SEA (SE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Sea Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the digital entertainment, e-commerce, and digital financial service businesses in Southeast Asia, Latin America, rest of Asia, and internationally. It offers Garena digital entertainment platform for users to access mobile and PC online games, as well as promotes eSports operations. The company also operates Shopee e-commerce platform, a mobile-centric marketplace that provides integrated payments, logistics infrastructure, and seller services. In addition, it offers SeaMoney digital financial services comprising consumer, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) credit, mobile wallets, payment processing, and banking services under the ShopeePay and SPayLater brands; and acts as an underwriter for various life and non-life insurance products under the SeaInsure brand name, as well as insurance agency services. The company was formerly known as Garena Interactive Holding Limited and changed its name to Sea Limited in April 2017. Sea Limited was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $111.70 to $117.85
• 50-Day Range: $79.13 to $114.47
• 52-Week Range: $34.35 to $117.85
• Volume: 3.96 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.41 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $66.57 billion
• P/E Ratio: 775.40
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $91.21
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

SEA Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

SEA scored higher than 60% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 346th out of 650 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

SEA has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.80, and is based on 11 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

SEA has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 21.25%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for SEA are expected to grow by 21.25% in the coming year, from $0.80 to $0.97 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of SEA is 775.40, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 125.83.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of SEA is 775.40, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 263.83.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

SEA has a P/B Ratio of 8.29. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.60% of the outstanding shares of SEA have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

SEA has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in SEA has recently decreased by 1.91%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

SEA does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

SEA does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.60% of the outstanding shares of SEA have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

SEA has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in SEA has recently decreased by 1.91%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.12

News Sentiment

SEA has a news sentiment score of 1.12. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.60 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 17 news articles for SEA this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

29 people have searched for SE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 21% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

14 people have added SEA to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 27% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, SEA insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.22% of the stock of SEA is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

59.53% of the stock of SEA is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

SE Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have SE shares performed this year?

SEA's stock was trading at $40.50 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, SE stock has increased by 187.2% and is now trading at $116.31.
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How were SEA's earnings last quarter?

Sea Limited (NYSE:SE) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 12th. The Internet company based in Singapore reported $0.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.35. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 30.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

When did SEA IPO?

SEA (SE) raised $646 million in an IPO on Friday, October 20th 2017. The company issued 49,700,000 shares at $12.00-$14.00 per share. Goldman Sachs (Asia), Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse served as the underwriters for the IPO.

Who are SEA's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of SEA include Baillie Gifford & Co. (6.91%), WCM Investment Management LLC (3.65%), Kaizen Investment Management Pte. Ltd. (1.09%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (0.53%).
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How do I buy shares of SEA?

Shares of SE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of SEA own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that SEA investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Block (SQ), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Tesla (TSLA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and PayPal (PYPL).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/12/2024
• Today: 11/21/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 3/03/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Miscellaneous business services
• Sub-Industry: Internet Software & Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SE
• CUSIP: 84756010
• CIK: 1373835
• Web: www.seagroup.com
• Phone: (656) 270-8100
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 62,700
• Year Founded: 2009

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $91.21
• High Stock Price Target: $131.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $60.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -21.6%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.80
• Research Coverage: 15 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $0.15
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 775.40
• Forward P/E Ratio: 145.39
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $150.73 million
• Net Margins: 0.64%
• Pretax Margin: 2.71%
• Return on Equity: 1.40%
• Return on Assets: 0.50%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.36
• Current Ratio: 1.62
• Quick Ratio: 1.60

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $13.06 billion
• Price / Sales: 5.10
• Cash Flow: $1.07 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 108.87
• Book Value: $14.03 per share
• Price / Book: 8.29

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 572,340,000
• Free Float: 571,081,000
• Market Cap: $66.57 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.52