WEBTOON Entertainment Inc (WBTN)
NASDAQ:WBTN
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WBTN Stock Chart & Stats
$12.20
-$0.40(-2.97%)
At close: 4:00 PM EST
$12.20
-$0.40(-2.97%)
Day’s Range― - ―
52-Week Range$8.30 - $22.47
Previous CloseN/A
Volume47.04K
Average Volume (3M)399.51K
Market Cap
$1.49B
Enterprise Value$988.81M
Total Cash (Recent Filing)$594.85M
Total Debt (Recent Filing)$20.35M
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta1.57
Next Earnings
Aug 06, 2026EPS Estimate
-0.07Next Dividend Ex-DateN/A
Dividend YieldN/A
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-2.55
Shares Outstanding135,234,730
10 Day Avg. Volume426,872
30 Day Avg. Volume399,512
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio-0.04
Price to Book (P/B)1.45
Price to Sales (P/S)1.23
P/FCF Ratio-253.36
Enterprise Value/Market Cap0.66
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.72
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit2.96
Enterprise Value/Ebitda-2.90
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$12.25Price Target Upside0.41% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering4
EPS Forecast (FY)-0.11
Revenue Forecast (FY)$1.41B
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Strong Balance Sheet And Low LeverageVery low leverage and a cash-rich position (~$595M) provide durable financial flexibility to fund content, creator investments and international expansion without immediate refinancing risk. This supports multi-quarter reinvestment cycles and cushions against revenue volatility while enabling strategic partnerships and M&A optionality.
Sustained Margin Expansion And Improving EBITDAMeaningful gross-margin and adjusted-EBITDA improvement reflects better mix, ad recovery in pockets and tighter cost discipline. Improving unit economics and demonstrated margin expansion create a clearer path to sustainable profitability and allow targeted reinvestment in creators and product while reducing dependence on external financing.
Platform & IP Ecosystem: CANVAS, AI And Major PartnershipsInvestments in CANVAS, AI translation and heavy IP partnerships (e.g., Disney titles) strengthen network effects across creators, users and licensors. These platform and IP capabilities increase content monetization options, improve global discoverability and create durable competitive advantages in serialized digital storytelling and cross-media adaptation pipelines.
Bears Say
Material Revenue Decline And Persistent Negative MarginsA steep TTM revenue drop and sustained negative net margins reduce operating leverage and constrain the company's ability to self-fund growth. Persisting losses mean equity capital must absorb operating shortfalls and the company needs durable top-line recovery to justify continued creator and product investments without eroding returns.
MAU Decline And Bot-traffic Adjustments Undermine User Base QualityA shrinking authentic user base and recent bot-removal create structural risks for scale-dependent monetization (ads, paid conversions). Restated MAU suggests prior engagement metrics were inflated, increasing customer-acquisition and retention costs and weakening the foundational metric advertisers and licensors rely on for long-term commitments.
Volatility From IP Adaptations And Ad/Japan HeadwindsHeavy reliance on milestone-based IP adaptation revenue creates quarter-to-quarter lumpiness, complicating forecasting and investment planning. Combined with advertising and Japan market softness, this volatility raises execution risk for achieving consistent revenue growth and stresses the need to diversify durable revenue streams like paid content and subscriptions.
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc News
WBTN FAQ
What was WEBTOON Entertainment Inc’s price range in the past 12 months?
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc lowest stock price was $8.30 and its highest was $22.47 in the past 12 months.
What is WEBTOON Entertainment Inc’s market cap?
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc’s market cap is $1.49B.
When is WEBTOON Entertainment Inc’s upcoming earnings report date?
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc’s upcoming earnings report date is Aug 06, 2026 which is in 41 days.
How were WEBTOON Entertainment Inc’s earnings last quarter?
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc released its earnings results on May 11, 2026. The company reported -$0.07 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of -$0.096 by $0.026.
Is WEBTOON Entertainment Inc overvalued?
According to Wall Street analysts WEBTOON Entertainment Inc’s price is currently Undervalued.
Does WEBTOON Entertainment Inc pay dividends?
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc does not currently pay dividends.
What is WEBTOON Entertainment Inc’s EPS estimate?
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc’s EPS estimate is -0.07.
How many shares outstanding does WEBTOON Entertainment Inc have?
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc has 135,234,730 shares outstanding.
What happened to WEBTOON Entertainment Inc’s price movement after its last earnings report?
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc reported an EPS of -$0.07 in its last earnings report, beating expectations of -$0.096. Following the earnings report the stock price went down -8.64%.
Which hedge fund is a major shareholder of WEBTOON Entertainment Inc?
Currently, no hedge funds are holding shares in WBTN
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WEBTOON Entertainment Inc Stock Smart Score
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Analyst Consensus
Moderate Buy
Average Price Target:
$12.25 (0.41% Upside)
$12.25 (0.41% Upside)
Blogger Sentiment
Bullish
WBTN Sentiment 67%
Sector Average ―
Sector Average ―
Hedge Fund Trend
Decreased
By 22.1K Shares
Last Quarter.
Last Quarter.
Technicals
SMA
Negative
20 days / 200 days
Momentum
41.02%
12-Months-Change
Fundamentals
Return on Equity
-24.91%
Trailing 12-Months
Asset Growth
-17.72%
Trailing 12-Months
Company Description
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. manages a global digital platform dedicated to narratives. This platform cultivates an active community, empowering both content creators and readers to find, develop, and distribute original stories. Its primary offerings come in two distinct forms: web-comics, which are a visual, comic-style medium, and web-novels, which are entirely text-based prose. Established in 2014, the company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and operates as a subsidiary of NAVER Corporation.
WBTN Earnings Call
Q1 2026
0:00 / 0:00
Earnings Call Sentiment|Positive
The call presented a mix of encouraging profitability and product/strategy progress alongside short-term user and revenue headwinds. Positives include meaningful gross margin expansion (+390 bps), strong adjusted EBITDA improvement (+132%), narrowed net loss, robust paid-content momentum in Korea (paid content +13.9% constant currency), progress on CANVAS globalization and AI translation, five Disney title launches and a healthy cash position (~$595M). Offsetting these gains are declines in MAU (-5.9%), continued volatility in IP adaptations (revenue -22.2% YoY), Japan user and MPU weakness, and modest near-term EBITDA guidance for Q2. Management is investing in creators, product (AI and CANVAS), and Japan infrastructure with the stated objective of returning to double-digit revenue growth by year-end, which supports an overall constructive outlook despite near-term execution risks.View all WBTN earnings summariesWBTN Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
$12.25
▲(0.41% Upside)
Technical Analysis
Ownership Overview
1.00% Insiders
12.06% Mutual Funds
23.57% Other Institutional Investors
62.37% Public Companies and
Individual Investors