[STOCK WATCH] NHN Entertainment falls 2%

By thinkpool

Published : Oct. 28, 2016 - 09:53

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■ Market Review

As of Oct. 28 09:25 A.M., NHN Entertainment (181710) declined 1.7% to 52,000 won (US$45.38). It had declined 11.26% through the past month. Standard deviation, which indicates variableness, records 1.7% on the same period of time over one month.

Compared with its close competitors within the same industry, KOSPI, even though the monthly earnings rate of NHN Entertainment stayed negative, its volatility for one month was at the lowest level. Over the recent month, the return-on-risk, the return on investment with consideration about risk, was -6.6%. Though the volatility was the lowest among its peer group, the return-on-risk was the lowest as tumbling of stock price. Moreover, compared with the KOSPI industry, the return-on-risk is below the industrial mean, -2.1, and thus the industrial comparison performance was not so good.

Comparing industry to the market, the KOSPI industry including NHN Entertainment records higher volatility but lower earning rate than services. Even though the earning rate of the industry is negative, the industry was more satisfactory than the market.

Earning rate (%)

Close Competitors

Target price 69,200 won, has 33% disparate to increase compared with stock price.
Per analysts' expectations during the recent month, the average target price of NHN Entertainment is 69,200 won. The stock price is 52,000 won as of yesterday, so there is 17,200 won (33%) disparate in order to be able to increase.

■ Earnings & Valuation

NHN Entertainment(181710): 2Q(Apr ~ June) of 2016 Earnings (reported at Aug. 12. 2016)

Revenue

Financial structure Overview

Compared with four close competitors with similar market capitalization within its industry, while NHN Entertainment's P/E ratio, a price-paid ratio of annual net income, is in the lowest level, its P/B ratio, a financial ratio of a company's book value, records a proper value.

P/E ratio and P/B ratio

Close Compatitors ROE

■ Investor Group

Institutions and Foreigners sell, Individuals buy
From Oct. 26, foreigners have been continuously buying NHN Entertainment during the past two trading days. As a shareholding sum by investor group for the past four weeks, foreigners have sold 121,986 shares with maintenance of a selling position and institutions have sold 353,511 shares with a selling trend. However, during the same period, individuals have bought 475,497 shares with an increasing position.

Turnover Rate and Price Range both proper
Regarding the statistics for the past month on trade volume as the total outstanding shares, the daily turnover rate of NHN Entertainment was 0.4%. And the daily volatility, the average range of rise and fall, during the same period is 4.34%.

Institution 24.12%, Foreigners 26.23%
As per the inquiry for shareholding by investor group, the major investor group is individuals with 49.64% from total outstanding shares. Foreigners and institutions each hold 26.23% and 24.12%. And as recent five-day shareholding change by investor group, individuals is the major investor group with 54.77%. Foreigners hold 30.7% and institutions hold 14.51%.

Cumulated shareholdings per investor group (1Mo)

* Other Investor groups, included as "other corporations", are considered as "Individuals".

By HeRo (hero@heraldcorp.com)

This article is produced by the algorithm developed by the artificial intelligence developer ThinkPool in collaboration with Herald Corp

[STOCK WATCH] NHN Entertainment falls 2%

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