Webtoon (WBTN) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

For the quarter ended September 2025, Webtoon Entertainment (WBTN) reported revenue of $378.04 million, up 8.7% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.04, compared to $0.22 in the year-ago quarter.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of -1.35% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $383.22 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.04, the company has not delivered EPS surprise.

While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.

As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.

Here is how Webtoon performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Monthly Active Users (MAU): 155.4 million versus 164.82 million estimated by three analysts on average.
• Monthly Active Users (MAU) - Japan: 25.3 million versus 23.63 million estimated by two analysts on average.
• Monthly Active Users (MAU) - Rest of World: 105.5 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of 113.93 million.
• Monthly Paying Users (MPU) - Korea: 3.7 million compared to the 3.69 million average estimate based on two analysts.
• Monthly Paying Users (MPU) - Japan: 2.3 million versus 2.51 million estimated by two analysts on average.
• Monthly Paying Users (MPU): 7.7 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of 7.93 million.
• Paying Ratio - Korea: 14.9% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 14.1%.
• Paying Ratio - Japan: 9.1% versus 10.6% estimated by two analysts on average.
• Paying Ratio - Rest of World: 1.6% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 1.5%.
• Revenue- Paid Content Revenue: $286.81 million compared to the $306.04 million average estimate based on two analysts.
• Revenue- IP Adaptations Revenue: $51.86 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $26.31 million.
• Revenue- Advertising Revenue: $39.37 million compared to the $51.09 million average estimate based on two analysts.

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Shares of Webtoon have returned -5.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +4.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.

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