Stock A035720 KAKAO CORP.
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Financials Kakao Corp.

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A035720

KR7035720002

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End-of-day quote Korea S.E.
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 06:00:00 2024-04-25 pm EDT 		5-day change 1st Jan Change
47,300 KRW -0.21% Intraday chart for Kakao Corp. -2.67% -12.89%
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Valuation

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Capitalization 1 12,583,966 33,476,209 48,776,954 23,185,190 23,785,714 20,745,785 - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 2 11,159 30,584 44,168 19,910 23,786 17,712 17,195 16,498
P/E ratio -40.7 x 217 x 34.9 x 18.6 x - 42.7 x 36.1 x 31.9 x
Yield 0.08% 0.04% 0.05% 0.11% - 0.13% 0.14% 0.16%
Capitalization / Revenue 4.07 x 8.05 x 7.95 x 3.26 x 2.93 x 2.35 x 2.14 x 2.02 x
EV / Revenue 3.61 x 7.36 x 7.2 x 2.8 x 2.93 x 2.01 x 1.77 x 1.61 x
EV / EBITDA 26.2 x 42.3 x 45.6 x 17.1 x - 12.6 x 11 x 9.32 x
EV / FCF 17.3 x 38.8 x 41 x 88.3 x - 15.3 x 15.2 x 16 x
FCF Yield 5.79% 2.58% 2.44% 1.13% - 6.53% 6.58% 6.26%
Price to Book 2.34 x 4.54 x 4.97 x 2.35 x - 1.98 x 1.88 x 1.84 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 409,901 429,733 433,573 436,633 438,043 438,600 - -
Reference price 3 30,700 77,900 112,500 53,100 54,300 47,300 47,300 47,300
Announcement Date 2/12/20 2/8/21 2/10/22 2/9/23 2/14/24 - - -
1KRW in Million2KRW in Billions3KRW
Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net sales 1 3,090 4,157 6,136 7,107 8,106 8,828 9,704 10,263
EBITDA 1 425.6 722.3 968 1,162 - 1,403 1,560 1,770
EBIT 1 206.6 456 596.9 580.5 501.9 679.3 836.7 966.9
Operating Margin 6.69% 10.97% 9.73% 8.17% 6.19% 7.7% 8.62% 9.42%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 -227.3 408.5 2,292 1,344 -1,382 708.4 854.3 962.9
Net income 1 -298.2 149.6 1,398 1,280 -676 478.1 581.8 691.7
Net margin -9.65% 3.6% 22.78% 18.01% -8.34% 5.42% 5.99% 6.74%
EPS 2 -755.2 359.8 3,226 2,861 - 1,108 1,309 1,484
Free Cash Flow 3 646,304 787,950 1,076,046 225,461 - 1,156,646 1,131,300 1,032,500
FCF margin 20,917.48% 18,956.01% 17,536.32% 3,172.31% - 13,102.42% 11,658.05% 10,060.81%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA) 151,860.68% 109,086.79% 111,158.87% 19,407.03% - 82,428.9% 72,519.77% 58,336.84%
FCF Conversion (Net income) - 526,700.8% 76,988.03% 17,611.86% - 241,942.34% 194,464.64% 149,280.5%
Dividend per Share 2 25.40 30.00 53.00 60.00 - 62.07 65.38 73.73
Announcement Date 2/12/20 2/8/21 2/10/22 2/9/23 2/14/24 - - -
1KRW in Billions2KRW3KRW in Million
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Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: December 2021 Q3 2021 Q4 2022 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Q4 2025 Q1
Net sales 1 1,741 1,785 1,652 1,822 1,859 1,774 1,740 2,042 2,161 2,171 2,010 2,122 2,227 2,294 2,254
EBITDA 1 - - - - 304.7 - - - 342.2 - 354.6 400.8 421.7 448.8 -
EBIT 1 168.2 108.5 158.7 171 150.3 100.4 71.13 113.5 140.3 189.2 130.8 159.1 184.6 202.6 125
Operating Margin 9.66% 6.08% 9.61% 9.38% 8.09% 5.66% 4.09% 5.56% 6.49% 8.71% 6.51% 7.49% 8.29% 8.83% 5.55%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 1,072 552.2 1,760 236.5 236.7 -888.7 73.35 112.1 128.5 -1,684 142.9 186.7 206.3 79.6 191
Net income 1 779.1 82.36 1,302 67.61 106.3 -196.9 77.52 57.02 33.32 -835.6 99.82 124.1 138 100.2 -
Net margin 44.76% 4.61% 78.81% 3.71% 5.72% -11.1% 4.45% 2.79% 1.54% -38.49% 4.97% 5.85% 6.2% 4.37% -
EPS 2 1,757 254.0 2,942 153.0 241.0 -474.0 176.0 130.0 76.00 - 270.2 257.9 305.0 302.5 330.0
Dividend per Share 2 - 53.00 - - - 60.00 - - - - - - - 60.00 -
Announcement Date 11/3/21 2/10/22 5/3/22 8/3/22 11/2/22 2/9/23 5/3/23 8/2/23 11/8/23 2/14/24 - - - - -
1KRW in Billions2KRW
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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net Debt 1 - - - - - - - -
Net Cash position 1 1,425 2,892 4,609 3,275 - 3,034 3,551 4,248
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) - - - - - - - -
Free Cash Flow 2 646,304 787,950 1,076,046 225,461 - 1,156,646 1,131,300 1,032,500
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity) -5.81% 2.36% 17.5% 13.5% - 4.28% 5.34% 5.67%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets) -3.61% 1.5% 8.22% 5.92% - 1.83% 2.28% 2.3%
Assets 1 8,270 9,973 17,003 21,641 - 26,082 25,504 30,072
Book Value Per Share 3 13,110 17,164 22,616 22,586 - 23,890 25,159 25,717
Cash Flow per Share 3 1,888 2,244 2,916 1,533 - 3,039 3,390 3,377
Capex 1 106 183 216 453 - 566 568 777
Capex / Sales 3.44% 4.41% 3.52% 6.37% - 6.41% 5.85% 7.57%
Announcement Date 2/12/20 2/8/21 2/10/22 2/9/23 2/14/24 - - -
1KRW in Billions2KRW in Million3KRW
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Ratings for Kakao Corp.

Trading Rating
Investor Rating
ESG Refinitiv
B-
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Analysts' Consensus

Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
29
Last Close Price
47,300 KRW
Average target price
67,986 KRW
Spread / Average Target
+43.73%
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