Kakao Valuation Multiples

Kakao Overview

About Kakao

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.

Founded

1995

HQ

Employees

4.0K

Website

kakaocorp.com

Sectors

Consumer AppsOnline Content & NewsSocial NetworksConsumer SaaS

Financials (LTM)

Revenue: $6B

EBITDA: $1B

EV

$11B

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Kakao Financials

Kakao reported last 12-month revenue of $6B and EBITDA of $1B.

In the same LTM period, Kakao generated $6B in gross profit, $1B in EBITDA, and $394M in net income.

Kakao P&L

In the most recent fiscal year, Kakao reported revenue of $6B and EBITDA of $1B.

Kakao expects next 12-month revenue of XXX and NTM EBITDA of XXX

Kakao Stock Performance

Kakao has current market cap of $15B, and enterprise value of $11B.

Kakao's stock price is $33.83.

Kakao Valuation Multiples

Kakao trades at 1.9x EV/Revenue multiple, and 9.7x EV/EBITDA.

Kakao Financial Valuation Multiples

As of April 20, 2026, Kakao has market cap of $15B and EV of $11B.

Equity research analysts estimate Kakao's 2025E EV/Revenue multiple at XXX and 2025E EV/EBITDA multiple at XXX

Kakao has a P/E ratio of 37.8x.

Kakao Margins & Growth Rates

Kakao's revenue in the last 12 month grew by 6%.

Kakao's revenue per employee in the last FY averaged $1.4M, while opex per employee averaged $1.2M for the same period.

Kakao's rule of 40 is 27% (metric relevant for SaaS companies only, counted as combined revenue growth rate and EBITDA margin).

Kakao's rule of X is 37% (created by Bessemer, rule of X is another metric to measure SaaS companies, ~1.5x stronger vs. the traditional Rule of 40, counted as revenue growth rate multiplied by 2.5 plus EBITDA margin).

Kakao Public Comps

See public comps and valuation multiples for other Consumer Apps and Online Content & News comps.

Kakao M&A Activity

Kakao acquired XXX companies to date.

Last acquisition by Kakao was on XXXXXXXX, XXXXX. Kakao acquired XXXXXXXX for XXX (EV/Revenue multiple of XXX).

Kakao Investment Activity

Kakao invested in XXX companies to date.

Kakao made its latest investment on XXXXXXXX, XXXXX. Kakao invested in XXXXXXXX for XXX (EV/Revenue multiple of XXX).