SEOUL, February 06 (AJP) - South Korea’s Naver Corp. reported double-digit growth in revenue and operating profit last year, supported by gains in advertising, e-commerce and fintech businesses, the company said in a regulatory filing on Friday.
Consolidated revenue for 2025 rose 12.1 percent from a year earlier to 12 trillion won, while operating profit increased 11.6 percent to 2.21 trillion won.
Fourth-quarter revenue climbed 10.7 percent on year to 3.2 trillion won, driven by expansion in platform advertising, commerce and fintech. Operating profit rose 12.7 percent to 610.6 billion won, resulting in an operating margin of 19.1 percent.
By segment, fourth-quarter revenue totaled 1.06 trillion won for the search platform, 1.05 trillion won for commerce, 453.1 billion won for fintech, 456.7 billion won for content, and 171.8 billion won for enterprise, which includes cloud services.
Platform advertising revenue increased 6.7 percent from a year earlier, helped by personalized services such as feeds and short-form clips.
Commerce revenue jumped 36 percent to 1.05 trillion won, supported by continued growth of Naver’s Smart Store merchants and expansion of its global consumer-to-consumer marketplace.
Fintech revenue rose 13 percent to 453.1 billion won, aided by stronger Smart Store transactions and broader adoption across external platforms. Total payment volume increased 19 percent in the quarter to 23 trillion won.
* This article, published by Aju Business Daily, was translated by AI and edited by AJP.
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