STOCK REPORT · 035720 · KOSPI
Kakao Corp.
Overall grade
50 pointsMiddle bandOverall 50 points · Grade B, 20 points to Grade A
Financial summary
Kakao Corp. (035720) has an overall grade of B from financial statements, with a score of 50 out of 100. Category scores are Earnings 46 (Grade C), Financial health 58 (Grade B) and Dividends 44 (Grade C). Data as of Oct 15, 2026.
Reported figures: ROE 3.4%, Operating margin 9.04%, Revenue growth +2.99%, Debt ratio 82.49%, Current ratio 140.94%, Dividend yield 0.1%, Payout ratio 6.7%, Dividend streak 11 yrs. Valuation: PER 27.33x, PBR 0.93x, Market cap ₩13.6T.
8 of the 9 graded metrics have values in this update.
This summary restates reported financial figures. It does not forecast share prices or returns.
Valuation
52-week range
Now at 1% of rangeWithin their own 52-week ranges, 3.5% of major Korean stocks sit lower than this one.
About these metrics
- PER
- Price to earnings ratio (market cap ÷ annual net profit). A lower value means a lower price relative to profit.
- PBR
- Price to book ratio (market cap ÷ net assets). Below 1x, the market value is below book value.
- Market cap
- Share price × shares outstanding. The value the market puts on the whole company.
- 52-week high
- The highest share price over the past year.
- 52-week low
- The lowest share price over the past year.
Scores by category
Each metric out of 100 · category score is the average of threeEarnings · Profitability
40% of overall · Lower-middle bandEach metric is scored out of 100, and the 46 above is the average of the three scores.
Metrics with values3 of 3
Fiscal year 2025 results
About these metrics
- ROE
- Return on equity. How much profit the company made on its own capital (equity).
- Operating margin
- Operating profit as a share of revenue. It shows the profitability of the core business.
- Revenue growth
- How much revenue changed compared with a year earlier.
Financial health
35% of overall · Middle bandEach metric is scored out of 100, and the 58 above is the average of the three scores.
Metrics with values2 of 3
Metrics shown as - in the table are not measured in this update, because the data has no such item.
About these metrics
- Debt ratio
- Liabilities as a share of equity. A lower ratio means the company relies less on debt.
- Current ratio
- Assets that can turn into cash within a year, as a share of debts due within a year. At 100% or more they cover those debts.
- Interest coverage
- How many times operating profit covers interest expense. Below 1x, operating profit does not cover interest.
Dividends
25% of overall · Lower-middle bandEach metric is scored out of 100, and the 44 above is the average of the three scores.
Metrics with values3 of 3
Fiscal year 2025 results
About these metrics
- Dividend yield
- Dividends paid over a year as a share of the current share price.
- Payout ratio
- The share of profit paid out as dividends. A very high ratio can be hard to keep up.
- Dividend streak
- How many years in a row the company has paid a dividend.
Metric scores are shown rounded to one decimal place, so a category score can differ by up to 1 point from a plain average of the three shown.
Strengths · Weaknesses
Strengths
- Has paid dividends for 11 yrs in a row
- Trades below book value (PBR 0.93x)Below the median 1.6x of 12 Communication stocks
Weaknesses
- Low profit relative to equity (ROE 3.4%)Below the median 12.6% of 12 Communication stocks
A summary of only the metrics that stand out as notably good or weak against general benchmarks. Where a comparison is possible, the position against the median of stocks in the same sector is shown too. The stock count on each sector line covers only stocks with that metric, so it differs by metric.
Metrics that moved the overall score
- Dividend streak+3.4 pts
- Debt ratio+1.9 pts
- Operating margin+1.4 pts
- Current ratio+0.9 pts
- Revenue growth0.0 pts
- Interest coverage0.0 pts
- Payout ratio-1.7 pts
- ROE-2.6 pts
- Dividend yield-3.1 pts
Metric scores run up to 100, and the middle score is 50. If all nine metrics scored 50, the overall score would also be 50. Each bar is the contribution of one metric: how far its score sits from the 50 baseline, converted by that metric weight. Right means it raised the overall score, left means it lowered it.
