SEA is burning cash on shopee

2022-02-15

SEA is burning cash on shopee n seamoney faster than garena is able to earn. Until it shows sign of revenue/margin growth for these non profitable biz exceeding costs escalation more downside is not a surprise.

Is Sea Limited Stock a Buy After It Crashed and Burned on Monday?

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kiekie
2022-02-15
kiekie
I have never understood why the market value of SEA is so high. So I'm not surprised that the company's share price plummeted on Monday.
- Newbull:
  true expect more downside until we can see light at the end of tunnel for shopee n seamoney
maroketo
2022-02-15
maroketo
Before the inflection point appears, the stock price will keep falling.
ladyman
2022-02-15
ladyman
I incline towards your idea

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