Stock A035720 KAKAO CORP.
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Company Kakao Corp.

Equities

A035720

KR7035720002

Internet Services

End-of-day quote Korea S.E.
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 06:00:00 2024-04-18 pm EDT 		5-day change 1st Jan Change
48,600 KRW -1.02% Intraday chart for Kakao Corp. +1.14% -10.50%
Apr. 17 Kakao Games Secures IP Rights Agreement with SM Entertainment; Shares Up 2% MT
Apr. 16 South Korean shares drop on strong US data, Middle East tensions RE

Business Summary

Kakao Corp is a Korea-based company principally engaged in the mobile services business. The Company operates its business through two segments. The Content segment produces mobile messengers, portals, games, music, and paid content such as webtoons, and Web novels. In addition, it sells character products using intellectual property (IP) called Kakao Friends through online and offline stores. The Platform segment sells advertisements such as search advertisements and display advertisements. In addition, it engages in businesses of mobility, pay and manufacturing communication terminals for children using IP called Kakao Friends.

Sales per Business

KRW in Million2022Weight2023Weight Delta
Kakao
30.6 %
2,280,722 32.1 % 2,312,648 30.6 % +1.40%
Kakao Entertainment
23.5 %
1,778,324 25.0 % 1,773,605 23.5 % -0.27%
Kakao Games
13.2 %
1,115,151 15.7 % 996,458 13.2 % -10.64%
Sm Entertainment
9.8 %
- - 740,749 9.8 % -
Kakao Mobility
7.8 %
783,380 11.0 % 588,057 7.8 % -24.93%
Kakao Piccoma Corporation
7.5 %
528,234 7.4 % 566,650 7.5 % +7.27%
Kakao Pay
6.0 %
371,532 5.2 % 457,139 6.0 % +23.04%
Others
1.6 %
143,158 2.0 % 121,695 1.6 % -14.99%

Sales per region

KRW in Million2022Weight2023Weight Delta
South Korea
80.5 %
5,708,155 80.3 % 6,080,792 80.5 % +6.53%
Asia
12.7 %
916,579 12.9 % 958,520 12.7 % +4.58%
North America
4.1 %
280,417 3.9 % 313,433 4.1 % +11.77%
Europe
2.0 %
100,562 1.4 % 148,110 2.0 % +47.28%
Others
0.7 %
-- 56,147 0.7 % -

Managers

Managers TitleAgeSince
Jae-Hyeon Bae CIO
 Chief Investment Officer - -

Members of the board

Members of the board TitleAgeSince
Seok Yun BRD
 Director/Board Member 62 20-03-24
Sung-Soo Kim CHM
 Chairman 62 22-03-28
Kyu-Jin Cho BRD
 Director/Board Member 50 17-02-28
Se-Jeong Choi BRD
 Director/Board Member 52 20-03-24
Se-Rom Park BRD
 Director/Board Member 34 20-03-24

Share class

VoteQuantityFree-FloatCompany-owned sharesTotal Float
Stock A 1 444,936,321 304,703,922 ( 68.48 %) 6,643,783 ( 1.493 %) 68.48 %

Shareholders

NameEquities%Valuation
Beom-Soo Kim
23.66 %
105,321,969 23.66 % 4 201 M ₩
Maximo Pte Ltd.
5.930 %
26,396,880 5.930 % 1 053 M ₩
National Pension Service of Korea
5.408 %
24,075,943 5.408 % 960 M ₩
KAKAO CORP.
1.507 %
6,706,549 1.507 % 268 M ₩
State Street Global Advisors Ltd.
0.1509 %
671,674 0.1509 % 27 M ₩
Sjunde AP-fonden
0.1463 %
651,065 0.1463 % 26 M ₩
Brian Impact Foundation
0.0827 %
368,200 0.0827 % 15 M ₩
Northern Trust Fund Managers (Ireland) Ltd.
0.0612 %
272,320 0.0612 % 11 M ₩
Korea Investment Management Co., Ltd.
0.0536 %
238,423 0.0536 % 10 M ₩
Mercer Global Investments Europe Ltd.
0.0476 %
212,003 0.0476 % 8 M ₩

Holdings

NameEquities%Valuation
KAKAOBANK CORP.
27.16%
 129,533,725 27.16% 2,650,810,532 $
KAKAO GAMES CORP.
40.84%
 33,730,000 40.84% 576,259,848 $
SM ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
20.97%
 4,946,821 20.97% 322,622,761 $
KAKAO CORP.
1.51%
 6,706,549 1.51% 267,514,716 $
SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
1.79%
 3,846,487 1.79% 150,002,261 $
D&C MEDIA CO.,LTD.
22.67%
 2,839,761 22.67% 48,937,743 $
EZCARETECH CO., LTD
6.57%
 448,776 6.57% 5,850,338 $
VAIV COMPANY INC.
8.10%
 1,000,000 8.10% 4,961,930 $
FNC ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
4.22%
 650,000 4.22% 2,076,139 $

Company contact information

Kakao Corp.

242 Cheomdan-ro

63309, Jeju-si

+82 2 6718 1082

http://www.kakaocorp.com
address Kakao Corp.(A035720)

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NameCategory and Sector
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Logo BARO Investment & Securities Co., Ltd.

BARO Investment & Securities Co., Ltd.

Investment Banks/BrokersFinance

BARO Investment & Securities Co., Ltd. is engaged in providing investment services. The company was founded on May 26, 2008 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

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Sector

Technology
Software & IT Services
Software & IT Services
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Sales per Business

Sales per region

Ratings for Kakao Corp.

Trading Rating
Investor Rating
ESG Refinitiv
B-
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Analysts' Consensus

Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
29
Last Close Price
48,600 KRW
Average target price
67,986 KRW
Spread / Average Target
+39.89%
Consensus

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