Sea Limited falls 3.1% as investors weigh post-earnings margin concerns and fresh trading/positioning signals

Sea Limited (SE) is down 3.1% today. Here is some analysis on what might have caused this price movement.

Analysis: The move looks tied to a post-earnings “cooling off” period where investors continue to focus on profitability and e-commerce margin durability, alongside incremental negative signals like small insider selling and ongoing price-target resets. On a quieter news day, these items can be enough to pressure the shares even without a single, large headline catalyst.

Details:

Recent commentary around Sea’s latest quarterly results has emphasized that, despite strong growth, profitability and margin trajectory remain a key debate for the stock.

Some Wall Street firms have continued to adjust price targets after the most recent results (often maintaining ratings while trimming targets), which can weigh on sentiment and near-term positioning.

Sea disclosed ongoing capital return activity via its authorized share repurchase program, but buybacks do not always offset near-term concerns about operating leverage and competitive spending.

A small, recently disclosed insider sale added a modest supply/sentiment overhang that can matter more on low-news, lower-liquidity sessions.

Sources:

Sea Investor Relations, Stock Analysis, Investing.com, MarketBeat, Quiver Quantitative

Disclaimer: This price movement analysis was generated with the help of AI. Please double-check the information provided for mistakes.

$SE Insider Trading Activity

$SE insiders have traded $SE stock on the open market 559 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 559 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $SE stock by insiders over the last 6 months:

DAVID Y MA has made 0 purchases and 40 sales selling 1,326,052 shares for an estimated $117,179,101.
GANG YE (COO) has made 0 purchases and 164 sales selling 510,000 shares for an estimated $44,326,519.
YANJUN WANG (CCO and GC) has made 0 purchases and 191 sales selling 43,200 shares for an estimated $3,735,091.
JINGYE CHEN (CPO, Shopee) has made 0 purchases and 164 sales selling 38,400 shares for an estimated $3,295,795.

To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard. You can access data on insider stock transactions through the Quiver Quantitative API insider transaction endpoint.

$SE Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 406 institutional investors add shares of $SE stock to their portfolio, and 564 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ added 12,893,305 shares (+62.8%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $1,067,694,587
WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC added 7,883,961 shares (+30.5%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $652,870,810
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP removed 4,492,860 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $372,053,736
FMR LLC removed 3,462,670 shares (-19.8%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $286,743,702
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO removed 3,256,674 shares (-13.2%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $415,453,902
POINT72 ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. removed 3,031,465 shares (-61.8%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $251,035,616
NORGES BANK removed 2,383,316 shares (-34.5%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $304,039,622

To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard. You can access data on hedge funds moves and 13F filings through the Quiver Quantitative API 13F endpoint.

$SE Government Contracts

We have seen $154,124 of award payments to $SE over the last year.

Here are some of the awards which we have have seen pay out the most over the last year:

ACTION: NEW DELIVERY ORDER UNDER CONTRACT NO. 693JJ925D000009: $152,000
EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES: $2,124

To track government contracts to publicy traded companies, check out Quiver Quantitative's government contracts dashboard. You can access data on government contracts through the Quiver Quantitative API government contracts endpoint.

$SE Congressional Stock Trading

Members of Congress have traded $SE stock 1 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 0 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $SE stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:

REPRESENTATIVE JOSH GOTTHEIMER purchased up to $15,000 on 03/10.

To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard. You can access data on congressional stock trades through the Quiver Quantitative API Congress trades endpoint.

$SE Analyst Ratings

Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $SE in the last several months. We have seen 1 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.

Here are some recent analyst ratings:

Wedbush issued a "Outperform" rating on 12/19/2025

To track analyst ratings and price targets for $SE, check out Quiver Quantitative's $SE forecast page.

$SE Price Targets

Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $SE recently. We have seen 5 analysts offer price targets for $SE in the last 6 months, with a median target of $150.0.

Here are some recent targets:

Jiong Shao from Barclays set a target price of $122.0 on 05/14/2026
Ranjan Sharma from JP Morgan set a target price of $163.0 on 05/14/2026
John Blackledge from TD Cowen set a target price of $108.0 on 05/13/2026
Venugopal Garre from Bernstein set a target price of $150.0 on 03/04/2026
Scott Devitt from Wedbush set a target price of $170.0 on 12/19/2025

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