SEA (NYSE:SE) Director Sells $1,240,066.16 in Stock

Sea Limited Sponsored ADR (NYSE:SE) Director David Ma sold 14,536 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $85.31, for a total value of $1,240,066.16. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 1,275,387 shares in the company, valued at approximately $108,803,264.97. The trade was a 1.13% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

SEA Price Performance

SE stock opened at $86.02 on Monday. Sea Limited Sponsored ADR has a 1 year low of $77.05 and a 1 year high of $199.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 1.57 and a current ratio of 1.58. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $95.00 and its 200 day moving average price is $127.00. The firm has a market cap of $50.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.13, a PEG ratio of 0.79 and a beta of 1.69.

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

More 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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Lingohr Asset Management GmbH increased its holdings in shares of SEA by 219.4% during the 3rd quarter. Lingohr Asset Management GmbH now owns 12,700 shares of the Internet company based in Singapore’s stock worth $2,270,000 after buying an additional 8,724 shares during the last quarter. Andra AP fonden increased its holdings in SEA by 7.0% in the 3rd quarter. Andra AP fonden now owns 144,300 shares of the Internet company based in Singapore’s stock valued at $25,791,000 after purchasing an additional 9,400 shares in the last quarter. Fred Alger Management LLC increased its holdings in SEA by 22.1% in the 3rd quarter. Fred Alger Management LLC now owns 2,886,441 shares of the Internet company based in Singapore’s stock valued at $515,894,000 after purchasing an additional 521,782 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas grew its stake in shares of SEA by 34.9% during the second quarter. BNP Paribas now owns 28,907 shares of the Internet company based in Singapore’s stock valued at $4,624,000 after acquiring an additional 7,480 shares in the last quarter. Finally, OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd grew its stake in shares of SEA by 11.5% during the third quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd now owns 1,440,820 shares of the Internet company based in Singapore’s stock valued at $257,414,000 after acquiring an additional 148,621 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 59.53% of the company’s stock.

SEA Company Profile

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.