Sea gains as investors revisit growth story after strong quarter

Sea Limited (SE) is up 6.0% today. Here is some analysis on what might have caused this price movement.

Analysis: The move appears to be driven by renewed confidence in Sea’s growth and profitability profile rather than by a single new company announcement today. This could be because investors are continuing to react to strong first-quarter operating trends, a recent strategic AI partnership, and a still-bullish analyst backdrop.

Details:

Sea reported first-quarter 2026 revenue of $7.1 billion, up 46.6% year over year, with net income of $438.2 million and adjusted EBITDA of $1.0 billion, showing that growth remained strong while the business stayed profitable.

Shopee posted another record quarter, and management said the company remains on track for about 25% annual GMV growth in 2026 while keeping full-year adjusted EBITDA at least in line with 2025.

Sea and OpenAI announced a strategic partnership on June 22, 2026 focused on AI-powered e-commerce, broader product access, and developer engagement, which may be helping sentiment around the company’s long-term platform strategy.

Analyst sentiment also remains supportive, with a buy rating maintained on July 1, 2026, suggesting Wall Street still sees meaningful upside after the stock’s earlier pullback.

Sources:

Sea Investor Relations, SEC, Investing.com, The Business Times

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 658 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 658 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 231 sales selling 670,000 shares for an estimated $58,472,427.
YANJUN WANG (CCO and GC) has made 0 purchases and 220 sales selling 49,600 shares for an estimated $4,300,997.
JINGYE CHEN (CPO, Shopee) has made 0 purchases and 164 sales selling 38,400 shares for an estimated $3,295,795.
TIANYU HOU (CFO) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 10,000 shares for an estimated $907,745.

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$SE Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 404 institutional investors add shares of $SE stock to their portfolio, and 565 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

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$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

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$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.

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$SE Price Targets

Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $SE recently. We have seen 4 analysts offer price targets for $SE in the last 6 months, with a median target of $136.0.

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

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