Stock Research: Kakao

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Kakao

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10
  • Value
    22
  • Growth
    49
  • Safety
    Safety
    6
  • Combined
    8
  • Sentiment
    54
  • 360° View
    360° View
    10
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Company Description

Kakao Corp is a Korea-based company primarily engaged in mobile services. It operates in content (mobile messengers, portals, games, music, webtoons, web novels, character products like Kakao Friends) and platform (advertisements, mobility, pay, communication terminals for children). It primarily operates in Korea. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $17890 million, profits of $4987 million, and revenue of $5330 million.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 10 (better than 10% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Kakao are critical, mostly below average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators below average for Kakao. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 54, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 54% of alternative investment opportunities. But all other ranks are below average. The consolidated Value Rank has a rank of 22, which means that the share price of Kakao is on the higher side compared with typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The consolidated Growth Rank also has a low rank of 49, meaning that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. This means that growth is lower than for 49% of competitors in the same industry. Finally, the consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 6 which means that the company has a riskier financing structure than 94% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...read more

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Last update: 7-Jul-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
22 45 31 29
Growth
49 39 23 93
Safety
Safety
6 35 31 37
Sentiment
54 67 75 93
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360° View
10 45 24 83
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
74 60 87 80
Opinions Change
44 20 31 49
Pro Holdings
n/a 48 39 67
Market Pulse
23 86 85 85
Sentiment
54 67 75 93
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
22 45 31 29
Growth
49 39 23 93
Safety Safety
6 35 31 37
Combined
8 35 8 56
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
32 51 38 30
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
24 16 20 26
Price vs. Book (P/B)
43 75 52 36
Dividend Yield
43 32 27 32
Value
22 45 31 29
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
31 34 68 77
Profit Growth
85 92 6 98
Capital Growth
53 49 24 70
Stock Returns
16 7 37 63
Growth
49 39 23 93
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
51 37 36 51
Refinancing
6 61 42 44
Liquidity
25 23 28 34
Safety Safety
6 35 31 37

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Only the professional market sentiment is positive. The stock is expensive, has low growth, and low financial safety. This is a weak investment proposition. Only a small, highly-speculative investment may be justified by investors who strongly believe the positive sentiment points to an positive future.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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