Reassessing Sea (NYSE:SE) Valuation After Strong Q

Reassessing Sea Valuation After Strong Quarterly Results and New Share Buyback Program

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December 21, 2025

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Sea (NYSE:SE) just dropped a quarterly update that checked two big boxes for investors: healthier profits and cash flow, plus a sizable share buyback that underlines management’s confidence despite ongoing competitive and margin pressure.

See our latest analysis for Sea.

Even with this stronger quarter, Sea’s 30 day share price return of minus 7.13 percent and 90 day share price return of minus 36.79 percent show momentum has cooled. At the same time, a 3 year total shareholder return of 144.33 percent signals the longer term growth story is still very much alive.

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With shares trading at a steep discount to analyst targets despite accelerating profits and a fresh buyback, is Sea quietly undervalued after a bruising selloff, or is the market already discounting its next leg of growth?

Most Popular Narrative: 36.3% Undervalued

With Sea last closing at $121.97 against a most popular narrative fair value of $191.62, the gap highlights just how ambitious the long term earnings roadmap has become.

Analysts are assuming Sea's revenue will grow by 19.7% annually over the next 3 years.

Analysts expect earnings to reach $4.7 billion (and earnings per share of $7.17) by about September 2028, up from $1.2 billion today.

Read the complete narrative.

Curious what kind of profit margins, cash flow ramp, and future earnings multiple are needed to bridge that valuation gap? The narrative spells out a surprisingly aggressive growth and profitability glide path that underpins this higher fair value. Want to see exactly how those moving parts stack together to justify the upside?

Result: Fair Value of $191.62 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, intense competition in e commerce and any stumble in Garena’s flagship titles could quickly compress margins and undermine the current undervaluation story.

Find out about the key risks to this Sea narrative.

Another Angle on Valuation

DCF paints Sea as deeply undervalued, but its 50.9x price to earnings ratio versus a 36.7x fair ratio, 46x peers, and 19.6x for the wider industry suggests the market is already paying up for growth. Is the real risk that expectations, not cash flows, are too high?

See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.

NYSE:SE PE Ratio as at Dec 2025

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Reassessing Sea (NYSE:SE) Valuation After Strong Q

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