Naver shares tumble 6% to test new 52-week low on doubts about Poshmark deal
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Its shares lost 7.08 percent to close at 164,000 won ($115.43) on Wednesday to push the 52-week bottom. They finished Tuesday 8.79 percent down at 176,500 won, sinking under 180,000 won for the first time since April 21, 2020, after the M&A announcement.
Naver CEO Choi Soo-yeon defended the decision, saying the acquisition “makes sense” and the investment will create synergy for future.
“The latest deal is considered reasonable both inside and outside the company. The secondhand fashion market is burgeoning and thus has greater growth potential,” Choi emphasized.
Naver on Tuesday announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of its issued and outstanding shares at $17.9 each or for total $1.6 billion on enterprise valuation at about $1.2 billion.
“Considering similar M&A cases in the industry and management premium, the latest deal was made at reasonable prices,” said Kim Nam-sun, CEO of Naver, citing the case of London-based. secondhand fashion app Depop.
“Poshmark’s industry rival Depop last year was sold to North American e-commerce leader Etsy at $1.63 billion. Depop at the time had earned one fifth of what Poshmark earns today. Getting the company at current level is a good opportunity,” Kim noted.
Naver’s deal is well off from $7.5 billion valuation Poshmark had at the time of its Nasdaq IPO in January 2021 with IPO priced at $42 and also from the 52-week high of $27.32.
Market experts expect a synergy in the long term but warn that it would be difficult for the U.S. firm to make immediate profit. Poshmark’s annual growth rate this year is forecast to reach 10 percent, much slowed from earlier 20-30 percent.
Its EBITDA margin however will return to a profit in 2024, according to Naver.
Foreign brokerages firms did not agree.
Citigroup Global Markets Korea Securities revised its investment opinion from “Buy” to “Sell” after skipping the “Hold” step, questioning Naver’s cost management and waning sales in the advertising and fashion businesses.
Nomura Securites downgraded its stock price target for Naver by 47 percent to 180,000 won, and CLSA to 190,000 won from 280,000 won.
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