Kakao Corp. (KAKAO) income statement

KSC · Communication Services · Internet Content & Information · 17,117 employees · CEO Shina Chung

Price: ₩29,700.00 +0.85%
Market cap: ₩13.1T
Enterprise value: ₩8.09T
Last report: Q2 '26 filed 2026-06-30
Next report: 2026-11-05 EPS est. ₩470.39

Kakao Corp. (KAKAO) reported revenue of ₩2.1T for Q2 '26 (+3.5% year on year), operating income of ₩277B (13.2% of revenue) and net income of ₩16.3B. Over the last four quarters revenue was ₩8.25T.

Income statement

Income statement	Q3 '23	Q4 '23	Q1 '24	Q2 '24	Q3 '24	Q4 '24	Q1 '25	Q2 '25	Q3 '25	Q4 '25	Q1 '26	Q2 '26
Revenue	₩2.16T	₩1.61T	₩1.99T	₩2T	₩1.92T	₩1.96T	₩1.86T	₩2.03T	₩2.09T	₩2.12T	₩1.94T	₩2.1T
Cost of revenue	₩1.07T	₩852B	₩1.02T	₩130B	₩116B	₩125B	₩123B	₩115B	₩118B	₩978B	₩943B	₩983B
Gross profit	₩1.09T	₩761B	₩970B	₩1.87T	₩1.8T	₩1.83T	₩1.74T	₩1.91T	₩1.97T	₩1.14T	₩999B	₩1.12T
Research & development	₩261B	₩417B	₩325B	₩325B	₩321B	₩298B	₩342B	₩304B	₩624B	₩0	₩332B	₩0
Sales & marketing	₩1.14T	₩635B	-₩1.35T	₩983B	₩930B	₩982B	₩866B	₩950B	₩1T	₩1.03T	₩892B	₩943B
General & administrative	₩55.9B	₩74.1B	₩1.87T	₩555B	₩68.3B	-₩52B	₩55.2B	₩42.4B	₩38.6B	₩12.5B	₩35.3B	₩34.2B
Other operating expenses	-₩4.04T	₩8.68B	₩7.65B	-₩106B	₩7.25B	₩528B	₩495B	₩432B	₩719B	-₩133B	-₩471B	-₩139B
Operating expenses	-₩2.02T	₩625B	₩849B	₩1.74T	₩833B	₩1.76T	₩1.76T	₩1.73T	₩1.76T	₩909B	₩788B	₩838B
Operating income	₩140B	₩136B	₩120B	₩134B	₩131B	₩75.4B	₩105B	₩186B	₩208B	₩233B	₩211B	₩277B
Interest income	₩46.6B	₩49.3B	₩50.2B	₩50.5B	₩52.8B	₩52.9B	₩49.1B	₩42.6B	₩44.3B	₩45.5B	₩40.4B	₩44.9B
Interest expense	₩70.5B	₩141B	₩25.1B	₩46.2B	₩82.6B	₩116B	₩123B	₩71.1B	₩44.2B	₩160B	₩43.8B	₩43.5B
Other non-operating income (gains on investments, FX ...)	-₩48.5B	₩1.96T	-₩10	₩120	-₩1.05K	₩259B	₩217B	-₩1.84T	₩0	-₩68.1B	₩0	₩0
Total non-operating income	-₩11.8B	-₩2.1T	₩20.3B	₩30.9B	₩5.19B	-₩519B	₩87.5B	₩9.04B	₩46.6B	-₩254B	₩121B	₩86.8B
Income before tax	₩129B	-₩1.96T	₩141B	₩137B	₩136B	-₩444B	₩193B	₩195B	₩255B	-₩20.9B	₩333B	₩364B
Income tax	₩79B	₩23.9B	₩72.9B	₩77.7B	₩57.2B	-₩48.8B	-₩7.48B	₩23.1B	₩61.8B	₩17.2B	₩46B	₩168B
Net income	₩33.3B	-₩1.18T	₩73.7B	₩101B	₩106B	-₩226B	₩172B	₩161B	₩125B	₩5.7B	₩172B	₩16.3B
EPS (basic)	₩76.14	-₩2,693.74	₩168.17	₩231.00	₩241.00	-₩513.79	₩391.40	₩366.70	₩284.00	₩12.92	₩390.00	₩37.00
EPS (diluted)	₩75.85	-₩2,693.74	₩167.23	₩220.00	₩241.00	-₩513.79	₩386.94	₩360.00	₩282.26	₩12.88	₩387.78	₩35.00
Shares (basic, weighted)	438M	438M	438M	438M	439M	439M	440M	440M	440M	441M	585M	488M
Shares (diluted, weighted)	439M	438M	440M	443M	439M	439M	440M	440M	443M	443M	585M	488M
Depreciation & amortization	₩202B	₩208B	₩201B	₩209B	₩214B	₩211B	₩208B	₩220B	₩211B	₩199B	₩203B	₩194B
EBITDA	₩391B	-₩1.61T	₩322B	₩343B	₩344B	-₩50.7B	₩313B	₩2.25T	₩419B	-₩1.43T	₩414B	₩471B

