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Track WBTN free→NASDAQCommunication ServicesInternet Content & InformationSnapshot 2026-06-16
Recent financial performance sits well below its industry cohort — worth keeping an eye on, though it has not freshly broken.
Recent financial performance is weak, and the company was unprofitable over the past year, so its earnings quality can't be assessed. Management's recent track record has been fairly steady, but risk is high, and the sector backdrop is a headwind. Peer multiples imply a price about 62% above where it trades (it looks cheap on this basis); the read is cheap, value-trap risk, as it trades below peer multiples, but recent financials are weak or earnings quality is fragile, historically a value-trap pattern. If WBTN cuts guidance on the next call, that's a meaningful negative. This read is provisional.
Daily closes. Earnings/event dots are placed inline.
A consensus fair price across 2 valuation methods, at three horizons. Current price $12.39. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
No-growth: today's peer multiple on trailing earnings. The headline read.
Embeds projected growth. Leans optimistic by design. Upside context.
We take the 12-month fair value above and grade our own number — how the market prices this name versus what we'd justify, and where the two diverge.
At $12 WBTN trades at 1× p/s, in line with its 1× p/s peer median. Our $34 fair value reflects that, medium confidence. Not investment advice.
One valuation read at a 12-month horizon, plus how price compares to peers and the company's own history.
The price sits about 63% below a flat-multiple fair value; not enough history to forecast a comparison. This describes what's priced in, not a forecast of the move.
TTM earnings are negative, so the read leans on sales- and cash-flow-based methods rather than P/E. This is a data condition, not a forward call.
No fragility gates fired. Regime (Crisis) does not concentrate fragility.
For similar setups historically (n=20,154): about 33% saw a 20%+ drawdown, and roughly 76% of those did not recover within the year. These are historical base rates for the cohort, not a forecast of this stock.
Each factor is a parallel diagnostic with a clear read of what it shows and how names like it have historically fared. Never aggregated into a single score.
Operating income rose in 2 of the last 3 quarter-over-quarter moves. Historically, Communication Services names rated weak grew net income 59% of the time over the next year (vs 53% for the rest of the cohort, n=701).
Over the trailing year it converted -0.05x of net income into operating cash flow.
Most sensitive to the broad stock market.
Not enough signal to read sensitivity to the US dollar, Fed net liquidity, real (inflation-adjusted) rates, long-term interest rates.
6 material management or governance events in the past 24 months, led by executive changes. Historically, Communication Services names rated neutral grew net income 53% of the time over the next year (vs 63% for the rest of the cohort, n=271).
The next print and the backdrop around it (sector regime and the AI cycle). Context for the path, not a forecast of returns.
EPS estimate $0.06 → $0.01 (-90.9% / 30d). 0 raised, 1 cut, 2 covering analysts.
0 upgrades, 0 downgrades / 30d. 25% of analysts rate Buy.
How management runs the business: capital, margins, balance sheet, and how reliably they guide and deliver.
A guidance track record builds as the company issues and delivers on guidance.
What a normal day, a bad day, and the worst of the last year would mean for a $10,000 position.
On a typical day, $10k can swing ±$205.
How much price usually moves either way.
On a bad day, this stock has moved -$557.
A rough but not unusual down day (about the 95th percentile).
In the worst 12 months, $10k could have lost $5,974.
Deepest peak-to-trough drop in the last year.
Past results, not a forecast. Not investment advice.
The most important moves since the prior daily snapshot.
No material changes since the prior snapshot.
as of 2026-06-16
Specific, dated things to watch for, each with what would confirm it and what would prove it wrong.
Why it matters: If Webtoon shows positive revenue growth, it may turn around in a tough market.
Confirms:Webtoon reports positive revenue growth in its next earnings report.
Disproves:Webtoon is expected to keep reporting negative revenue growth in the next quarters.
Recent news graded against this company's own objectives — whether it reinforces or challenges the thesis, and how confirmed it is.
No graded news catalysts for WBTN yet.
Conditional scenarios: if X happens, the view would shift in this direction. These are not predictions.
Recent SEC 8-K filings ranked by likely impact, confidence, and recency.
of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.2 attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any other filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Whether the overall read has been drifting up or down lately, and how it's changed since last week.
