WBTN

Webtoon Entertainment Inc

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8.920

-0.25(-2.726%)1D

Overview
Forecast
Valuation
Earnings

Line

Candle

YTD

High

9.280

Open

9.230

VWAP

9.03

Vol

208.47K

Mkt Cap

1.16B

Low

8.865

Amount

1.88M

EV/EBITDA(TTM)

Total Shares

130.19M

700.56M

EV/OCF(TTM)

P/S(TTM)

0.85

WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. is a global storytech company. It operates a global storytelling platform, where a community of creators and users discover, create, and share new content. It has a user base in over 150 countries with over half of its monthly active users coming from outside its core markets of Korea, Japan and the United States and Canada. Content on its platform tells stories created by its creators through multiple immersive formats. On its platform, creators tell long-form stories through its serialized narratives in the form of short-form, bite-sized episodes. These stories are told primarily in two ways: Web-comics, and Web-novels, which are text-based stories. Its creator base ranges from the individual enthusiast with a love of storytelling to the professional author building a brand and an enterprise on its platform. It provides creators with an opportunity to monetize their creativity through various means, including Paid Content, Advertising and IP Adaptations.

7 Analyst Rating

34.53% Upside

Wall Street analysts forecast WBTN stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for WBTN is 12.00 USD with a low forecast of 9.00 USD and a high forecast of 20.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.

4 Buy

3 Hold

0 Sell

Moderate Buy

34.53% Upside

Current: 8.920

Low

9.00

Averages

12.00

High

20.00

34.53% Upside

Current: 8.920

Low

9.00

Averages

12.00

High

20.00

Citi

initiated

$11

2025-05-15

Reason

Citi

Price Target

$11

2025-05-15

initiated

Reason

Citi initiated coverage of Webtoon with a Buy rating and $11 price target. The company has lost over half its market value since its June 2024 listing, due to short-term operational softness and unmet early expectations, the analyst tells investors in a research note. However, Citi says that with consensus estimates now reset and execution underway, the stock is undervalued. Webtoon trades well below its China literature peers, despite operating a comparable platform across paid content and intellectual property adaptations, contends the firm. It believes the stock offers an attractive long-term growth story with a favorable risk/reward skew.

Deutsche Bank

Benjamin Black

Buy

downgrade

$13 -> $11

2025-05-14

Reason

Deutsche Bank

Benjamin Black

Price Target

$13 -> $11

2025-05-14

downgrade

Buy

Reason

Deutsche Bank analyst Benjamin Black lowered the firm's price target on Webtoon to $11 from $13 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares.

Morgan Stanley

Matthew Cost

Hold

Maintains

$13 → $11

2025-04-17

Reason

Morgan Stanley

Matthew Cost

Price Target

$13 → $11

2025-04-17

Maintains

Hold

Reason

Morgan Stanley analyst Matthew Cost lowered the firm's price target on Webtoon to $10.50 from $13 and keeps an Equal Weight rating on the shares. The firm is lowering estimates "across the board" for its North American internet stock coverage as it details macro and tariff impacts to e-commerce and digital ads.

JP Morgan

Doug Anmuth

Hold

Maintains

$10 → $9

2025-04-08

Reason

JP Morgan

Doug Anmuth

Price Target

$10 → $9

2025-04-08

Maintains

Hold

Reason

JPMorgan lowered the firm's price target on Webtoon to $9 from $10 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares. The firm reduced estimates, multiples, and price targets on 25 companies across its internet coverage based on the tariff impact, macro headwinds, and a potential recession. JPMorgan economists suggest a 60% chance of recession in 2025 and that U.S. real GDP declines in the second half of 2025, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm believes e-commerce, online travel, and digital advertising names are the most exposed. Streaming subscriptions, cloud, and rides and food "should prove relatively more resilient," JPMorgan predicts. "There is no macro immunity in the Internet space, only degrees of resilience," the firm writes.

