Genie Energy (NYSE:GNE – Get Free Report) and Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP – Get Free Report) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Genie Energy and Korea Electric Power, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Genie Energy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Korea Electric Power | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.75 |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Genie Energy and Korea Electric Power”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Genie Energy | $501.97 million | 0.74 | $24.01 million | $0.49 | 28.85 |
| Korea Electric Power | $68.57 billion | 0.24 | $5.98 billion | $4.70 | 2.71 |
Korea Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than Genie Energy. Korea Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genie Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dividends
Genie Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Korea Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Genie Energy pays out 61.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Korea Electric Power pays out 11.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Korea Electric Power is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Risk & Volatility
Genie Energy has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Korea Electric Power has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Genie Energy and Korea Electric Power’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Genie Energy | 3.22% | 9.72% | 5.45% |
| Korea Electric Power | 8.80% | 18.76% | 3.42% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
49.2% of Genie Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.5% of Genie Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Korea Electric Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Korea Electric Power beats Genie Energy on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Genie Energy
Genie Energy Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the supply of electricity and natural gas to residential and small business customers in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, GRE and Genie Renewables. The company also develops, constructs, and operates solar energy projects for commercial and industrial customers, as well as its own portfolio; provides energy brokerage and advisory services; markets community solar energy solutions; and manufactures and distributes solar panel, as well as engages in solar installation design and project management activities. Genie Energy Ltd. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Newark, New Jersey.
About Korea Electric Power
Korea Electric Power Corporation, an integrated electric utility company, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity in South Korea and internationally. The company operates through Transmission and Distribution, Nuclear Power Generation, Thermal Power Generation, 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, 2022, the company had a total of 770 generation units, including nuclear, thermal, hydroelectric, and internal combustion units with an installed generation capacity of 82,723 megawatts; transmission system consisted of 35,451 circuit kilometers of lines of 765 kilovolts and others, including high-voltage direct current lines, as well as 895 substations with an installed transformer capacity of 347,426 megavolt-amperes; and distribution system included 139,265 megavolt-amperes of transformer capacity and 10,084,051 units of support with a total line length of 535,241 circuit kilometers. The company provides electricity to residential, commercial, educational, industrial, agricultural, street lighting, and overnight power usage. It also provides engineering and construction services for utility plant and others; utility plant maintenance, electric power information technology, resources development, facility maintenance, electric meter reading, and security services; and engages in nuclear fuel, fly ashes recycling, utility plants construction and operation, and wood pellet utilization businesses. Korea Electric Power Corporation was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Naju-si, South Korea.
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