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Sohn: Krafton's market cap is roughly $9B to $10B

Sean Hyunil Sohn · Ep# 17 | WTF is Gaming in India? | Career, Investment, Entrepreneurship · Nikhil Kamath · Apr 21, 2024 · at 9:46

Sean Hyunil Sohn, CEO of Krafton India, discusses Krafton's valuation and public listing with Nikhil Kamath and Nitish Mittersain.

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“We, our market cap is around Nine billion? Ten billion? US dollar?”

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The claim, plainly

As of April 2024, Krafton's market capitalization is around 9 billion to 10 billion US dollars.

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Assessment

Around April 21, 2024, Krafton Inc. (KRX: 259960) had a public market capitalization of approximately ₩12.53 trillion (closing at ₩259,000 on April 22, 2024, with roughly 48.36 million shares outstanding). At the contemporaneous exchange rate of approximately ₩1,375 per USD, this converted to approximately $9.11 billion USD. This aligns with the stated estimate of 'around Nine billion? Ten billion? US dollar'.

On April 22, 2024, Krafton Inc. closed at ₩259,000 per share with ~48.36 million outstanding shares, yielding a market capitalization of ~₩12.53 trillion.
At a spot USD/KRW rate of ~1,375 on April 22, 2024, Krafton's market capitalization was ~$9.11 billion USD, falling squarely in the estimated range.

Checked against

[1] buffettlab.co.kr [2] miraeasset.com [3] tistory.com [4] finanzen.net [5] theworldfolio.com [6] hibulls.com [7] tistory.com [8] tistory.com

"USD/KRW" "April 19, 2024" OR "April 22, 2024" "259960" "크래프톤" "2024년 4월" 시가총액 "259960" "2024-04-19" OR "2024-04-22" OR "April 19, 2024" OR "April 22, 2024" "크래프톤" "2024년 4월 19일" OR "2024년 4월 22일" 종가

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