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Profile - Korea Electric Power Corp (NYSE:KEP)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug 14Earnings Announcement
Location
167 Samsong-Dong
Kangnam-Ku, Seoul 135-791
Korea, South Korea
Phone: (223) 456-3114
Fax: (223) 456-5981
Employees (last reported count): 29,528
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 ·Sector: Utilities
 ·Industry: Electric Utilities
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 61%
·Institutional: 7% (18% of float)
(187 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 9.28M shares (+9.40%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Korea Electric Power Corporation is an electric utility that traces its origins to the establishment of the first electric utility in Korea in 1898. The Company's electric generating system is comprised of a total of 248 generating units, including nuclear, thermal, hydro and internal combustion units, which, at December 31, 1999, had an aggregate installed generating capacity of 44,316 megawatts. The Company's thermal units produce electricity using steam turbine generators and include units fired by coal, oil and LNG. Internal combustion units are diesel-fired gas turbine and combined cycle units and LNG-fired combined cycle units. In addition to the generating facilities it owns, the Company purchases power output of several generating plants not owned by itself.
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Financial Summary
KEP is an integrated electric utility company engaged in the transmission and distribution of electricity in the Republic of Korea. For the fiscal year ended 12/31/00, revenues increased 19% to W18.708T. Net income according to U.S. GAAP before extraordinary item rose 24% to W2.796T. Revenues benefitted from a rate increase. Net income also reflects the inclusion of a higher gain on the disposal of investments and assets.
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Officers

Position
Soo ChoiPres, CEO
Yong ParkExec. VP
Haeng YoonExec. VP
Jin KimVP
In KohVP
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:KEPAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 4-Apr-2001
$7.45 
Recent Price$9.93 
52-Week High
on 5-Sep-2000
$17.375
Beta1.49 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)451.8K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)544.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-40.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-20.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$12.7B
Shares Outstanding1.28B
Float499.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$19.51 
Earnings (ttm)$0.91 
Earnings (mrq)$0.04 
Sales (ttm)$11.37 
Cash (mrq)$0.32 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.51 
Price/Earnings (ttm)10.94 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.87 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$14.6B
EBITDA (ttm)$2.71B
Income available to common (ttm)$1.16B
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)7.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)18.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter31-Dec-2000
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)2.30%
Return on Equity (ttm)4.70%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.35 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.83 
Total Cash (mrq)$413.5M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short2.49M
Percent of Float0.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
2.26M
Short Ratio5.99 
Daily Volume416.0K
ADR Information
Shares/ADR0.5
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-Dec-2000);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 1279.5 Won/Dollar

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