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Engineering arm of Korea Electric Power Corp, designing nuclear, thermal and renewable power plants domestically and for export.
Engineering arm of Korea Electric Power Corp, designing nuclear, thermal and renewable power plants domestically and for export.
Paid design and engineering fees as milestones are met on multi-year plant projects, mostly for clients within the KEPCO group. Its APR1400 is Korea's own reactor design, exported to the UAE's Barakah plant, so overseas orders add to a domestic base.
Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, IP / patents). Near-sole domestic APR1400 nuclear-design house, close to a monopoly on Korean nuclear engineering.
Headquarters: Gimcheon, South Korea · Founded: 1975 · Employees: 2,466
Size Kepco E&c (052690.KS) is a South Korea Industrials company (Engineering & Construction) with a market value of $2.07B, the 134th largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩73,900 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 60.8%, against -16.5% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 8.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.1%); the operating margin is 10.4% (peer median 7.7%).
Valuation It trades at 45.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.5× (most expensive of 17).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.9 points below its cost of capital (9.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 24 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₩537B | ₩519B | ₩569B | ₩545B | ₩505B |
| Revenue growth | — | -9% | +4% | +8% | — |
| Gross profit | ₩112B | ₩112B | ₩146B | ₩124B | ₩107B |
| EBITDA | ₩76.9B | ₩57.0B | ₩91.4B | ₩47.7B | ₩33.8B |
| Net income | ₩36.0B | ₩85.4B | ₩58.5B | ₩32.7B | ₩18.0B |
| Free cash flow | -₩24.6B | ₩24.7B | ₩44.4B | ₩38.0B | ₩5.38B |
| Capital expenditure | ₩9.61B | ₩7.70B | ₩7.13B | ₩7.24B | ₩2.81B |
| Total debt | ₩2.21B | ₩1.20B | ₩1.57B | ₩1.39B | ₩985M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kepco E&c 052690.KS | $2.07B | -61% | +8% | 10% | 45.6× | n/a |
| Doosan Enerbility 034020.KS | $21.1B | -65% | +9% | 5% | 82.3× | 22.7% |
| Fluor FLR | $6.22B | +7% | -5% | -2% | 14.2× | n/a |
| HyundaiEng&Const 000720.KS | $6.43B | -52% | -9% | 3% | 18.3× | n/a |
| Samsung C&t 028260.KS | $31.3B | -8% | +14% | 8% | 15.0× | 5.9% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | 052690.KS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -42.2% | -5.2% | lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -60.8% | -16.5% | lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -62.7% | -34.9% | lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +8.0% | +4.1% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 10.4% | 7.7% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 45.6× | 12.5× | most expensive of 17 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -0.9 pp | -0.1 pp | 9th lowest of 19 |
| EV / EBITDA | 35.4× | 10.2× | most expensive of 15 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.1× | -0.2× | 8th least indebted of 17 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kepco E&c 052690.KS | South Korea | $2.07B | -61% | +8% | 10% | 45.6× | n/a | n/a |
| DAI-DAN 1980.T | Japan | $2.05B | -15% | -7% | 14% | 10.2× | -4.4% | +10.2% |
| Hong Kong Zcloud Technology Construction 9900.HK | Hong Kong | $2.03B | +16% | -33% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Per Aarsleff Holding A/S PAAL-B.CO | Denmark | $2.02B | -6% | +14% | 5% | 13.4× | -7.6% | +11.2% |
| Chongqing Sanfeng Environment 601827.SS | China | $2.00B | -3% | +5% | 27% | 10.4× | -11.4% | +2.4% |
| CSSC Science & Technology 600072.SS | China | $1.99B | -35% | +8% | -37% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Yankey Engineering 6691.TW | Taiwan | $2.16B | -16% | +63% | 16% | 9.7× | 2.8% | +33.1% |
| Sanki Engineering 1961.T | Japan | $1.98B | -12% | +2% | 12% | 11.5× | -6.5% | +6.0% |
| Monadelphous MND.AX | Australia | $1.98B | -4% | +29% | 5% | 22.7× | 5.3% | +9.7% |
| IRB Infrastructure Developers IRB.NS | India | $2.18B | -21% | -14% | 27% | 16.0× | 9.2% | +4.2% |
| NRW NWH.AX | Australia | $1.95B | -17% | +31% | 6% | 13.6× | 8.5% | +14.1% |
| HAZAMA ANDO 1719.T | Japan | $1.94B | -11% | +4% | 8% | 9.8× | -11.7% | +4.5% |
| Nbcc (india) NBCC.NS | India | $2.23B | -19% | +4% | 6% | 26.0× | 40.1% | +12.9% |
| Grenergy Renovables GRE.MC | Spain | $2.24B | -40% | +8% | 23% | 18.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Penta-Ocean Construction 1893.T | Japan | $2.25B | -29% | +7% | 7% | 8.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Jinko Power Technology 601778.SS | China | $1.86B | -49% | -25% | 16% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing Enterprises Water 0371.HK | Hong Kong | $1.86B | -48% | -5% | 24% | 9.5× | 4.2% | -1.2% |
| Mega Union Technology 6944.TW | Taiwan | $1.82B | -17% | +60% | 21% | 14.1× | -4.0% | +30.2% |
| China Next-Gen Commerce and Supply Chain 3928.HK | Hong Kong | $1.81B | +47% | -26% | -17% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Badger Infrastructure Solutions BDGI.TO | Canada | $1.80B | -10% | +16% | 8% | 19.2× | 21.0% | +15.8% |
| Webuild WBD.MI | Italy | $2.39B | -22% | +2% | -1% | 6.5× | -2.1% | +24.4% |