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Snapshot of Korean mobile game company financials

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February 11, 2015

Given the size of the mobile games industry, it's no surprise that many companies have sufficient scale and/or growth to be able to float themselves on various stock markets around the world.

And that means every three months, we get a deluge of financial information concerning their sales over the previous quarter.

It's a lot of information and sometimes difficult to place into context, so we've come up with this handy list format, which highlights a company's performance during the past quarter.

This list is for companies on the Korean KOSDAQ exchange. Companies are listed in size order:

#1: Com2uS

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Last quarter revenues: $77.1 million (FY14 Q4)
Change quarter-on-quarter: down 1%
Change year-on-year: up 319%

Last quarter profit: $21.3 million
Change quarter-on-quarter: down 42%
Change year-on-year: up 270%

Last year revenues: $216 million (FY14)
Change year-on-year: up 188%

Last year profit: $72.9 million
Change year-on-year: up 309%

Trailing 12 month revenues: $216 million

Current cash and equivalent: not available

Market cap: $1.6 billion
Stock exchange ticker: KOSDAQ:078340

Key metrics during period:

This is a record financial year for Com2uS.
During FY14, international sales accounted for 73% of total sales.
Growth in international sales was 523% year-on-year.
During FY14, sales in Korea grew 16% year-on-year.

[Last updated: 11 February 2015]

#2: Gamevil

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Last quarter revenues: $37.5 million (FY14 Q4)
Change quarter-on-quarter: down 2%
Change year-on-year: up 85%

Last quarter profit: $5.3 million
Change quarter-on-quarter: down 40%
Change year-on-year: up 110%

Last year revenues: $131 million (FY14)
Change year-on-year: up 79%

Trailing 12 month revenues: $131 million

Current cash and equivalent: Not available

Market cap: $824 million
Stock exchange ticker: KOSDAQ:063080

Key metrics during period:

This is a record financial year for Gamevil.
It now predicts FY15 sales will rise 120% to $200 million.
Gamevil's top 5 games accounted for 69% of FY14 sale.
60% Gamevil's FY14 revenues came from RPGs.
During Q4, Gamevil's revenue was split 61% Korea, 39% international.
International sales were split APAC 44%, North America 30%, Europe 23%, and LATAM 3%.

[Last updated: 11 February 2015]