Operate a leading e-commerce platform in South Korea. Offer a wide range of products including home goods, apparel, beauty products, and groceries. Now — the numbers.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
This is an established company with proven profits.
Average growth of 17% a year over the last 4 years. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
If every debt were paid off today, $1.7B would still be left — though next to the size of the company that is a thin cushion.
The market pays 130.7× for every dollar this company earns in a year — a price that already assumes things go well.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 16% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 67% above today's price.
Executives buying with their own money is usually read as confidence in the company’s future.
The stock trades 55% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew about 17% a year on average.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 19 buys and 5 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
The company’s market value is 131 times its annual profit. Even a small disappointment could hit the price hard.
Today’s price already includes part of tomorrow’s optimism. Report-card grade: 16/100.
The balance sheet offers little cushion against a rough stretch. Report-card grade: 22/100.
On our five-subject report card, CPNG sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: CPNG does earn real profits — but on our report card it still sits behind its class. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s whether the price paid for the stock is too high.
Analysts’ average target sits above today’s price, yet the valuation grade (16/100) says the stock isn’t cheap.