WEBTOON Entertainment (NASDAQ:WBTN – Get Free Report) is one of 192 publicly-traded companies in the “Interactive Media & Services” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare WEBTOON Entertainment to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares WEBTOON Entertainment and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| WEBTOON Entertainment | -25.09% | 2.10% | 1.60% |
| WEBTOON Entertainment Competitors | -349.33% | -22.40% | 4.21% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares WEBTOON Entertainment and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| WEBTOON Entertainment | $1.37 billion | -$345.93 million | -3.37 |
| WEBTOON Entertainment Competitors | $13.01 billion | $3.45 billion | 20.20 |
WEBTOON Entertainment’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than WEBTOON Entertainment. WEBTOON Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
41.2% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of WEBTOON Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
WEBTOON Entertainment has a beta of 2.57, meaning that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WEBTOON Entertainment’s peers have a beta of 1.84, meaning that their average stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for WEBTOON Entertainment and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| WEBTOON Entertainment | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| WEBTOON Entertainment Competitors | 1436 | 5985 | 11519 | 441 | 2.57 |
WEBTOON Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $10.88, indicating a potential upside of 22.60%. As a group, “Interactive Media & Services” companies have a potential upside of 39.03%. Given WEBTOON Entertainment’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe WEBTOON Entertainment has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
Summary
WEBTOON Entertainment peers beat WEBTOON Entertainment on 10 of the 13 factors compared.
About WEBTOON Entertainment
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. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. is a subsidiary of NAVER Corporation.
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