Income statement	FY16	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Revenue	₩1.46T	₩1.97T	₩2.42T	₩3.07T	₩4.16T	₩5.91T	₩6.8T	₩7.56T	₩7.87T	₩8.1T
Cost of revenue	₩1.2T	₩886B	₩206B	₩289B	₩286B	₩328B	₩483B	₩493B	₩507B	₩3.84T
Gross profit	₩260B	₩1.09T	₩2.21T	₩2.78T	₩3.79T	₩5.58T	₩6.32T	₩7.06T	₩7.36T	₩4.26T
Research & development	₩103B	₩296B	₩365B	₩467B	₩534B	₩761B	₩1.02T	₩1.22T	₩1.27T	₩0
Sales & marketing	₩762B	₩1.05T	₩1.37T	₩506B	₩2.06T	₩3.1T	₩3.27T	₩3.76T	₩3.86T	₩3.85T
General & administrative	₩95.1B	₩177B	₩54.2B	₩1.14T	₩1.82T	₩94.2B	₩174B	₩226B	₩157B	₩149B
Other operating expenses	-₩1.78B	-₩2.26B	-₩6.41B	₩457B	₩8.65B	₩1.93T	-₩133B	₩2.65T	₩2.89T	-₩450B
Operating expenses	₩1.35T	₩1.81T	₩2.14T	₩2.57T	₩1.68T	₩4.62T	₩6.04T	₩6.6T	₩6.9T	₩3.55T
Operating income	₩116B	₩165B	₩72.9B	₩207B	₩451B	₩588B	₩569B	₩461B	₩460B	₩734B
Interest income	₩9.49B	₩14.6B	₩41.8B	₩31.7B	₩23.5B	₩36.9B	₩123B	₩190B	₩206B	₩182B
Interest expense	₩14.3B	₩11.2B	₩15.1B	₩14.9B	₩23.1B	₩192B	₩119B	₩184B	₩236B	₩243B
Other non-operating income (gains on investments, FX ...)	₩1.53B	-₩39M	₩69.2B	₩0	₩27.2B	-₩1.38T	-₩877B	₩1.93T	₩259B	₩0
Total non-operating income	-₩15.8B	-₩11.2B	-₩78.5B	-₩441B	-₩41.6B	₩1.7T	₩700B	-₩2.11T	-₩463B	-₩112B
Income before tax	₩100B	₩153B	₩131B	-₩234B	₩409B	₩2.29T	₩1.27T	-₩1.65T	-₩2.81B	₩622B
Income tax	₩34.8B	₩28.2B	₩115B	₩108B	₩241B	₩648B	₩202B	₩168B	₩159B	₩94.7B
Net income	₩57.7B	₩109B	₩47.9B	-₩342B	₩152B	₩1.39T	₩1.36T	-₩1.01T	₩55.3B	₩464B
EPS (basic)	₩174.80	₩320.40	₩124.60	-₩857.86	₩358.12	₩3,221.49	₩3,118.00	-₩2,315.00	₩125.94	₩1,055.09
EPS (diluted)	₩170.00	₩310.40	₩124.60	-₩857.86	₩358.12	₩3,145.60	₩3,066.00	-₩2,314.82	₩92.43	₩1,050.86
Shares (basic, weighted)	330M	339M	384M	399M	423M	432M	436M	437M	439M	442M
Shares (diluted, weighted)	339M	350M	384M	399M	423M	443M	443M	437M	443M	442M
Depreciation & amortization	₩114B	₩130B	₩135B	₩219B	₩266B	₩373B	₩581B	₩761B	₩834B	₩837B
EBITDA	₩230B	₩294B	₩204B	₩19.2B	₩690B	₩2.35T	₩2.03T	₩1.2T	₩1.04T	₩1.55T

Standardised from the company's filings; outflows and costs keep the sign the provider reports. Hover a period for its end date. Amounts in KRW.

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Data as of 2026-11-02