WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ:WBTN) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Brokerages

Key Points

• WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. has received a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from eight covering brokerages, with a one-year price target averaging $17.83.
• The company reported $0.07 earnings per share for the last quarter, surpassing analysts' expectations, with revenues of $348.27 million, an increase of 8.5% year-over-year.
• Institutional investors showed significant interest, with notable increases in stakes, including a 649.0% boost by CWM LLC during the second quarter.

Shares of WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ:WBTN - Get Free Report) have been assigned an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the eight ratings firms that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, two have issued a hold recommendation, four have issued a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $17.8333.

WBTN has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Zacks Research raised shares of WEBTOON Entertainment from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Monday, August 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of WEBTOON Entertainment from $14.00 to $22.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 16th. Wall Street Zen upgraded WEBTOON Entertainment from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Saturday, August 16th. Weiss Ratings restated a "sell (d-)" rating on shares of WEBTOON Entertainment in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their target price on WEBTOON Entertainment from $10.00 to $11.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 13th.

WEBTOON Entertainment Price Performance

Shares of WBTN stock opened at $17.75 on Thursday. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $15.44 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $11.13. WEBTOON Entertainment has a 1 year low of $6.75 and a 1 year high of $22.47. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -23.05 and a beta of 1.80.

WEBTOON Entertainment (NASDAQ:WBTN - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 12th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.02 by $0.05. WEBTOON Entertainment had a negative net margin of 7.24% and a negative return on equity of 0.13%. The business had revenue of $348.27 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $341.63 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.20 EPS. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. WEBTOON Entertainment has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that WEBTOON Entertainment will post -0.26 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of WEBTOON Entertainment

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Signaturefd LLC boosted its stake in shares of WEBTOON Entertainment by 59.6% during the second quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 3,375 shares of the company's stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 1,261 shares during the period. CWM LLC boosted its stake in shares of WEBTOON Entertainment by 649.0% during the second quarter. CWM LLC now owns 4,674 shares of the company's stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 4,050 shares during the period. Generali Investments Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych purchased a new stake in shares of WEBTOON Entertainment during the first quarter valued at approximately $58,000. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of WEBTOON Entertainment by 8.6% during the second quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 9,816 shares of the company's stock valued at $89,000 after purchasing an additional 774 shares during the period. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG boosted its stake in shares of WEBTOON Entertainment by 174.8% during the first quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 11,012 shares of the company's stock valued at $84,000 after purchasing an additional 7,005 shares during the period.

WEBTOON Entertainment Company Profile

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-comics, a graphical comic-like medium; and web-novels, which are text-based stories.

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