[THE INVESTOR] As of Oct. 19, KEPCO KPS (051600) fell 2.19% to 53,600 won (US$47.66). It had declined 12.64% through the past month. Standard deviation, which indicates volatility of stock, records 1.8% over the same period over one month.

Compared with its close competitors within the same industry, KOSPI, even though the monthly volatility of KEPCO KPS was the lowest, the earnings rate over one month was also the lowest with a decline of stock price. Over the recent month, the return-on-risk, the return on investment with consideration about risk, was -7.0%. Though the volatility was the lowest among its peer group, the return-on-risk was the lowest as tumbling of stock price. Moreover, compared with the KOSPI industry, the return-on-risk is below the industrial mean, 2.5, and thus the industrial comparison performance was not so good.

From Oct. 11, foreigners have been continuously selling KEPCO KPS during the past 6 trading days. As a shareholding sum by investor group for the past 4 weeks, foreigners have sold 232,271 shares with maintenance of a selling position and institutions have sold 189,228 shares with a selling trend. However, during the same period, individuals have bought 421,499 shares with an increasing position.

Cumulated shareholdings per investor group (1Mo) Total shareholdings per investor group

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