Ratings Kakao Corp.

Equities

A035720

KR7035720002

End-of-day quote Korea S.E. Other stock markets 06:00:00 2024-05-09 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
47,800 ^KRW	-1.65%		-1.04%	-12.36%

May. 10	Nomura Adjusts Kakao Corp’s Price Target to KRW54,000 From KRW57,000, Keeps at Neutral	MT
May. 10	South Korean shares set for third straight weekly gain	RE

Summary

The company has a good ESG score relative to its sector, according to Refinitiv.

Strengths

The company's earnings per share (EPS) are expected to grow significantly over the next few years according to the consensus of analysts covering the stock.
Thanks to a sound financial situation, the firm has significant leeway for investment.
Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.
Analyst opinion has improved significantly over the past four months.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.

Weaknesses

The company's valuation in terms of earnings multiples is rather high. Indeed, the firm is getting paid 49.11 times its estimated earnings per share for the ongoing year.
The firm pays small or no dividend to shareholders. For that reason, it is not a yield company.
For the last twelve months, sales expectations have been significantly downgraded, which means that less important sales volumes are expected for the current fiscal year over the previous period.
The sales outlook for the group was lowered in the last twelve months. This change in forecast points out a decline in activity as well as pessimistic analyses of the company.
For the past year, analysts have significantly revised downwards their profit estimates.
Prospects from analysts covering the stock are not consistent. Such dispersed sales estimates confirm the poor visibility into the group's activity.
The group usually releases earnings worse than estimated.

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Sector: Internet Services

	1st Jan change	Capi.	ESG Refinitiv
KAKAO CORP.	-12.36%	15.24B	B-
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PROSUS N.V.	+25.85%	90.53B	B+
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DOORDASH, INC.	+16.13%	46.96B	C+
COSTAR GROUP, INC.	+2.85%	36.7B	B
NASPERS LIMITED	+20.84%	36.11B	C+

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