Electric Power's return on assets of this year was -0.06527038. Korea Electric Power's return on assets of last year was -0.09052835. ==> This year is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)

Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)

Score 1 if CFROA > ROA, 0 if CFROA <= ROA.

Korea Electric Power's current Net Income (TTM) was -10,667. Korea Electric Power's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -8,152. ==> -8,152 > -10,667 ==> CFROA > ROA ==> Score 1.

Funding

Question 5. Change in Gearing or Leverage

Compare this year's gearing (long-term debt divided by average total assets) to last year's gearing.

Score 0 if this year's gearing is higher, 1 otherwise.

Gearing (This Year: Sep23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep22 to Sep23
=5011.182/177425.4138
=0.02824388

Gearing (Last Year: Sep22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep21 to Sep22
=2861.219/173721.2614
=0.01647017

Korea Electric Power's gearing of this year was 0.02824388. Korea Electric Power's gearing of last year was 0.01647017. ==> Last year is lower than this year ==> Score 0.

Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)

Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.

Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Current Ratio (This Year: Sep23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=21716.715/38615.328
=0.56238587

Current Ratio (Last Year: Sep22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=19992.673/29798.716
=0.67092398

Korea Electric Power's current ratio of this year was 0.56238587. Korea Electric Power's current ratio of last year was 0.67092398. ==> Last year's current ratio is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue

Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.

Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.

Korea Electric Power's number of shares in issue this year was 1283.928. Korea Electric Power's number of shares in issue last year was 1283.928. ==> There is smaller number of shares in issue this year, or the same. ==> Score 1.

Efficiency

Question 8. Change in Gross Margin

Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.

Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.

Gross Margin (This Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=4719.841/64519.313
=0.07315393

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=-19074.891/52358.36
=-0.36431414

Korea Electric Power's gross margin of this year was 0.07315393. Korea Electric Power's gross margin of last year was -0.36431414. ==> This year's gross margin is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 9. Change in asset turnover

Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.

Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (Sep22)
=64519.313/163427.281
=0.39478912

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Sep21)
=52358.36/176510.039
=0.29663106

Korea Electric Power's asset turnover of this year was 0.39478912. Korea Electric Power's asset turnover of last year was 0.29663106. ==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=0+0+1+1+0+0+1+1+1
=5

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Korea Electric Power has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Korea Electric Power  (NYSE:KEP) Piotroski F-Score Explanation

The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers" (pdf).

He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.

What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.

Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.

Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).

Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.


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Korea Electric Power (Korea Electric Power) Business Description

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Address
55 Jeollyeok-ro, Jeollanam-do, Naju-si, KOR, 58322
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. Most of the energy produced by the company comes from its nuclear and coal-fired assets. Korea Electric Power generates revenue primarily through the Transmission and distribution segment.