WEBTOON Entertainment Inc (WBTN)
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Rating:53Neutral
Price Target:
$12.50
▲(2.46% Upside)
Action:ReiteratedDate:04/19/26
The score is held back primarily by weak profitability and the severe 2025 financial-statement deterioration (including the reported revenue drop to zero), despite a low-leverage balance sheet and some improvement in operating/free cash flow. Technicals are supportive in the short term but look overbought and still below the 200-day trend. The latest earnings call is mixed—strategic progress and cost control offset by flat near-term guidance, MAU pressure, and a large GAAP loss.
Positive Factors
Conservative balance sheet
The company’s low leverage and large cash reserve provide durable financial flexibility to fund content investments, complete infrastructure projects, and absorb operating volatility. A conservative balance sheet reduces refinancing risk and supports strategic optionality over 2–6 months.
Negative Factors
Large GAAP losses & impairments
Substantial goodwill impairments and large GAAP losses signal prior overpayment and weaker-than-expected cash returns from acquisitions. This erodes shareholders’ equity, lowers ROE, and constrains capacity to make value-accretive acquisitions or fund growth without clear profit recovery.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Conservative balance sheet
The company’s low leverage and large cash reserve provide durable financial flexibility to fund content investments, complete infrastructure projects, and absorb operating volatility. A conservative balance sheet reduces refinancing risk and supports strategic optionality over 2–6 months.
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WEBTOON Entertainment Inc (WBTN) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$1.76B
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)399.51K
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta (1Y)1.57
Revenue Growth2.54%
EPS Growth-135.71%
CountryUS
Employees1,800
SectorTechnology
Sector Strength88
IndustrySoftware - Application
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-2.65
Shares Outstanding134,655,700
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 Ratio471.56
Enterprise Value/Market Cap0.69
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.88
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit3.79
Enterprise Value/Ebitda-107.65
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$12.08Price Target Upside-0.96% Downside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering6
EPS Forecast (FY)-0.14
Revenue Forecast (FY)$1.46B
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. operates a storytelling platform worldwide. The company's platform allows a community of creators and users to discover, create, and share new content. Its platform offers stories primarily in two ways, including web-com...
How the Company Makes Money
WEBTOON Entertainment generates revenue primarily through monetization of digital content and platform-driven transactions. Key revenue streams include: (1) Paid digital content: users purchase access to episodes/chapters (commonly through in-app ...
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Mar 03, 2026
(Q4-2025)
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Next Earnings Date:May 19, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Neutral
The call presents a mixed picture: management reported full-year revenue growth and positive adjusted EBITDA, significant strategic progress (Disney partnership and strong IP pipeline), AI-driven personalization gains, cost reductions and a robust cash position. Offsetting these positives are a large GAAP net loss driven by goodwill impairments (largely Wattpad), Q4 revenue declines and volatility in advertising and IP adaptation revenue, MAU deterioration in several regions, and modest near-term guidance. Management expressed confidence in returning to double-digit revenue growth by the end of 2026, but the company faces material near-term financial and metric headwinds.Positive Updates
Full-Year Revenue Growth
Full-year 2025 revenue of $1.4 billion, up 3.9% on a constant currency basis and up 2.5% reported year-over-year.
Negative Updates
Large GAAP Net Loss and Goodwill Impairment
Q4 2025 net loss of $336.5 million (vs. $102.6M prior year Q4) and full-year net loss of $373.4 million (vs. $152.9M prior year), driven primarily by goodwill impairments largely attributable to Wattpad.
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Q4-2025 Updates
Positive
Negative
Full-Year Revenue Growth
Full-year 2025 revenue of $1.4 billion, up 3.9% on a constant currency basis and up 2.5% reported year-over-year.
