S.M.Entertainment

Record label and entertainment agency that developed and popularized numerous K-pop stars with huge global fandoms. Learn more

Launch date

1995

Employees

501-1000 people

Market cap

Enterprise valuation

€756m (Public information from Sep 2024)

Seoul South Korea (HQ)

http://smtown.com

https://twitter.com/smtownglobal https://www.facebook.com/smtown https://www.linkedin.com/company/smentertainment https://apps.apple.com/app/id633333205 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smtown.smtown.androidapp

Revenues, earnings & profits over time

KRW	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Revenues	580.0b	702.0b	848.0b	961.1b	1.0b	1.2b	1.3b
% growth	(12 %)	21 %	21 %	13 %	(100 %)	13 %	9 %
EBITDA	78.0b	132.0b	154.0b	242.9b	163m	198m	214m
% EBITDA margin	13 %	19 %	18 %	25 %	16 %	17 %	17 %
Profit	(70.0b)	127.0b	89.0b	87.3b	85.8m	125m	138m
% profit margin	(12 %)	18 %	10 %	9 %	8 %	11 %	11 %
EV / revenue	-	-	-	-	1.0x	0.8x	0.7x
EV / EBITDA	0.0x	0.0x	0.0x	0.0x	6.4x	4.6x	3.9x

Date	Investors	Amount	Round
Jan 2003	N/A	N/A	IPO
Feb 2016	Alibaba Alibaba Group	$30.0m	Post IPO Equity
Aug 2020	Naver	$83.7m	Post IPO Equity
Feb 2023*	Kakao	$173m	Post IPO Equity
Feb 2023*	HYBE	$335m Valuation: $2.3b 3.2x EV/LTM Revenues 17.5x EV/LTM EBITDA	Post IPO Equity
May 2024*	N/A	$50.2m Valuation: $1.6b	Secondary
Total Funding		-

Since its establishment in 1995, SM Entertainment has pioneered the entertainment industry in Korea and is a total entertainment group leading the global Korean Wave and K-POP sensation.

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