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EIX vs KEP

Side-by-side comparison of Edison International (EIX) and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEP): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both EIX and KEP operate in Electric Utilities: Central (Utilities), so they compete in similar markets.
  • EIX is the larger of the two at $23.56B, about 2.2x KEP ($10.86B).
  • EIX has been more active in the news (10 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for KEP).
  • EIX has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 4 for KEP).
MetricEIXKEP
Company
Edison International
Korea Electric Power Corporation
Price
$68.84-2.15%
$15.63+1.53%
Market cap
$23.56B
$10.86B
1M return
-3.31%
-
1Y return
+18.04%
-
Industry
Electric Utilities: Central
Electric Utilities: Central
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
1994
News (4w)
10
3
Recent ratings
25
4
EIX

Edison International

Edison International, through its subsidiaries, generates and distributes electric power. As of March 03, 2021, it delivered electricity to 15 million residential, commercial, industrial, public authorities, agricultural, and other customers across Southern, Central, and Coastal California. Edison International also provides energy solutions to commercial and industrial users. Its transmission facilities consist of lines ranging from 55 kV to 500 kV and substations; and distribution system consists of approximately 39,000 circuit-miles of overhead lines, approximately 31,000 circuit-miles of underground lines, and 800 substations. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Rosemead, California.

KEP

Korea Electric Power Corporation

Korea Electric Power Corporation, an integrated electric utility company, generates, transmits, and distributes electricity in South Korea and internationally. The company operates through Transmission and Distribution, Electric Power Generation (Nuclear), Electric Power Generation (Non-nuclear), Plant Maintenance & Engineering Service, and Others segments. It generates power from nuclear, coal, oil, liquefied natural gas, internal combustion, combined-cycle, integrated gasification combined cycle, hydro, wind, solar, fuel cell, biogas, and other sources. As of December 31, 2020, the company had a total of 697 generation units, including nuclear, thermal, hydroelectric, and internal combustion units with an installed generation capacity of 83,854 megawatts. Its transmission system consisted of 34,664 circuit kilometers of lines of 765 kilovolts and others, including high-voltage direct current lines, as well as 877 substations with an installed transformer capacity of 336,926 megavolt-amperes; and distribution system included 129,789 megavolt-amperes of transformer capacity and 9,787,967 units of support with a total line length of 514,779 circuit kilometers. The company provides electricity to residential, commercial, educational, industrial, agricultural, street lighting, and overnight power usage. It also offers fly ashes recycling, utility plant maintenance and engineering, resources development, electric power information technology, facility maintenance, electric meter reading, security, information, and communication line leasing services, as well as sells nuclear fuel. Korea Electric Power Corporation was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Naju-si, South Korea.