Eversource Energy (ES) vs Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEP)

Eversource Energy and Korea Electric Power Corporation are both Utilities Regulated Electric companies. Eversource Energy is the larger, with a market value of $24.9B against $13.7B — 1.8× the size. Korea Electric Power Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 2.5× against 17.3×. Eversource Energy grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.75% against 5.51%. Eversource Energy has the higher net margin (10.4% vs 8.11%) and the lower return on invested capital (4.32% vs 6.40%). Only Eversource Energy pays a dividend (4.67%). Across the 23 metrics below, Korea Electric Power Corporation leads on 15 and Eversource Energy on 8.

Valuation

Metric ES KEP Utilities Regulated Electric median
P/E 17.30 2.48 19.47
P/S 1.80 0.20 2.78
P/B 1.54 0.38 1.77
Price to free cash flow 84.44 9.98 38.27
EV/EBITDA 9.90 3.56 12.25
EV/Sales 3.75 0.98 4.74
Earnings yield 5.78% 40.36% 5.02%
Free cash flow yield 1.18% 10.02% (5.09%)

Profitability

Metric ES KEP Utilities Regulated Electric median
Gross margin 67.80% 15.38% 66.28%
Operating margin 21.55% 13.48% 21.79%
Net margin 10.35% 8.11% 12.94%
Free cash flow margin 2.13% 2.02% (11.51%)
Return on equity 9.06% 16.42% 9.75%
Return on assets 2.33% 3.06% 2.75%
Return on invested capital 4.32% 6.40% 3.87%

Growth

Metric ES KEP Utilities Regulated Electric median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.75% 5.51% 7.43%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 100.88% 135.18% 7.45%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.75% 7.84% 6.75%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 7.03% 30.29% 6.44%

Health

Metric ES KEP Utilities Regulated Electric median
Debt to equity 1.78 1.60 1.53
Current ratio 0.80 0.44 0.81
Net debt to EBITDA 5.22 2.79 5.25

Dividend

Metric ES KEP Utilities Regulated Electric median
Dividend yield 4.67% 0.00% 3.29%
Payout ratio 0.81 0.00 0.66

Size

Metric ES KEP Utilities Regulated Electric median
Market cap 24.86b 13.73b 23.14b

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