Morningstar - NAVER Corp. (035420) Naver Has Been Evolving to a Technology Platform; LINEâ€™s Profitability Is Still the Core Concern

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Marie Sun

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Naver Has Been Evolving to a Technology Platform; LINEâ€™s Profitability Is Still the Core Concern

Naver released mixed first-quarter earnings with in line top-line growth. LINEâ€™s earnings power is still the key concern that depressed the overall margins. Naver has been evolving to a technology platform, and the CEO highlighted its artificial intelligence (AI) strategy in the earnings call. We believe that Naverâ€™s continuous investment in technology has enhanced its intangible assets, which is one of the key sources for its wide moat. After increasing our revenue forecast for Naverâ€™s new init...

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NAVER Corp.

Naver is engaged in the Internet industry. Co. operates the search portal, Naver (www.naver.com) the online game portal, Hangame (www.hangame.com) the children's portal, Jr.Naver (jr.naver.com) and its first online donation portal, Happybean (happybean.naver.com). Co. along with its search portal, Naver, is engaged in the provision of Internet services to users, advertisers, publishers, and developers. Co. provides its owned and operated online properties and services to Internet users.

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KR7035420009 Korea Stock Exchange South Korea

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Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Marie Sun

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Naver Has Been Evolving to a Technology Platform; LINEâ€™s Profitability Is Still the Core Concern

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