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WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. Common stock WBTN
$10.50 -3.31% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $1.42B
High risk
Next earnings report: Nov 11, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Over the past year the stock returned -41.2%, behind the S&P 500 by 56.2 percentage points.
- The stock is 43% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 27%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 38%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 22%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 20%
- Gross marginBottom 13%
- Operating marginBottom 22%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 18%
- Interest coverBottom 2%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 19%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 23%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 4%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 9%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 15%
- 6-month returnTop 39%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 21%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 30%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 45%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 9%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 18%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 42%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 26%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 26%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 10%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 2.3% | -0.5% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 24.2% | 24.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -5.2% | -3.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -2.0% | -0.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -0.5% | 2.3% | ↓ | Bottom 27% |
| Gross margin | 24.4% | 24.2% | ↑ | Bottom 13% |
| Operating margin | -3.8% | -5.2% | ↑ | Bottom 22% |
| Net margin | -25.1% | -7.3% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -0.3% | -2.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -4.0% | — | Bottom 20% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 8.6% | — | Top 38% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -22.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +2.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -556.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -2.40%
- Shareholder yield
- -2.40%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +4.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +2.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $12.50
- Target vs current price
- +19.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 5
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 60%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | -52.5% | +5.8% | -7.2% | +11.6% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | -40.0% | +0.2% | -9.0% | -12.1% | -30.0% |
| Mar 3, 2026 | -2045.5% | +1.3% | -15.0% | -22.2% | +5.0% |
| Nov 12, 2025 | -92.8% | +2.1% | -24.4% | -19.1% | -30.9% |
| Aug 12, 2025 | -250.0% | +2.4% | +67.4% | +62.7% | +87.6% |
| May 13, 2025 | -27.3% | +3.1% | -8.4% | -6.9% | -4.0% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | -292.7% | -2.0% | -13.0% | -12.4% | -13.5% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +152.4% | +2.4% | -8.3% | +11.7% | +17.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | -$0.11 | -$0.07 | -52.5% | $338.5M |
| May 11, 2026 | -$0.07 | -$0.05 | -40.0% | $320.9M |
| Mar 3, 2026 | -$2.36 | -$0.11 | -2045.5% | $330.7M |
| Nov 12, 2025 | -$0.09 | -$0.05 | -92.8% | $378.0M |
| Aug 12, 2025 | -$0.03 | $0.02 | -250.0% | $348.3M |
| May 13, 2025 | -$0.17 | -$0.13 | -27.3% | $325.7M |
| Feb 25, 2025 | -$0.72 | -$0.18 | -292.7% | $352.8M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.22 | -$0.42 | +152.4% | $347.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 0.63× | — | — | Top 9% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -0.28% | — | — | Bottom 23% |
| Earnings yield | -25.04% | — | — | Bottom 19% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 25
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +6.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -5.6%
- RSI (14)
- 49.9
- Relative volume
- 0.88×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 58.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 24th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.73
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.33
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -43.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -70.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2024 | Apr 4, 2025 | -70.6% | 177 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jul 5, 2024 | -14.6% | 5 days | 11 days (Jul 22, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.42B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$2.63
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.37B
- 52-week range
- $7.85 – $19.01
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.08B | $1.28B | $1.35B | $1.38B |
| Gross profit | $273.0M | $295.5M | $339.1M | $322.2M |
| Operating income | -$114.7M | -$36.4M | -$100.7M | -$64.1M |
| Net income | -$129.9M | -$116.5M | -$143.9M | -$345.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.02 | -$0.91 | -$1.21 | -$2.66 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $347.9M | $352.8M | $325.7M | $348.3M | $378.0M | $330.7M | $320.9M | $338.5M |
| Net income | $19.8M | -$93.0M | -$22.5M | -$4.3M | -$11.6M | -$307.6M | -$9.5M | -$15.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.15 | -$0.72 | -$0.17 | -$0.03 | -$0.09 | -$2.36 | -$0.07 | -$0.11 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$140.6M | $14.8M | $17.9M | $11.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$21.2M | -$22.3M | -$13.1M | -$17.9M |
| Free cash flow | -$161.8M | -$7.5M | $4.7M | -$6.7M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $408.4M | $0 | $342.9M | $1.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $583.1M
- Total assets
- $1.59B
- Total liabilities
- $368.6M
- Total debt
- $22.6M
- Net debt
- -$560.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.16B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,731,526
- Days to cover
- 9.21
- Change vs previous report
- -8.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.