WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. is a global digital entertainment company that operates platforms for webcomics, web novels and other serialized storytelling content. Its flagship WEBTOON platform connects creators with readers through mobile and online services, offering a broad catalog of original and user-generated series across genres such as romance, fantasy, drama, action and comedy.

The company’s business includes digital content distribution, advertising, paid content and intellectual-property licensing. Through its WEBTOON and Wattpad businesses, as well as Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, the company develops and adapts popular stories for film, television, animation, publishing, games and other media. These activities allow creators’ work to reach audiences beyond the company’s digital platforms.

WEBTOON Entertainment traces its origins to the webcomic service launched by South Korea’s Naver in 2004 and has expanded internationally through localized platforms and content partnerships. It serves readers and creators across South Korea, Japan, North America, Europe, Southeast Asia and Latin America. Junkoo Kim, the company’s founder, serves as chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $9.98 to $10.47
• 50-Day Range: $8.25 to $11.20
• 52-Week Range: $7.85 to $19.01
• Volume: 500,646 shs
• Average Volume: 466,953 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.36 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $10.88
• Consensus Rating: Hold

WEBTOON Entertainment Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

WEBTOON Entertainment scored higher than 25% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 187th out of 237 stocks in the communication services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

WEBTOON Entertainment has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 5 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for WEBTOON Entertainment is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

WEBTOON Entertainment has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for WEBTOON Entertainment are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.12) to $0.10 per share.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

WEBTOON Entertainment has a P/B Ratio of 1.09. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.25% of the float of WEBTOON Entertainment has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

WEBTOON Entertainment has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 11.94, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in WEBTOON Entertainment has recently increased by 11.45%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

WEBTOON Entertainment does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

WEBTOON Entertainment does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.57

News Sentiment

WEBTOON Entertainment has a news sentiment score of 1.57. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.60 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for WEBTOON Entertainment this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added WEBTOON Entertainment to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, WEBTOON Entertainment insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

5.61% of the stock of WEBTOON Entertainment is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

WEBTOON Entertainment has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/10/2026
• Today: 10/14/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/11/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Interactive Media & Services
• Sub-Industry: Interactive Media & Services
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:WBTN
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:WBTN
• CIK: 1997859
• Web: www.webtoons.com
• Phone: (213) 347-4841
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,800
• Year Founded: 2014

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for WEBTOON Entertainment: $10.88
• High Price Target: $12.00
• Low Price Target: $10.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +8.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($2.63)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$345.93 million
• Net Margins: -25.09%
• Pretax Margin: -27.71%
• Return on Equity: 2.10%
• Return on Assets: 1.60%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 2.63
• Quick Ratio: 2.63

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.38 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.98
• Cash Flow: $2.78 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.61
• Book Value: $9.21 per share
• Price / Book: 1.09

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 135,710,000
• Free Float: 128,098,000
• Market Cap: $1.36 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.57