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Kakao Games (XKRX:293490) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Kakao Games Financial Strength?

Kakao Games has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Kakao Games's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.30. Kakao Games's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.35. As of today, Kakao Games's Altman Z-Score is 0.76.


Competitive Comparison of Kakao Games's Financial Strength

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Kakao Games's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Kakao Games's Financial Strength Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Kakao Games's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kakao Games's Financial Strength falls into.



Kakao Games Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Kakao Games's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩-6,637 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩15,232 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩805,874 Mil.

Kakao Games's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*15232.136/-6636.627
=2.30

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Kakao Games's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(488931.839 + 805873.743) / 960535.68
=1.35

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Kakao Games has a Z-score of 0.76, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.76 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Kakao Games  (XKRX:293490) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Kakao Games has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Kakao Games (XKRX:293490) Business Description

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152, Pangyoyeok-ro 152, Bundang-gu, Alpha Dome Tower 14th Floor, Gyeonggi-do, Seongnam-si, KOR, 13529
Kakao Games Corp is engaged in the business of developing and publishing Mobile and PC games.

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