Key Factors to Evaluate Before Investing in Sea (SE)

By Susan Ramirez • Friday, May 08 10:50 • Permanent Link

Join us for a quick overview of Sea, a Staffing & Employment Services company whose shares moved -1.8% today. Here are some facts about the stock that should help you see the bigger picture:

Sea has moved -36.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 29.6%
SE has an average analyst rating of buy and is -37.03% away from its mean target price of $138.27 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $2.52
Sea has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 34.6 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $4.9 and its forward P/E ratio is 17.8
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 4.25 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Sea is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 20.93 and an average P/B of 2.93
SE has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 58.2% and gross profit margins of 0.4%
The company has a free cash flow of $511.05 Million, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Sea Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as a technology company in Southeast Asia, Latin America, the rest of Asia, and internationally. The company operates through E-commerce, Digital Financial Services, and Digital Entertainment segments. It offers Garena, a digital entertainment platform for users to access mobile and PC online games, as well as promotes eSports operations and develops games. The company also operates the Shopee e-commerce platform, a mobile-centric marketplace that provides integrated payments, logistics and fulfillment infrastructure, and other value-added services. In addition, it offers Monee digital financial services comprising consumer, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) credit, e- wallets, payment processing, banking, Insurtech, and wealth services; and acts as an underwriter for various life and non-life insurance products under the MoneeInsure tradename, as well as insurance agency services. It serves buyers, such as individuals and households; and sellers, including small and medium businesses, brands, and large retailers. 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.

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