
Fundamental analysis: DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. (DDI)
Awarener score: 8.0
Conclusion
The higher the Awarener score, the more bang you get for the buck. It measures how much genuine funds the company generates for the stock price paid (Superb), the business stability (unknown) and growth (unknown), and the company's inclination to return cash to the stockholders (Poor).
Note: All scores range from 1 (worst) to 10 (best). Conclusions are updated daily with closing stock prices and new reported quarterly financial statements.
Revenue score: a result could not be reached
- Business growth could not be estimated, due to not enough input data. It's been unavailable to compare with peer companies.
- DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. business stability could not be estimated, due to insufficient input data. It looks we cannot compare it to rivals.
Margins score: 9.2
- DDI profit margins -on goods and services sold- are usually excellent. They stand somewhat worse than rival companies.
- Business profit on sales tends to be huge. It's more than average in relation to competitors.
- Profits on sales made -available to repay debt and purchase properties- are usually excellent. They remain excellent in relation to peers.
- Earnings -before income taxes and interests on loans taken- tend to be excellent in relation to total revenues. They're still better than most similar companies.
- Profits -before income taxes- are usually excellent considering total sales, and remain great when measured against rivals.
- Total net profit tends to be excellent when confronted to sales. Company stands more than average in relation to comparable firms.
Growth score: could not be analyzed
- DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. has an unknown gross margin growth, as there is not enough data to analyze. It's been impossible to compare to competitors.
- There is not sufficient data to estimate the operating income margin trend, which has been therefore unknown against comparable firms.
- EBITDA growth is unknown due to insufficient inputs, which compares unknown against peer enterprises.
- We were not able to provide an estimate for EBIT growth, because of lacking data. It turns to be not yet known in relation to similar stocks.
- Profit before income tax growth was not estimated, on insufficient history. It was impossible to measure against rivals.
- Net income growth could not be estimated, and so it is unknown against peer companies.
- There was not enough input data to estimate EPS trend. It's been an impossibility to compare it with industry peers.
Miscellaneous score: 6.7
- DDI had to pay substantial income taxes in relation to profits made in the past years. It's been mediocre against peers.
- Research and development expenses consume a sparse portion of revenues. It's top tier when measured against competitors.
- The company shows good business growth in relation to research and development efforts. It stands impressive in relation to rival companies.
Profitability score: 8.5
- DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. usually gets excellent returns on the resources it controls. It proves encouraging in relation to peer firms.
- The company normally gets very good proceeds -on the resources directly invested in the business-. They remain a slight improvement compared to similar companies.
- Profitability -in relation to owned resources- is usually quite good. It ranks similar to competitors.
- In the past, got huge returns -on the tangible resources it controls-. This metric is usually related to the industry in which operates and combines profitability versus reinvestment needs. It's top tier when measured against comparable enterprises.
Usage of Funds score: 5.6
- DDI usually uses a sparse portion of genuine funds generated to buy or replace property, plant, or equipment. The need for reinvestments is modest. It stands top tier when measured against rival firms.
- The company is usually not replacing property, plant, and equipment that gets old, instead using funds in something else. It can't keep forever, which is last-in-rank when measured against industry peers.
- In the past twelve months the stock paid no dividends. It came bottom tier against competitors.
- The company pays no dividend, so measuring its growth is meaningless. The company has behaved in an conservative way compared to similar firms.
- As no dividends are paid, it is useless trying to estimate their sustainability in time. Sustainability looks not applicable in regard to comparable companies.
- The company usually neither enlarges nor reduces the pool of investors, resulting in approximately the same mouths feeding on the pie of profits. It remains in good shape compared to peer enterprises.
- Repurchase effectiveness metric is very complex. Run again in analytical mode if you're interested in a technical explanation. It stands excellent in relation to rivals.
- We do not have sufficient data to comment on buybacks and their sustainability. It still looks dubious against competitors.
Balance Sheet score: 7.6
- DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. intangible assets (like brands and goodwill) represent a significant portion of resources controlled, according to accounting books. There could be significant difficulties in liquidating them if the company ever gets in financial distress. It happens to be substantially worse when measured against peer companies.
- The company has plenty short-term resources to face short-term obligations. There're no liquidity concerns. It turns to be impressive in relation to similar firms.
- Very few resources controlled were provided for with financial debt. Financial strength is very solid. Company could increase debt if it wished so, to reinvest in business, to buy a smaller company or to reward stockholders. It remains slightly worse than rival firms.
