Korea Electric Power (Korea Electric Power) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 1.00 (As of Sep. 2023)

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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Korea Electric Power's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $12,168 Mil. Korea Electric Power's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $5,011 Mil. Korea Electric Power's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $17,223 Mil. Korea Electric Power's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 1.00.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Korea Electric Power's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

KEP' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.06 Med: 0.18 Max: 3.54
Current: 3.54

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Korea Electric Power was 3.54. The lowest was -1.06. And the median was 0.18.

KEP's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
50.54% of 459 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.5 vs KEP: 3.54

Korea Electric Power Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Korea Electric Power's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Korea Electric Power Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

0.99

0.59

1.63

-1.06

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
Debt-to-EBITDA																-0.71	-0.40	3.72	1.00	-

Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Korea Electric Power's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Korea Electric Power's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Korea Electric Power's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Korea Electric Power Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Korea Electric Power's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(10105.338	+	5033.717)	/	-14350.799
	=	-1.05

Korea Electric Power's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(12168.373	+	5011.182)	/	17223.276
	=	1.00

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.

Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

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Korea Electric Power (Korea Electric Power) Business Description

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015760:Korea KOP:Germany KEP:Argentina

Address

55 Jeollyeok-ro, Jeollanam-do, Naju-si, KOR, 58322

Website

https://www.kepco.co.kr

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.