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Sea Limited Slides as Investors Weigh Margin Pressure and a Risk-Off Tech Backdrop

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Sea Limited (SE) is down 5.5% today. Here is some analysis on what might have caused this price movement.

Analysis: A single definitive catalyst is not obvious, but the drop appears tied to a mix of risk-off sentiment in technology stocks and ongoing concern that heavier spending at Shopee could slow profit growth. This could also be profit-taking after Sea’s recent AI partnership announcement failed to give the shares lasting support.

Details:

  • Sea announced on October 15 a new collaboration with Google AI Futures Fund, expanding access to frontier AI models and technical support across its businesses, but that news does not appear to have translated into sustained buying.
  • Sea’s latest reported quarter was fundamentally solid: second-quarter 2026 revenue rose to about $7.8 billion and net income increased to about $458 million, suggesting today’s move was not driven by a fresh earnings miss.
  • An early-October analyst downgrade highlighted fears that Shopee’s investment cycle, including faster delivery, subsidies, and competitive spending, could weigh on 2027 margin expansion.
  • Recent insider sale filings also may have added pressure at the margin, while broader weakness in tech shares has created a less forgiving backdrop for higher-multiple internet names.

    • Sources:

    Sea, SEC, Investing.com, AP News

    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 Insider Trades

    $SE insiders have traded $SE stock on the open market 1066 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 1066 have been sales.

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

    • GANG YE (COO) has made 0 purchases and 408 sales selling 1,681,208 shares for an estimated $176,851,573.
    • XIAODONG LI (Chairman and CEO) has made 0 purchases and 17 sales selling 1,139,734 shares for an estimated $147,347,753.
    • JINGYE CHEN (CPO, Shopee) has made 0 purchases and 128 sales selling 320,800 shares for an estimated $33,295,464.
    • DAVID Y MA has made 0 purchases and 6 sales selling 272,390 shares for an estimated $24,222,849.
    • YANJUN WANG (CCO and GC) has made 0 purchases and 431 sales selling 130,220 shares for an estimated $13,502,279.
    • ZHIMIN FENG (President) has made 0 purchases and 30 sales selling 91,709 shares for an estimated $11,419,747.
    • TIANYU HOU (CFO) has made 0 purchases and 17 sales selling 70,000 shares for an estimated $7,522,120.
    • FENG ZHAO (President of Garena) has made 0 purchases and 22 sales selling 56,420 shares for an estimated $5,824,480.
    • CHEN SENG HENG has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 20,000 shares for an estimated $2,446,165.
    • KHOON HUA KUOK has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 17,395 shares for an estimated $2,018,305.

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

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    $SE Hedge Fund Activity

    We have seen 418 institutional investors add shares of $SE stock to their portfolio, and 319 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

    Here are some of the largest recent moves:

    • JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added 8,186,557 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $784,517,757
    • FIRST BEIJING INVESTMENT LTD added 2,900,104 shares (+1387.9%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $277,916,966
    • TIGER GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LLC removed 2,856,683 shares (-18.5%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $273,755,931
    • SANDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC removed 2,502,676 shares (-45.5%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $239,831,441
    • D1 CAPITAL PARTNERS L.P. removed 2,373,801 shares (-58.6%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $227,481,349
    • WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC removed 2,370,876 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $227,201,047
    • PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ added 2,227,863 shares (+6.7%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $213,496,111

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

    $SE Government Contracts

    We have seen $204,124 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:

    • EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES: $2,124

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

    $SE Price Targets

    Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $SE recently. We have seen 3 analysts offer price targets for $SE in the last 6 months, with a median target of $122.0.

    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

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