No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 21 Mar 2025.
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc., classified in the Media & Communication sector, is a listed company. Its insiders report their share dealings to SEC (Form 4). The last twelve months, up to 18 October 2026, brought 17 filings signed by 5 insiders.
Not one of the filings records a straightforward purchase or sale on the market. Compensation-driven entries like these are tracked, but they say little about how insiders judge the share price.
With 17 filings in twelve months, the company is quieter than the median of 19 filings across the 5,810 companies we follow on the same exchange. The full history, which starts in 2024, counts 6 purchases against no sales.
Insider buying of WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. has been absent for the past year. Between a trade and the moment it shows up on SEC (Form 4), the median delay is 1 day. The legal deadline for a Form 4 is two business days after the transaction.
In the same sector, recent insider purchases at Globalstar, Inc. and Liberty Latin America Ltd. also feature in our signals. These figures are compiled from regulatory filings published by SEC (Form 4). They describe what insiders did and are not a recommendation.
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
Analysts rate WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. Buy (bullish), based on 7 analysts. Average price target: US$11.29.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
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WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (ticker: WBTN) is a U.S.-listed digital media company traded on the NYSE/NASDAQ and headquartered in the United States. For French-speaking investors, it is best understood as a mobile-first storytelling and webcomics platform operator positioned at the intersection of media, entertainment, and the creator economy. The company’s roots go back to 2005, when founder Junkoo Kim started WEBTOON while working as a search engineer at NAVER, and the format was later scaled into a vertically scrolling webcomic experience designed for smartphones and global digital consumption.
WEBTOON Entertainment’s business model is built around several complementary revenue and product lines. Its flagship WEBTOON platform connects creators and readers through serialized short-form episodes and community features that support discovery, engagement, and monetization. The company also operates LINE MANGA in Japan, an important local distribution channel in one of the world’s most established manga markets. Another strategic asset is Wattpad, a global storytelling platform that broadens the group beyond comics into original fiction and creator-led narratives. Monetization comes from paid content, advertising, and IP adaptations, with popular titles potentially extended into films, streaming series, video games, print books, and merchandise.
From a competitive standpoint, WEBTOON Entertainment has established a differentiated position in the digital comics category, particularly among Gen Z and millennial audiences who consume content primarily on mobile devices. Its competitive edge lies in format innovation, creator community engagement, and the ability to turn digital stories into broader entertainment franchises. The company’s filings indicate a highly international user base spanning more than 150 countries, with meaningful traction across Korea, Japan, North America, and other overseas markets.
Recent corporate updates have emphasized continued innovation, platform growth, and the expansion of IP monetization opportunities. SEC filings also highlight management’s focus on expanding the creator base, deepening engagement, improving advertising economics, and broadening geographic reach. For equity investors, WBTN is therefore a growth-oriented media asset with exposure to digital reading habits, creator monetization, and the long-term value creation potential of intellectual property development in the United States-listed public markets.
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Over the last 90 days, 2 filings published between 3 August and 13 October 2026: no open-market purchase or sale filed by an insider. 2 other filings (not open-market purchases or sales: grants, options, plans, sale notices, block transfers).
Summary written automatically from public filings, without human review. General information, identical for every reader: it is not investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell. Investing involves a risk of capital loss. Generated on 14 October 2026 (UTC)