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Company Guidance
WEBTOON guided that for Q1 2026 it expects constant‑currency revenue growth of -1.5% to +1.5% (implying revenue of $317M–$327M at current FX) and adjusted EBITDA of $0M–$5M (an adjusted EBITDA margin of ~0%–1.5%); management also reiterated a target to return to double‑digit year‑over‑year revenue growth by the end of 2026, expects to complete infrastructure investments by end‑of‑Q1 and redeploy engineering to personalized recommendation work, and plans a 2026 launch of the new Disney digital‑comics platform (context: Q4 revenue was $330.7M and FY2025 revenue was ~$1.4B with FY2025 adjusted EBITDA of $19.4M).WEBTOON Entertainment Inc Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
18
Very Negative
Balance Sheet
70
Positive
Cash Flow
44
Neutral
| Breakdown | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||
| Total Revenue | 1.38B | 1.35B | 1.28B | 1.08B |
| Gross Profit | 322.18M | 339.07M | 295.49M | 273.01M |
| EBITDA | -21.26M | -113.09M | -96.81M | -82.58M |
| Net Income | -345.93M | -143.91M | -116.45M | -129.87M |
Balance Sheet | ||||
| Total Assets | 1.60B | 1.94B | 1.78B | 2.02B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 581.81M | 598.73M | 251.62M | 279.71M |
| Total Debt | 23.67M | 17.24M | 33.44M | 53.56M |
| Total Liabilities | 367.24M | 378.87M | 429.13M | 505.13M |
| Stockholders Equity | 1.17B | 1.47B | 1.25B | 1.38B |
Cash Flow | ||||
| Free Cash Flow | 3.60M | 4.73M | -7.54M | -161.80M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 11.22M | 17.88M | 14.80M | -140.61M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -7.50M | -17.28M | -51.98M | -50.70M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 1.47M | 353.87M | -6.50M | 350.34M |
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc Technical Analysis
Positive
12.20
Price Trends
10.34
Positive
11.76
Positive
13.20
Negative
Market Momentum
0.50
Negative
74.09
Negative
91.24
Negative
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For WBTN, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 12.2 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 10.10, above the 50-day MA of 10.34, and below the 200-day MA of 13.20, indicating a neutral trend. The MACD of 0.50 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 74.09 is Negative, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 91.24 is Negative, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for WBTN.
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc Risk Analysis
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc disclosed 74 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. WEBTOON Entertainment Inc reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (61)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
72 Outperform | $719.06M | 5.99 | 19.72% | ― | 19.00% | 255.32% | |
61 Neutral | $37.18B | 12.37 | -10.20% | 1.83% | 8.50% | -7.62% | |
55 Neutral | $445.27M | 1.90 | -108.85% | ― | -11.42% | -20.02% | |
53 Neutral | $1.76B | -1.38 | -24.56% | ― | 2.54% | -135.71% | |
50 Neutral | $224.94M | -16.16 | -25.34% | ― | -12.90% | -88.57% | |
45 Neutral | $10.60M | -0.35 | -91.15% | ― | -35.83% | 53.49% |
* Technology Sector Average
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WEBTOON Entertainment Inc Corporate Events
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board Changes
WEBTOON Entertainment Announces Key Executive Leadership Changes
Neutral
Apr 13, 2026
On April 13, 2026, WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. reported a series of leadership changes, including the April 10, 2026 resignation of Chief Technology Officer Chankyu Park, who will stay through the end of May 2026 to support a transition before movi...
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board Changes
WEBTOON CEO Relocates to U.S. with Housing Support
Positive
Mar 30, 2026
On March 26, 2026, WEBTOON Entertainment Inc.’s Board of Directors approved a housing assistance policy for the Chief Executive Officer tied to the relocation of the CEO’s primary residence from Korea to the United States for business ...
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board Changes
WEBTOON Names Yongsoo Kim President to Drive Expansion
Positive
Mar 5, 2026
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. announced that on March 2, 2026, its board appointed Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global WEBTOON Yongsoo Kim as President and expanded the board to nine members, adding him as a Class I director with a term through...
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