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Snapshot of Korean mobile game company financials

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Snapshot of Korean mobile game company financials

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:


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  • 1 Com2uS

    Com2uS logo

    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

    Gamevil logo

    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]

  • 3 WeMade Entertainment

    WeMade Entertainment logo

    Last quarter revenues: $39.5 million (FY14 Q3)
    Change quarter-on-quarter: down 2 percent
    Change year-on-year: down 24 percent

    Last quarter profit: loss of $900,000
    Change quarter-on-quarter: n/a
    Change year-on-year: n/a

    Last quarter mobile game revenues: $16.5 million
    Last quarter mobile revenues as % of total sales: 47 percent

    Current cash and equivalent: $124 million

    Market cap: $693 million
    Stock exchange ticker: KOSDAQ:112040

    [Last updated: 17 November 2014]

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