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Largest Social Networks Public Companies in South Korea
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
NAVER, Kakao, Dear U and Global Interactive Technologies.
 | Naver has been the leading search portal in South Korea for many years. The company has also been evolving into an internet platform providing a variety of internet services, such as news, a dictionary, maps, digital comic content, social networking, e-commerce, videos, fintech services based on online payments, and Cloud services. Naver was also the incubator of Line Yahoo, the leading mobile messaging app in Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Indonesia, which merged with Z Holdings (Yahoo Japan), with Naver now owning 32.5% of the merged entity renamed LY. | $132 | +5% | $20B | $17B | 2.1x | 7.8x | ||
| Kakao Corp is a technology and platform company engaged in digital services, content, mobility, and financial technology businesses. The company operates through seven reportable segments. The Kakao segment provides advertising and platform-based service offerings. The Kakao Games segment covers game development, publishing, and related services. The Kakao Entertainment segment focuses on entertainment planning and content production, and distribution. Kakao Mobility offers database-based information provision services, while Kakao Pay provides mobile platform-based financial services. Kakao Piccoma operates a platform for webtoon and web-novel supply, and the SM Entertainment segment engages in entertainment planning and content production. | $27 | -6% | $12B | $7B | 1.3x | 6.7x | ||
| Dear U Co Ltd is a software development company. Its softwares include Lysn, Bubble and Everysing. | $17 | -54% | $404M | $294M | 5.1x | 12.7x | ||
| Global Interactive Technologies Inc, formerly Hanryu Holdings Inc is the creator of the engaging social media platform, FANTOO. Through FANTOO, it provides a multi-media platform for its users to interact with other like-minded users, share their appreciation of various types of entertainment and cultures, create their content, enjoy content, and engage in commerce. | $2 | -28% | $6M | $6M | 3102.5x | (1.7x) | ||
| Median | $22 | -17% | $6B | $4B | 3.6x | 7.2x |
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