- Most controlled resources might be only slowly turned into cash and equivalents, which is risky. It looks substantially worse when measured against rivals.
- For every dollar of short-term obligations, the company has plenty of dollars in cash and short-term receivables. It's impressive in relation to peer firms.
- For every dollar of short-term obligations, the company has plenty of dollars in cash and equivalents, which is top-notch against similar enterprises.
- Usually, sales are on less than a month credit. It still ranks similar to peers.
- Normally has no inventories. It comes up as impressive in relation to competitors.
- On average, it takes close to one month from the purchase to charging customers. It happens to be slightly better than peers.
- On average pays suppliers after a month and a half from the purchase. It ranks almost average when measured against industry peers.
- The company charges its customers before it must pay its suppliers, so the more it sales, the more free funds it gets. It's in good shape compared to similar companies.
- Net interest expenses consume a non-significant portion of usual business earnings, and are therefore extremely easily to bear. It stands slightly worse than rival firms.
- Business earnings have usually been excellent when measured against loans taken. It could take less than two years to repay the obligations with current profitability. It ranks more than average in relation to comparable enterprises.
- Revenues are huge in relation to property, plant, and equipment required to operate. This metric is likely dependent on the industry the company operates in. Low property, plant, and equipment requirements, allows the company to keep more money to reward stockholders in the long run. It looks rather normal in relation to similar firms.
- Resource exploitation is slightly low when yearly sales are considered, business volume should be increased. This metric is normally tied to the industry where the firm belongs. It's still worse than most peer companies.
Valuation score: 8.6
- DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. looks extremely cheap in relation to profits and financial position. It happens to be similar to competitors.
- Price-to-Tangible-Book-Value is a fairly complex metric. Run again in analytical mode if you're interested in a technical explanation. It remains close to average when compared to peers.
- In the past twelve months, the company generated extraordinary free funds in relation to the stock price, which stands better than most similar companies.
- The company usually generates plenty more genuine funds to cover up for its business needs. Surplus cash may be used to repay loans, to eventually buy new businesses, or to reward investors. Considering the financial position and stock price, at the current price the share looks to be very attractive. It's still great when measured against industry firms.
- In the past twelve months, the company has significantly enlarged the pool of investors by issuing new shares. Future profits need to be high enough to justify the measure, as the pie of earnings will now be split among numerous more stockholders. It came up in a weak position compared to peer ventures.
- This company is sitting in a mountain of cash. It's very well poised to substantially increase stockholder payments, or to fund new business projects. It looks better than most similar enterprises.
- Considering the past twelve months, traditional Price-to-Earnings relation looks very cheap. Possible reasons are that the market might be betting current earnings will be hard to sustain through time, or that the company has very high fund needs, or a weak financial position, among others. If that isn't the case, the current stock price might be very attractive. It ranks encouraging in relation to peer companies.
- Comparing the current stock price with the past twelve-months revenues gives a more than one-to-one relationship. This is an important metric to check its evolution through time, and to compare to industry peers. It looks close to average when compared to rival firms.
- The stock price is significantly below the accounting book value. Unless profitability is extremely low, the stock may be selling at a large discount. Pay attention to the other key indicators for hints. The company remains somewhat better than peer firms.
- In the past twelve months, the operating business earned huge money when compared to the current stock price and financial position. It happens to be great when measured against industry peers.
- In an alternate metric of bang for the buck, the company has usually shown an extreme earnings power ability when measured against the current stock price and financial position. Further analysis is recommended, as the stock might currently be significantly undervalued. It's still excellent in relation to peer companies.
Total score: 7.7

Company at a glance: DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. (DDI)
Sector, industry: Communication Services, Electronic Gaming & Multimedia
Market Cap: 0.39 billions
Revenues TTM: 0.35 billions
DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. engages in the development and publishing of digital games on mobile and web-based platforms for casual players in South Korea. The company offers DoubleDown Casino, DoubleDown Classic, DoubleDown Fort Knox, and Undead World: Hero Survival games. Its games are primarily distributed, marketed, and promoted through third party platform providers. The company was formerly known as The8Games Co., Ltd. and changed its name to DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. in December 2019. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of DoubleU Games Co., Ltd.
Awarener score: 8.0
Conclusion
The higher the Awarener score, the more bang you get for the buck. It measures how much genuine funds the company generates for the stock price paid (Superb), the business stability (unknown) and growth (unknown), and the company's inclination to return cash to the stockholders (Poor).