Goldman Sachs

Eric Sheridan

Strong Buy

Maintains

$25 → $15

2025-02-26

Reason

Goldman Sachs

Eric Sheridan

Price Target

$25 → $15

2025-02-26

Maintains

Strong Buy

Reason

Goldman Sachs analyst Eric Sheridan lowered the firm's price target on Webtoon to $15 from $25 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. Webtoon framed a few key themes in its Q4 earnings report, including that headwinds to the business from a mixture of foreign exchange volatility continue to produce more volatile operating results and investments across an array of user engagement, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Longer term, Goldman views the company as being positively levered to a large and growing addressable market opportunity and an opportunity to capitalize on North America.

JP Morgan

Doug Anmuth

Hold

Maintains

$12 → $10

2025-02-26

Reason

JP Morgan

Doug Anmuth

Price Target

$12 → $10

2025-02-26

Maintains

Hold

Reason

JPMorgan lowered the firm's price target on Webtoon to $10 from $12 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares. The company's Q4 results were in line with the preliminary results, but the Q1 guidance was much weaker than anticipated, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm believes expectations will need to reset at lower levels coming out of the Q4 report. Webtoon's first few quarters as a public company have been challenging and improvement in sales trends and overall execution "are critical to build confidence" in the company's long-term growth and margin potential. contends JPMorgan.

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Valuation Metrics

The current forward P/E ratio for Webtoon Entertainment Inc (WBTN.O) is 38.29, compared to its 5-year average forward P/E of 14.11. For a more detailed relative valuation and DCF analysis to assess Webtoon Entertainment Inc 's fair value, click here.

Forward PE

The forward P/E ratio is a valuation metric that divides a company's current stock price by its estimated future earnings per share over the next 12 months.

N/A

5Y Average PE

14.11

Current PE

38.29

Overvalued PE

98.09

Undervalued PE

-69.86

Forward EV/EBITDA

The forward EV/EBITDA ratio is a valuation metric that divides a company's enterprise value (EV) by its estimated future earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) over the next 12 months.

N/A

5Y Average EV/EBITDA

155.16

Current EV/EBITDA

17.60

Overvalued EV/EBITDA

561.28

Undervalued EV/EBITDA

-250.97

Forward PS

The forward P/S ratio is a valuation metric that divides a company's current stock price by its estimated future sales (or revenue) per share over the next 12 months.

N/A

5Y Average PS

6.51

Current PS

0.82

Overvalued PS

22.60

Undervalued PS

-9.57

Financials

Annual

Quarterly

FY2025Q1

YoY :

-0.32%

325.71M

Total Revenue

FY2025Q1

YoY :

-287.72%

-26.63M

Operating Profit

FY2025Q1

YoY :

-452.46%

-21.97M

Net Income after Tax

FY2025Q1

YoY :

-440.00%

-0.17

EPS - Diluted

FY2025Q1

YoY :

-204.03%

-21.63M

Free Cash Flow

FY2025Q1

YoY :

-12.77%

21.99

Gross Profit Margin - %

FY2025Q1

YoY :

-100.00%

N/A

FCF Margin - %

FY2025Q1

YoY :

-453.40%

-6.75

Net Margin - %

Trading Trends

Insider

Insiders areBuying! The selling amount has increased 208.24% over the last month.

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Hedge Funds are Neutral. There are no significant trading trends over the last quarter.

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Congress are Neutral. There are no significant trading trends over the last month.

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Insiders areBuying! The selling amount has increased 208.24% over the last month.

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WBTN News & Events

Events Timeline

2025-06-10 (ET)

2025-06-10

09:05:09

Webtoon expands collaboration with Dark Horse Comics

2025-05-13 (ET)

2025-05-13

16:36:59

Webtoon sees Q2 adjusted EBITDA $500,000-$5.5M

2025-05-13

16:35:44

Webtoon reports Q1 adjusted EPS 3c, consensus (13c)

News

5.0

06-18Newsfilter

WEBTOON Entertainment Appoints Saeju Jeong to Its Board of Directors

7.0

06-11Newsfilter

Kuehn Law Encourages Investors of WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. to Contact Law Firm

7.5

06-10Newsfilter

WEBTOON Entertainment and Dark Horse Comics to Bring "Cyberpunk 2077," "Critical Role," "The Witcher," Nickelodeon's "The Legend of Korra," and other titles to WEBTOON's English-Language Platform