Technology Services LINE Corp. Business Summary
LINE develops calling and messaging applications for mobile phones in Japan and internationally. It offers LINE, a smartphone application that allows users to make free calls and messaging with other users regardless of which mobile network provider they are using.The company also offers NAVER, a search communication service; NAVER Matome, a user-participatory curation platform; Livedoor, a portal site; livedoor Blog, a blogging service; and livedoor News that provides information gathered from various news sources, as well as a range of advertising products. In addition, it operates LINE GAME, a platform that lets LINE users to play games.
Financial Highlights
Dec 2019
JPY USD Revenue 227,485M 2,086.81M Gross Profit 119,222M 1,093.67M Operating income -42,112M -386.31M Income before tax -51,616M -473.49M Net income -47,472M -435.47M EBITDA -19,375M -177.73M Diluted EPS -196.06 -1.79 Dividends Per Share 0 0 Total Assets 558,436M 5,138.58M Total liabilities 383,773M 3,531.38M Total equity 158,133M 1,455.10M Operating cash flow -3,105M -28.48M Currency in JPY Currency in USD
Historical Data Dec 2015 Dec 2016 Dec 2017 Dec 2018 Dec 2019 Revenue
120,669.83M
140,704.30M
167,147M
207,182M
227,485M
Gross Profit
86,914.43M
102,304.07M
125,973M
126,053M
119,222M
Operating income
-5,805.84M
14,004.69M
13,310M
-11,777M
-42,112M
Income before tax
-12,033.21M
17,989.86M
18,145M
3,354M
-51,616M
Net income
-7,581.80M
8,744.42M
8,091M
-4,094M
-47,472M
EBITDA
-1,748.63M
19,104.27M
20,459M
-642M
-19,375M
Diluted EPS
-34.91
31.47
34.01
-15.61
-196.06
Dividends Per Share
--
0
0
0
0
Total Assets
122,849.27M
257,047.83M
304,074M
492,166M
558,436M
Total liabilities
105,316.39M
96,025.04M
114,097M
283,652M
383,773M
Total equity
17,743.29M
160,833.62M
185,075M
198,916M
158,133M
Operating cash flow
6,979.47M
28,753.22M
10,965M
9,122M
-3,105M
Dec 2015 Dec 2016 Dec 2017 Dec 2018 Dec 2019 Revenue
996.73M
1,294.91M
1,490.60M
1,875.92M
2,086.81M
Gross Profit
717.91M
941.51M
1,123.41M
1,141.34M
1,093.67M
Operating income
-47.95M
128.88M
118.69M
-106.63M
-386.31M
Income before tax
-99.39M
165.56M
161.81M
30.36M
-473.49M
Net income
-62.62M
80.47M
72.15M
-37.06M
-435.47M
EBITDA
-14.44M
175.81M
182.45M
-5.81M
-177.73M
Diluted EPS
-0.28
0.28
0.30
-0.14
-1.79
Dividends Per Share
--
0
0
0
0
Total Assets
1,021.23M
2,203.86M
2,699.28M
4,485.85M
5,138.58M
Total liabilities
875.48M
823.29M
1,012.84M
2,585.35M
3,531.38M
Total equity
147.49M
1,378.94M
1,642.92M
1,813.02M
1,455.10M
Operating cash flow
57.65M
264.61M
97.78M
82.59M
-28.48M
Valuation Measures
Dec 2019
PER -- ROA -9.03% ROE -26.59% Operating margin -18.51% Profit margin -20.86%
Key executives
President, CEO & Representative Director:
Takeshi Idezawa
Chief Financial Officer & Director:
In-Joon Hwang
Chief Technology Officer:
Eui-Bin Park
Chief Privacy Officer, Head-Compliance & Legal:
Tsuyoshi Nakayama
Executive Officer & Head-Investor Relations:
Satoshi Yano Shareholders
NAVER Corp. (78.1%)
SoftBank Corp. (6.4%)
SHIN JUNGHO /LINE/ (1.9%)
LEE HAE-JIN /NHN/ (1.8%)
Line Employee Incentive Plan (0.3%)
Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc. (0.3%)
Norges Bank Investment Management (0.3%)
Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. (0.0%)
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd. (0.0%)
Sjunde AP-fonden (0.0%)
Contact Details Website: http://linecorp.com/ja/ Address:
JR Shinjuku Miraina Tower, 23/F,
4-1-6 Shinjuku,
Tokyo,
160-0022,
Japan
Phone:
+81.3.4316.2050
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