Not investment advice. Scores describe historical and current data; they are not forecasts of future returns. Consult a licensed advisor before making investment decisions.
Long-thesis check; widest uncertainty.
TTM earnings are negative. P/E-based methods drop out and the estimate leans on sales- and cash-flow-based methods. A data condition, not a forward call.
Roughly priced in line with peers.
Self-history needs ~20 months of data.
Trailing four: 2025-Q1, 2025-Q2, 2025-Q3, 2026-Q1
A side-by-side read on sector standing, valuation, and risk versus Interactive Media & Services.
| Stock | Sector standing | Valuation | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
WBTN Webtoon Entertainment, Inc. | Typical Show detailsSector percentile: 56 of 100 | inexpensive | high |
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | Above typical Show detailsSector percentile: 82 of 100 | expensive | moderate |
GOOG Alphabet Inc. (Class C) | Above typical Show detailsSector percentile: 83 of 100 | expensive | moderate |
META Meta Platforms | Above typical Show detailsSector percentile: 78 of 100 | expensive | elevated |
RDDT REDDIT, INC. | Typical Show detailsSector percentile: 55 of 100 | expensive | high |
Not investment advice. As of 2026-06-16.
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Tailwind = sector leading the S&P 500; headwind = trailing. Both can be constructive. Historically, headwind regimes have averaged stronger forward returns than tailwind.
Context label only: describes the market state (e.g. real bear vs narrative panic, healthy uptrend vs late-stage froth). It is not a per-ticker buy/sell signal and does not predict factor performance.
Not investment advice. As of 2026-06-16.
Priorities management has stated in recent disclosures, with status and evidence drawn from earnings calls, filings, and press releases.
The company expects revenue growth on a constant currency basis in the range of 1.7%-4.6% for 2026-Q2.
Stated in 2 of last 2 quarters. Revenue in 2026-Q1 was $320.872 million, with guidance for 2026-Q2 set at $332-$342 million. The trajectory shows limited progress as revenue declined from $378.041 million in 2025-Q3 to $320.872 million in 2026-Q1.
“For the second quarter 2026, the Company expects revenue growth on a constant currency basis in the range of 1.7%-4.6%.”
“For the first quarter 2026, the Company expects revenue growth on a constant currency basis in the range of (1.5%) - 1.5%.”
The company expects adjusted EBITDA in the range of $0.0-$5.0 million for 2026-Q2.
Stated in 2 of last 2 quarters. The company has consistently guided for adjusted EBITDA in the range of $0.0-$5.0 million. However, financials show a net income loss of $9.455 million in 2026-Q1, indicating limited progress towards positive EBITDA.
“Adjusted EBITDA in the range of $0.0-$5.0 million, representing an Adjusted EBITDA Margin in the range of 0.0%-1.5%.”
The company announced several executive leadership changes, including a new President and CFO transition.
Newly stated in 2026-Q1. The company announced executive leadership changes, including the appointment of a new President and a CFO transition. These changes may impact strategic direction, but financials show a net income loss of $9.455 million in 2026-Q1, indicating challenges remain.
“On March 2, 2026, the Board of Directors appointed Yongsoo Kim as the President of the Company.”
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On April 13, 2026, WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (the “Company”) announced a number of executive leadership changes. In connection with the leadership transitions, effective April 10, 2026, Chankyu Park resigned from his position as Chief Technology Officer of the Company. Mr. Park will no longer serve as an executive officer of the Company within the…
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On March 26, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (the “Company”) approved a housing assistance policy (the “Housing Assistance Policy”) for the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) in connection with the relocation of the CEO’s primary residence from Korea to the United States for business operational p…
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On March 5, 2026, WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Initial Report”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission to report, among other things, the appointment of Yongsoo Kim as the President of the Company. The Company is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K/A (this “Amendment”) to amend the Init…
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On March 2, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (the “Company”) unanimously appointed Yongsoo Kim to serve as the President of the Company, effective March 2, 2026. Mr. Kim’s new title is President of the Company. Junkoo Kim will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Boar…
“Adjusted EBITDA in the range of $0.0-$5.0 million, representing an Adjusted EBITDA Margin in the range of 0.0% - 1.5%.”