Adding the nine contributions above to the baseline gives 50.2 points, and this stock's overall score is 50. The overall score is calculated from unrounded metric scores and then truncated, while the contributions here are rounded to one decimal place, so the two can differ by up to 1 point. Metrics that are not measured values still carry a contribution, because their scores did go into the overall score and hiding them would hide part of the basis of the grade.
| Metric | Kakao Corp. | Sector median | Rank in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| PER | 27.3x | 16.1x | |
| PBR | 0.9x | 1.6x | |
| ROE | 3.4% | 12.6% | |
| Operating margin | 9.0% | 20.7% | |
| Debt ratio | 82.5% | 99.8% | |
| Dividend yield | 0.1% | 3.1% |
Grey values on the right are sector medians
Metric ranks in sector
Closer to 1st sits further left- PERRank 9 of 11, top 82%
- PBRRank 3 of 12, top 25%
- ROERank 10 of 12, top 83%
- Operating marginRank 8 of 12, top 67%
- Debt ratioRank 6 of 12, top 50%
- Dividend yieldRank 11 of 12, top 92%
On the rank strip, the left end is 1st. PER, PBR and debt ratio are ranked from the lowest value, and ROE, operating margin and dividend yield from the highest.
Communication stocks close in market cap rank
Sector medians cover the 12 Communication stocks listed on Jupick. Typical levels differ by sector, so this is reference information for a simple comparison and not a basis for investment decisions.
About these metrics
- PER
- Price to earnings ratio (market cap ÷ annual net profit). A lower value means a lower price relative to profit.
- PBR
- Price to book ratio (market cap ÷ net assets). Below 1x, the market value is below book value.
- ROE
- Return on equity. How much profit the company made on its own capital (equity).
- Operating margin
- Operating profit as a share of revenue. It shows the profitability of the core business.
- Debt ratio
- Liabilities as a share of equity. A lower ratio means the company relies less on debt.
- Dividend yield
- Dividends paid over a year as a share of the current share price.
Where this score sits
21.8% of the major stocks graded by Jupick score lower than this. Stocks in the same Grade B: 192.
- S112.8%
- A10927.3%
- BThis stock19248.1%
- C7117.8%
- D164%
The Grade B band runs from 50 to 69 points, 20 points wide. This stock's 50 points sit exactly on the lower boundary, and 20 points remain to 70, where Grade A starts.
Within the Communication sector alone, it ranks No. 10 of 12 stocks with an overall score, and the median overall score of the sector is 62.5.
Unlike metric values, the overall score uses the same baseline for every market and currency, so Korean and US stocks share one sample. The grade boundaries of 85, 70, 50 and 30 points apply equally to every stock, so the counts above are how the sample actually splits at those boundaries. Because one point can decide a grade, two stocks with different grades can be closer in score than two stocks with the same grade. The shares and ranks here describe only the major stocks Jupick covers, not every listed stock.
Schedule
Earnings release
A date announced by the company.
The day the company publishes quarterly or annual results. Only the release date is covered, not the results. Release times are not covered, so only the date (Korea time) is shown. After the release, metrics such as revenue growth are updated at the next data refresh.
Dividend dates
Payment date: not in the free data Jupick uses. This does not mean the company has not set a date.
- Ex-dividend date
- Shares acquired from this date do not carry the dividend for that period. From this date the shares trade without the right to it.
- Payment date
- The day the confirmed dividend reaches shareholder accounts. It comes weeks to months after the ex-dividend date, and Korean year-end dividends are set only after the shareholder meeting confirms them.
These are the announced ex-dividend and payment dates. The next period is not shown until its dates are set. Days remaining are counted in Korea time when the page was updated, so they can be off by about a day. The dates are copied as announced and can change. For the size of the dividend, see dividend yield. For information only. Not investment advice.
Stocks with similar score profiles
| Stock | Earnings | Financial health | Dividends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kakao Corp. (035720, this stock) | 46 | 58 | 44 |
| CSeoul Guarantee Insurance Company | 46 | 55 | 45 |
| BMcKesson Corporation | 44 | 57 | 51 |
| CLG INNOTEK CO., LTD. | 41 | 55 | 54 |
| CDL E&C CO.,LTD. | 32 | 59 | 48 |
Kakao Corp. (035720) has category scores of Earnings 46 · Financial health 58 · Dividends 44. These are the four major stocks graded in all three categories whose profiles come closest, and no category differs by more than 14 points.
The three scores are given by Jupick from public financial metrics, each out of 100. A similar profile means similar grading results only. It does not mean the share prices move alike.
Ratios as amounts
Base ₩10,000Every ratio metric of this stock, restated on the same amount. If each line used a different base, the amounts could not be compared, so every line starts from ₩10,000.
