Report
Marie Sun
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

Line is riding the mobile Internet wave, but the uncertainty of overseas penetration is very high.

Line’s third-quarter result disappointed the market, largely owing to lower-than-expected ad revenue growth and stagnation of sticker sales and mobile game revenue. Ad revenue is largely in line with our estimates, but sticker and game sales missed our expectations. The share price retreated by 6% in the U.S. market after the release. We have been less optimistic about this stock since initiating, and we view an investment in Line at this stage as speculative. We retain our fair value estimate o...
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LINE Corp (ADR)

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Morningstar
Morningstar

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