YLAB Corporation

YLAB Corporation

KKRX:432430
1,800.00
KRW
-22.00
(-1.21%)
-650.93EPS
36.15BMarket Cap
Nov 13Next Earn
2020 Y
2021 Y
2022 Y
2023 Y
2024 Y
2025 Y
TTM
Revenue per Share
834.16
2,816.26
3,121.46
1,366.07
1,473.75
2,247.81
2,694.98
Basic EPS, GAAP
-149
59
-60
-428
-513
-409
-427.62
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
-663.63
15.97
38.05
-159.89
-1,005.79
-751.17
-518.47
Dividend per Share
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Book Value per Share
-738.19
528.4
704.2
2,005.52
2,084.45
1,673.76
1,450.88
Tangible Book Value per Share
-740.39
508.75
685.44
1,986.92
2,065.06
1,644.63
1,098.91
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
6
8
10
14
16
16
17
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
5,371
21,656
29,781
19,418
23,979
37,069
44,495
Operating Margin (%)
-62.92
-4.96
-1.46
-28.4
-39.64
-23.57
-23.05
Depreciation Expense
507
675
836
1,236
2,077
2,333
2,336
Net Income, GAAP
-959
454
-572
-6,084
-8,347
-6,745
-7,060
Effective Tax Rate (%)
- -
7.26
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Profit Margin (%)
-17.86
2.09
-1.92
-31.33
-34.81
-18.2
-15.87
Working Capital
4,111
6,739
8,126
25,103
28,914
19,486
7,894
LT Debt
986
731
459
2,755
4,211
3,177
4,377
Total Equity
-11,687
10,596
11,148
32,123
39,399
30,993
28,804
Return on Invested Capital (%)
- -
-79.54
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Return on Capital (%)
- -
72.71
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Return on Common Equity (%)
- -
- -
-5.87
-28.12
-25.15
-21.79
-25.73

Capital Structure

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.
Dec'25
Mar'26
Jun'26
ST Debt
1,249
5,967
6,189
LT Borrowings
- -
1,500
1,500
LT Finance Leases
3,177
2,629
2,877
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital
- -
- -
- -
Shares Outstanding
17
17
17
Market Capitalization
67,932
51,754
36,153

Working Capital

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.
Dec'25
Mar'26
Jun'26
Total Current Assets
25,254
34,865
30,070
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI
15,940
11,349
8,821
Accounts Receivable, Net
1,105
7,751
6,732
Inventories
297
3,011
3,593
Total Current Liabilities
5,768
23,311
22,176
Payables & Accruals
- -
- -
- -
ST Debt
1,249
5,967
6,189
Deferred Revenue
- -
- -
- -

Growth Rates

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
- -
0.8%
-21.34%
Free Cash Flow
- -
-7.49%
-24.31%
Net Income, GAAP
- -
121.47%
-19.19%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
- -
76.8%
54.59%
Total Cash Common Dividend
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Revenue

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
6,355
3,355
7,425
7,832
23,979
2025
14,024
11,326
10,007
1,229
37,069
2026
12,809
20,450
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
-99
-123
-131
-159.81
-513
2025
-119
-91
-99.3
-99.12
-409
2026
-150.22
-79
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Dividends Per Share

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -

Company Description

CEO
Jun-Kyeong Shim
Full Time Employees
67
Sector
Consumer services
Industry
Movies/Entertainment
Address
Seoul South Korea
IPO Date
Jul 20, 2023
Business
YLAB Corporation is a South Korea-based content production company primarily engaged in the creation, planning, and transmedia commercialization of webtoon intellectual property (IP). Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, the company operates a specialized in-house webtoon production studio system covering the end-to-end creative pipeline from story development and artwork to localization and multimedia adaptation. YLAB Corporation organizes its proprietary intellectual properties into interconnected narrative universes, including the Super String superhero universe; the Blue String youth and school action universe; the Red String romance universe; and the Gold String historical and fantasy universe. The company provides a comprehensive suite of products and services, which include digital webtoon content creation and distribution across major platforms such as Naver Webtoon and LINE Manga; video and live-action drama production through its subsidiary YLAB Flex, a joint venture with Studio Dragon; artist education, training, and talent incubation through YLAB Academy; print comic publishing and book distribution; character licensing and merchandise manufacturing; game adaptation licensing; and global localization, translation, and editorial services managed through its overseas subsidiary YLAB Japan Inc. YLAB Corporation serves digital platform operators, broadcasting networks, global over-the-top streaming services, game publishers, and general consumer audiences across South Korea, Japan, North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. In recent operational developments, YLAB Corporation completed its initial public offering on the KOSDAQ market in July 2023 under the ticker 432430 to fund global expansion and production automation. The company has strengthened its strategic content alliances with key corporate shareholders, including Naver Webtoon and CJ ENM, expanded its pipeline of web novel-to-webtoon adaptations, scaled its local production footprint in Japan through original manga development, and accelerated the transmedia adaptation of core franchises into television drama series and interactive media.