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NAVER

KSC:035420 · KR7035420009
Interactive Media & ServicesMedium

360

64
EV / EBIT41
Price / Owner Earnings16
Owner Earnings Yield51
Dividend Yield67
Price/Sales15
EV / Gross Profit53
Price/Book61
Return on Capital39
Cash Return on Capital43
Return on Equity49
EBIT Margin61
Gross Profitability43
Cash Conversion42
Accruals34
Owner Earnings Margin55
Sales growth86
Profit Growth88
Long-Term EPS Growth48
Owner Earnings Growth39
Reinvestment54
Price momentum81
Debt load61
Refinancing30
Debt Payback100
Liquidity66
Analyst ratings57
Opinion Changes72
Price Target Upside24
Market mood61
Value Creation10/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

NAVER clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountrySouth Korea
IndustryInteractive Media & Services
SizeMedium
TypePublic Company
ExchangeKOSE
Employees2,755
ISINKR7035420009
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
Ad NetworkOnline PaymentsCloud InfrastructureDigital MediaContent CreationVideo StreamingWeb DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentE-learningStreaming Media

Description

NAVER Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides online search portal and online information services in South Korea, Japan, and internationally. Business Segments The company operates through the company primarily focuses on the followi…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

NAVER Corporation is a middle-of-the-road business: neither the economics nor the price stand out from the peer group.

The price is expensive. You pay 30.6× its owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year, which is in the historically expensive zone. At today's price, the market is assuming roughly 12% yearly growth; analysts expect 9%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

The trajectory is moderate and the balance sheet is sturdy. The company scores 10/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

Nothing is flagged here: no red or amber gates, no divergence between profits and cash. That is itself information: the numbers are straightforward. As always: this describes the company's numbers; it is not a recommendation.

360° rank · history

1007550250
91
2023202420252026

All-time high

98

Jan 2025

All-time low

64

Jan 2024

Average rank

84

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
15
35
32
22
Price/Earnings
29
58
38
40
Price/Book
61
83
78
62
Dividend Yield
67
38
38
40
Value (overall)
44
51
53
45

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

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1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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