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Korea Electric Power Corporation (015760.KS) +6.9% at 2026-03-13 11:41 JST from 2026-03-13 10:00 JST
| ๐ Time (Local) | ๐ English Summary | ๐ฐ Original Headline (linked) |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 08:53 KST | Newsis reports that Samsung Securities raised its target price for KEPCO to 70,000 won while maintaining a โBuyโ rating, forecasting that 2026 could mark another year of record operating profit. The report cites the grid connection of Saeul (Shin Kori) Units 3 and 4, an 89% nuclear utilization target at subsidiary KHNP, and prior electricity tariff hikes as key earnings drivers, estimating that a 1%pt rise in nuclear utilization adds ~290 billion won to operating profit and highlighting a very favorable industry backdrop excluding shortโterm oil spikes. (v.daum.net) | ์ผ์ฑ่ญ "ํ๊ตญ์ ๋ ฅ, ์์ ์ผ๋ก ๋ ์ฌ์ ์ต๋ ์ค์ ์ ๋ง"โฆ๋ชฉํ๊ฐ 7๋ง์โ |
| 2026-03-12 07:38 KST | Edaily, via Nate, relays Samsung Securitiesโ view that expanding nuclear capacity and higher utilization will support continued earnings improvement at KEPCO and could enable another allโtimeโhigh profit if the Iran-related oil shock is shortโlived. The piece stresses that seven rounds of electricity rate hikes since 2022 have created sufficient buffer against fuel price volatility and notes KEPCOโs 2026 P/B of ~0.5x, over 60% below global power peers, alongside the 70,000 won target and โBuyโ recommendation. (m.news.nate.com) | ํ๊ตญ์ ๋ ฅ, ์์ ํ๋์ ์ค์ ๊ฐ์ ๊ธฐ๋โฆ๋ชฉํ๊ฐ 7๋ง์ -์ผ์ฑ |
| 2026-03-11 (KST) | Popular Korean Telegram channel โHodolryโ summarizes Samsung Securitiesโ KEPCO report under the title โA year when another record-high profit is expected,โ highlighting that nuclear expansion (Saeul 3 & 4) and higher utilization can drive another record year in 2026. The summary reiterates the 70,000 won target price, sensitivity of ~2.9 trillion won in operating profit per 1%pt utilization increase, the earnings buffer from recent electricity price hikes, and KEPCOโs c.~0.5x P/B valuation at more than a 60% discount to global utilities, framing the stock as having strong upside. (t.me) | ํ๊ตญ์ ๋ ฅ - ๋ ํ ๋ฒ ์ฌ์ ์ต๋ ์ค์ ๊ฒฝ์ ์ด ๊ธฐ๋๋๋ ํ ํด (์ผ์ฑ์ฆ๊ถ) |
| 2026-02-25 17:00 KST | Equity-analysis site Pandarank updates a detailed January 21 article explaining that KEPCOโs share price has surged about 42% year-to-date to a new 52โweek high on expectations of a structural earnings turnaround. The piece attributes the strength to lower fuel costs while tariffs stay elevated, projected nuclear utilization around 89%, resumed dividends, and consensus forecasts for 2026 operating profit to rise roughly 31% YoY, noting that brokers have been lifting their target prices as fundamentals and policy support align. (pandarank.net) | ํ๊ตญ์ ๋ ฅ ์ฃผ๊ฐ ํต์ฌ ๋ด์ฉ ์์ฝ |
| 2026-02-19 10:03 KST | Korea Economic Daily reports that development of a new mass-production synthesis technology for perovskite nanocrystals by a Korean research team has triggered a sharp rally in โspace solarโ and solar-related stocks. The article notes that alongside solar names such as Hanwha Solutions and HD Hyundai Energy Solutions, KEPCO is also trading strongly, up about 5.18% intraday, as investors position for beneficiaries of next-generation solar and broader renewable-energy themes. (v.daum.net) | ้, ํ๋ก๋ธ์ค์นด์ดํธ ํฉ์ฑ ์ ๊ธฐ์ ๊ฐ๋ฐโฆํ์๊ด ๊ด๋ จ์ฃผ ๊ธ๋ฑ |
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