Korea Electric Power (KEP) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2012 - 2026)
Korea Electric Power (KEP) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 6.99% for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, up 0.47 percentage points from 6.51% a year earlier but down 0.59 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Korea Electric Power (KEP) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Dec 31, 2025, Korea Electric Power's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 7.41%, up 2.83 percentage points from the prior year.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased for three consecutive years, with a five-year change of +5.08 percentage points (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- In prior years, Korea Electric Power's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 4.59% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+6.98 pp), -2.39% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+14.43 pp), -16.82% in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-13.50 pp) and -3.32% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (-5.65 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has run from a low of -29.51% in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2022 to a high of 7.58% in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased in each of the last 11 quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +7.18 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was the quarter ended Mar 31, 2024, with a gain of 25.41 percentage points; the weakest was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2022, with a drop of 26.30 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior quarters was 7.58% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), 7.30% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and 7.58% (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wisconsin Electric Power | 99,216.00 Bn | 99,215.99 Bn | 911.30 Mn | 6.20% |
| 2 | Enel Chile | 301.57 Bn | 301.57 Bn | 1.33 Bn | 35.28% |
| 3 | Nextera Energy | 180.93 Bn | 179.04 Bn | - | 4.25% |
| 4 | Southern | 109.04 Bn | 101.70 Bn | 7.31 Bn | 5.18% |
| 5 | Duke Energy | 100.59 Bn | 99.24 Bn | 6.37 Bn | 5.27% |
| 6 | National Grid | 86.94 Bn | 59.27 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | American Electric Power | 69.61 Bn | 68.67 Bn | 4.75 Bn | 5.11% |
| 8 | Entergy | 53.37 Bn | 42.94 Bn | - | 4.74% |
| 9 | Sempra | 51.29 Bn | 84.11 Bn | - | 5.25% |
| 10 | Korea Electric Power | 14.38 Bn | -15.00 Bn | 1.27 Bn | 7.16% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 7.16% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7.56% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 7.23% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 7.37% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.40% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 6.15% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.59% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.63% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.94% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.64% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -2.67% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -9.29% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -14.06% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -15.73% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -18.35% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -15.68% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -11.28% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -8.05% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -3.33% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.07% |
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Korea Electric Power Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "KEP", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=KEP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();