For every ₩10,000 of revenue: operating profit ₩900.Operating margin 9.0%
- For every ₩10,000 of equityyearly net profit ₩340
- If last year's revenue was ₩10,000this year's revenue ₩10,300
- For every ₩10,000 of equitydebt owed ₩8,250
- For every ₩10,000 of debt due within a yearassets turning into cash within a year ₩14,090
- For every ₩10,000 worth of sharesdividends over the last year ₩10
- For every ₩10,000 of net profitdividends paid to shareholders ₩670
- For ₩10,000 of net profitmarket value ₩273,000
- For ₩10,000 of book equitymarket value ₩9,000
The ₩10,000 base is an assumption chosen for easy reading, not this company's actual revenue or equity. The values multiply the ratios shown as they are and round to the nearest won, so they can differ from the source by a few won. Metrics that make no sense as amounts are left out: values that are not measured, values that cannot be confirmed as measured, and loss-making cases where the base amount does not hold.
Metrics that decide the grade
Overall 50 · Grade BThe overall score recalculated with just one of the nine metrics set to the middle score of 50. Only one metric changes at a time, and the other eight stay as they are.
3 of the nine metrics would each take the overall score out of Grade B if only that metric were 50.
Overall score with only this metric at 50
- Dividend streakCgrade46.6 pts
- Debt ratioCgrade48.1 pts
- Operating marginCgrade48.6 pts
The scores above add up this stock's metric scores again with one of them set to 50. They are not new grades, and this stock's grade stays at B. Metric scores and contributions are rounded to one decimal place, so a change within 1 point of a boundary is not reported as a grade change. Changing two or more metrics at once was not calculated.
Where the share price enters the grade
The grade above turns 9 metrics into scores and combines them. Counting how many of them use the share price shows whether the grade moves when the price moves.
The 9 graded metrics stay the same when the share price moves.
- Earnings grade metrics (3)Does not use the share price0 of 3 metrics use the share price
- Financial health grade metrics (3)Does not use the share price0 of 3 metrics use the share price
- Dividend grade metrics (3)Does not use the share price0 of 3 metrics use the share price
- PER and PBRCome from the share price but are not scoredNot graded
For Korean stocks, Dividend yield is taken as stated in the disclosure, so it is not recalculated when the share price changes. What changes the grade is the next financial filing, not the share price.
Stocks with a value for each metric
The grade above uses 9 metrics. Each line shows how many major stocks have a value for that metric, so you can tell whether a blank is specific to this stock or common to most stocks.
8 of the 9 graded metrics have values.
- ROEHas a value378 of 399 stocks have a value
- Operating marginHas a value371 of 399 stocks have a value
- Revenue growthHas a value375 of 399 stocks have a value
- Debt ratioHas a value370 of 399 stocks have a value
- Current ratioHas a value360 of 399 stocks have a value
- Interest coverageNot reported190 of 399 stocks have a valueMore than half of stocks have no value
- Dividend yieldHas a value352 of 399 stocks have a value
- Payout ratioHas a value348 of 399 stocks have a value
- Dividend streakHas a value398 of 399 stocks have a value
Blank metrics on this stock: 1. Many other stocks are blank on them too.
Position in the market distribution
Korean stocksWhere the value of Kakao Corp. sits when the Korean stocks on Jupick are lined up from the smallest value, ignoring sector. Left is smaller, right is larger, and the shaded part is the middle half.
Position within the same sector (Communication) is also shown for each metric, but this time the sector has too few stocks for any metric. The reason is given for each metric.
- PER27.3xThe same-currency, same-sector sample has 5 stocks, below 8, so no position is counted
- PBR0.9xThe same-currency, same-sector sample has 6 stocks, below 8, so no position is counted
- ROE3.4%The same-currency, same-sector sample has 6 stocks, below 8, so no position is counted
- Operating margin9.0%The same-currency, same-sector sample has 6 stocks, below 8, so no position is counted
- Debt ratio82.5%The same-currency, same-sector sample has 6 stocks, below 8, so no position is counted
- Dividend yield0.1%The same-currency, same-sector sample has 6 stocks, below 8, so no position is counted
Won and dollar stocks have different metric levels, so they are counted in separate samples. This is only where a value sits in a line-up, not a sign of good or bad and not an investment judgement. Stocks without the metric, and loss-making stocks where PER or PBR does not hold, are left out of the sample. The remaining sample size is shown on each line. The sector axis is not drawn when the same-currency, same-sector sample has fewer than 8 stocks.
Investment notice
For information only. Not investment advice. Grades and figures are reference material calculated from public information. They do not ask anyone to trade a security and make no promise of returns. You are solely responsible for your investment decisions and their results, and Jupick accepts no legal liability for them.