WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. Common stock

WBTN · NASDAQ · Communication Services / Internet Content & Information

9.85USD-0.23 (-2.28%)

Price History

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Market Stats

Previous Close10.08

Open10.11

Day Range9.71 – 10.17

52-Week Range7.85 – 19.01

Volume352.56K

Market Cap1.49B

P/E (TTM)0.00

Forward P/E0.00

EPS-2.63

Dividend Yield0.00%

Beta2.62

50-Day Avg9.76

200-Day Avg11.16

About

WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. operates a storytelling platform in the United States, Korea, Japan, and internationally. Its platform allows a community of creators and users to discover, create, and share new content. The company's platform offers stories primarily in two ways, including web-comics, a graphical comic-like medium; and web-novel platforms, optimized for reading serialized text-based content. It also provides hosting services for web-comics through web and mobile applications, and paid content, advertising and IP adaptations. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. is a subsidiary of NAVER Corporation.

Company Details

SectorCommunication Services
IndustryInternet Content & Information
CEOMr. Junkoo Kim
Employees1.80K
Headquarters5700 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States, 90036, USA
Websitehttps://www.about.webtoon.com

Leadership

Mr. Junkoo KimFounder, CEO & Chairman of the Board · b. 1978
Mr. Yongsoo KimPresident & Director · b. 1986
Mr. David J. LeePresident of Wattpad, Global CFO, COO & Director · b. 1972
Ms. Hyeeun SonChief Design Officer · b. 1978
Ms. Lauren HopkinsonDirector of Investor Relations
Maximilian JoGeneral Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Mr. Yuki ChaeChief Product Officer · b. 1987
Mr. Masamine TakahashiChief Executive Officer of LINE Digital Frontier
Mr. Kyuho RohHead of Global Ads
Ms. Mikyung KwonChief Executive Officer of STUDIO N · b. 1972

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: USD	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Total Revenue	1.08B	1.28B	1.35B	1.38B
Growth (%)	-	+18.84%	+5.12%	+2.54%
Cost of Revenue	806.38M	987.26M	1.01B	1.06B
Gross Profit	273.01M	295.49M	339.07M	322.18M
Gross Margin	25.29%	23.04%	25.14%	23.30%
Operating Expense	387.73M	331.85M	439.77M	386.29M
Operating Income	-114.72M	-36.36M	-100.70M	-64.11M
Operating Margin	-10.63%	-2.83%	-7.47%	-4.64%
EBITDA	-82.58M	-96.81M	-113.09M	-353.92M
EBITDA Margin	-7.65%	-7.55%	-8.39%	-25.60%
Net Income	-129.87M	-116.45M	-143.91M	-345.93M
Net Income Margin	-12.03%	-9.08%	-10.67%	-25.02%
Interest Expense	844.00K	79.00K	45.00K	56.00K
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue	0.08%	0.01%	0.00%	0.00%

Balance Sheet

Currency: USD	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Total Assets	2.02B	1.78B	1.94B	1.60B
Total Liabilities	505.13M	429.13M	378.87M	367.24M
Total Equity	1.38B	1.25B	1.47B	1.17B
Cash	279.71M	231.75M	572.40M	581.81M
Total Debt	53.56M	33.44M	17.24M	23.67M
Net Debt	-226.15M	-198.31M	-555.16M	-558.13M

Cash Flow

Currency: USD	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Operating Cash Flow	-140.61M	14.80M	17.88M	11.22M
Investing Cash Flow	-50.70M	-51.98M	-17.28M	-7.50M
Financing Cash Flow	350.34M	-6.50M	353.87M	1.47M
Capital Expenditure	21.19M	22.34M	13.15M	17.91M
Free Cash Flow	-161.80M	-7.54M	4.73M	-6.70M
FCF to OCF	115.07%	-50.92%	26.47%	-59.69%

Earnings

Report Date	May 29, 2024	Aug 8, 2024	Nov 7, 2024	Feb 25, 2025	May 13, 2025	Aug 12, 2025	Nov 12, 2025	Mar 3, 2026	May 11, 2026	Aug 10, 2026	Nov 11, 2026
EPS Estimate	0.00	-0.54	-0.39	-0.47	-0.13	0.02	-0.07	-0.04	-0.01	-0.04	-0.05
EPS Actual	0.07	0.20	0.22	-0.03	0.03	0.07	0.04	-2.36	0.07	-0.05	-
Surprise	-	137.04%	156.41%	93.62%	123.08%	250.00%	157.14%	-5790.25%	800.00%	-25.00%	-
Timing	-	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	After-hours	-

Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap1.49B

Enterprise Value884.48M

Trailing P/E0.00

Forward P/E0.00

Price / Sales1.09

Price / Book1.25

EPS-2.63

Book Value8.58

Revenue (TTM)1.37B

Gross Profit (TTM)334.48M

EBITDA-19.99M

Profit Margin-25.14%

Operating Margin-4.60%

Return on Equity-26.31%

Return on Assets-1.82%

Shares Outstanding135.71M

Shares Float22.94M

Beta2.62

Dividend Yield0.00%

Dividend Rate0.00

Payout Ratio0.00%

Analyst Ratings

Buy

Based on 10 analystsTarget 11.29

Strong Buy
6
Buy
1
Hold
3

Ownership Breakdown

Institutions: 23.87%
Insiders: 83.10%
Retail / Other: 0.00%

Top Institutional Holders

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31.43M23.16%
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15.11M11.13%
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1.49M1.10%
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts
1.30M0.96%
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958.97K0.71%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
569.32K0.42%
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc
528.98K0.39%
State Street Corp
415.60K0.31%
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP
363.84K0.27%
Franklin Templeton Inc
333.57K0.25%

Top Fund Holders

Fidelity Emerging Markets
6.50M4.79%
Strategic Advisers Fidelity Em Mkts
2.57M1.89%
Fidelity International Discovery
1.51M1.11%
Strategic Advisers Fidelity Intl
1.13M0.83%
Columbia Small Cap Value Discv A
759.27K0.56%
Strategic Advisers Emerging Markets
746.70K0.55%
MS INVF Asia Opportunity Z
676.35K0.50%
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
556.56K0.41%
Fidelity Pacific Basin
514.50K0.38%
Fidelity Select Communication Services
460.40K0.34%