[Special Stock] YG Entertainment, '2NE1' Returns... Gains Momentum

YG Entertainment is showing strong performance. The news of the girl group 2NE1's reunion along with BLACKPINK's full-group comeback next year seems to have had an impact.

As of 9:32 AM on the 22nd, YG Entertainment was trading at 36,450 KRW, up 1,200 KRW (3.40%) compared to the previous trading day.

Yang Hyun-suk, YG Entertainment's Chief Producer, announced the comeback news of affiliated artists through the '2025 YG Plan' video. 2NE1 is scheduled to start a global tour including Japan, beginning with a concert in Seoul in the second half of this year. BLACKPINK also announced a full-group comeback and world tour in 2025.

However, securities firms expect improvements in performance starting from the fourth quarter. Daishin Securities forecasted YG Entertainment's sales and operating profit for the second quarter to be 119.7 billion KRW and 800 million KRW, respectively.

Lim Su-jin, a researcher at Daishin Securities, said, "Due to increased initial costs for rookies and promotion expenses, the results are expected to fall short of consensus." She added, "Bemon's first album achieved the highest debut album sales among rookie girl groups in history, and with a steep growth in fandom, sales of the comeback album in the fourth quarter are expected to increase." She further stated, "With Treasure's domestic album and world tour in the second half, the performance trend is expected to improve with a low-high pattern."