WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ:WBTN) Receives Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Brokerages

Shares of WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ:WBTN) have received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seven ratings firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1 year target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $17.8333.

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on WBTN. Zacks Research raised WEBTOON Entertainment from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 25th. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on WEBTOON Entertainment from $10.00 to $11.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on WEBTOON Entertainment from $11.00 to $15.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price objective on WEBTOON Entertainment from $18.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded WEBTOON Entertainment from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 16th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On WEBTOON Entertainment

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Signaturefd LLC raised its stake in shares of WEBTOON Entertainment by 59.6% in the 2nd quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 3,375 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 1,261 shares in the last quarter. Deutsche Bank AG bought a new position in shares of WEBTOON Entertainment in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $54,000. CWM LLC raised its stake in shares of WEBTOON Entertainment by 649.0% in the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 4,674 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,000 after acquiring an additional 4,050 shares in the last quarter. Generali Investments Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych bought a new position in shares of WEBTOON Entertainment in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $58,000. Finally, MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its stake in shares of WEBTOON Entertainment by 8.6% in the 2nd quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 9,816 shares of the company’s stock valued at $89,000 after acquiring an additional 774 shares in the last quarter.

WEBTOON Entertainment Stock Up 0.5%

NASDAQ:WBTN opened at $21.10 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $12.80 and its 200 day moving average price is $10.13. The firm has a market cap of $2.76 billion, a P/E ratio of -27.40 and a beta of 1.34. WEBTOON Entertainment has a 52-week low of $6.75 and a 52-week high of $21.99.

WEBTOON Entertainment (NASDAQ:WBTN) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, August 12th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.02 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $348.27 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $341.63 million. WEBTOON Entertainment had a negative return on equity of 0.13% and a negative net margin of 7.24%.WEBTOON Entertainment’s revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.20 earnings per share. WEBTOON Entertainment has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that WEBTOON Entertainment will post -0.26 EPS for the current year.

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.