YALA - Yalla Group: High Uncertainty Despite Strong Balance Sheet
2024-02-06 04:10:26 ET
Summary
- Yalla Group aspired to be the "Clubhouse of MENA". It operates the voice-based group chat platform Yalla and the gaming app Yalla Ludo.
- YALA's share price has been trading sideways since its peak in February 2021. Balance sheet and profitability are strong, but overall growth prospects are unclear.
- Heightened competition, past red flags, and elevated risk profile due to the gaming business making YALA too risky despite my 15% upside projection, in my view.
??Yalla Group ( YALA ) is a MENA-based social networking and gaming company. It operates two key mobile apps: Yalla, a voice-based group chat platform, and Yalla Ludo, a casual online gaming app featuring popular MENA board games with built-in voice chat and "majlis" features. "Majlis" refers to traditional social gatherings in MENA for chatting, entertainment, and gift-giving, deeply ingrained in the region's culture....
Yalla Group: High Uncertainty Despite Strong Balance Sheet