David Ma Sells 163,469 Shares of SEA (NYSE:SE) Stock

Sea Limited Sponsored ADR (NYSE:SE) Director David Ma sold 163,469 shares of SEA stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $87.02, for a total value of $14,225,072.38. Following the transaction, the director owned 1,289,923 shares in the company, valued at $112,249,099.46. This trade represents a 11.25% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

SEA Trading Up 0.7%

NYSE:SE opened at $86.02 on Friday. Sea Limited Sponsored ADR has a fifty-two week low of $77.05 and a fifty-two week high of $199.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 1.58 and a quick ratio of 1.57. The stock has a market capitalization of $50.67 billion, a PE ratio of 34.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.79 and a beta of 1.69. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $95.00 and its 200-day simple moving average is $127.41.

SEA (NYSE:SE) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 3rd. The Internet company based in Singapore reported $0.63 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.91 by ($0.28). SEA had a net margin of 6.93% and a return on equity of 15.20%. The business had revenue of $6.85 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.42 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.39 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 38.4% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts expect that Sea Limited Sponsored ADR will post 0.74 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on SE. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $150.00 target price on shares of SEA in a research report on Tuesday, March 3rd. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of SEA in a research report on Friday, March 27th. Sanford C. Bernstein dropped their target price on SEA from $170.00 to $150.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 4th. Morgan Stanley set a $121.00 target price on SEA and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, March 13th. Finally, Barclays dropped their target price on SEA from $226.00 to $120.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $166.83.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in SE. Fred Alger Management LLC increased its position in shares of SEA by 22.1% during the 3rd quarter. Fred Alger Management LLC now owns 2,886,441 shares of the Internet company based in Singapore’s stock worth $515,894,000 after purchasing an additional 521,782 shares during the last quarter. Charles Lim Capital Ltd increased its position in shares of SEA by 172.7% during the 4th quarter. Charles Lim Capital Ltd now owns 750,000 shares of the Internet company based in Singapore’s stock worth $95,678,000 after purchasing an additional 475,000 shares during the last quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd increased its position in shares of SEA by 24.4% during the 4th quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd now owns 1,791,660 shares of the Internet company based in Singapore’s stock worth $228,549,000 after purchasing an additional 350,840 shares during the last quarter. PFA Pension Forsikringsaktieselskab acquired a new position in shares of SEA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,282,000. Finally, State of Tennessee Department of Treasury increased its position in shares of SEA by 32.4% during the 4th quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury now owns 718,949 shares of the Internet company based in Singapore’s stock worth $83,750,000 after purchasing an additional 175,746 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 59.53% of the company’s stock.

Key SEA News

Here are the key news stories impacting SEA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Revenue and growth narrative remains strong — Q4 showed ~38% YoY revenue growth and social/analyst commentary frames the post‑earnings pullback as a buying opportunity given accelerating GMV and improving profitability trends. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street and institutional signals support upside — multiple recent Buy/Overweight ratings and price targets well above current levels (median targets near $160) plus large institutional additions (e.g., FMR increased holdings) underpin continued upside case. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Several insider sales were executed under pre‑arranged Rule 10b5‑1 plans (COO Gang Ye, CCO/GC Yanjun Wang, CPO Jingye Chen and others), which reduces the likelihood these trades reflect new private information. SEC filings disclose the trades. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Large director sale: Director David Y. Ma sold 163,469 shares (~$14.2M) and a separate block of 14,536 shares, representing an ~11.25% reported reduction in one filing — a magnitude that can unsettle investors despite being reported as 10b5‑1. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider‑selling trend: data show heavy insider selling in recent months (dozens of sales, few or no insider purchases), which can weigh on sentiment if investors see it as sustained insider liquidity rather than isolated, planned trades. Read More.

About SEA

Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) is a Singapore-based consumer internet company that operates a trio of interconnected businesses across digital entertainment, e-commerce and digital financial services. Founded in 2009 as Garena and later rebranded as Sea, the company is headquartered in Singapore and listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Sea positions itself as a technology platform focused on enabling online consumers, merchants and developers primarily across Southeast Asia and adjacent markets.

Sea’s digital entertainment arm, Garena, is a game developer and publisher that also organizes esports initiatives and operates online gaming platforms.