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☆ Singapore's Sea Limited posts first profitable year amid efforts to defend market share against Lazada, TikTok
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Sheila Chiang | In Sheilachiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Southeast Asian tech giant Sea Limited on Monday posted its first profitable year amid efforts to defend market share against Alibaba -owned Lazada and TikTok. Net income in 2023 was $162.7 million, as compared to a net loss of $1.7 billion in 2022. Sea's e-commerce arm Shopee made a "meaningful gain in market share" in 2023 despite "intensified competition in Southeast Asia," the firm said on Monday. Sea also said Shopee's market share in the region has "solidified" and the firm intends to "maintain our market share in 2024." Tokopedia merged with TikTok Shop in Indonesia to form an enlarged Tokopedia entity, in which TikTok will take a controlling stake of 75.01%.

Persons: Forrest Li, Li, Sea's, Shopee Organizations: Alibaba Locations: MariBank, Singapore, Sea's New York, Southeast Asia, Indonesia

☆ JPMorgan says AI's 'democratization' could put these 2 U.S.-listed Asian stocks at risk
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

JPMorgan warned that rapid growth in artificial intelligence is no guarantee of sustained earnings increase — and could leave many companies at risk. However, this does not guarantee sustained earnings growth and [return on equity] expansion," JPMorgan analysts led by Ranjan Sharma wrote in a note to clients on Aug. 9. According to JPMorgan, AI costs are also expected to continue dropping in light of lower computing costs and the development of more open-source AI models. The company owns the e-commerce platform Shopee, the fintech platform SeaMoney and the game development studio Garena. "In our view, SE's gaming business could face increased competitive risks as GenAI reduces barriers for entry in game development.

Persons: OpenAI's ChatGPT, Ranjan Sharma, TDCX, CNBC's Naman Tandon Organizations: JPMorgan, Sea Ltd, NYSE Locations: New York, Singapore

☆ Sea Group's gaming segment has again proven to be a 'cash cow,' DBS Bank says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSea Group's gaming segment has again proven to be a 'cash cow,' DBS Bank saysSachin Mittal, head of telecom, media and technology research at DBS Bank, said that Garena saw quarterly paying users growing on a sequential basis.

Persons: Sachin Mittal, Garena Organizations: DBS Bank

☆ Singapore's Sea misses Q2 revenue estimates on weak e-commerce sales
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Southeast Asian e-commerce and gaming group Sea Ltd's sign is pictured at its office in Singapore, March 5, 2021. Tepid spending amid a challenging macroeconomic outlook pressured Sea's e-commerce business Shopee and caused a steep decline in its mobile gaming business. After a meteoric run in 2020 and part of 2021, with multiple quarters of triple-digital revenue increases, Sea's growth tapered as the pandemic-fueled boom in e-commerce and digital entertainment waned. Revenue grew over 5% from a year earlier to $3.10 billion, compared with analysts' estimate of $3.20 billion, according to Refinitiv data. E-commerce revenue, which contributes about two-thirds of the company's top-line, grew about 21% to $2.1 billion from a year earlier, but missed expectations of $2.25 billion.

Persons: Edgar Su, Sea's, Shopee, Yuvraj Malik, Krishna Chandra Organizations: REUTERS, Technology, Sea Ltd, Asia's, Revenue, Thomson Locations: Singapore, India, Europe, Bengaluru

HONG KONG/SINGAPORE, June 1 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian e-commerce and gaming giant Sea Ltd (SE.N) is winding down its investment arm, two people with knowledge of the matter said, amid a cooling investment environment globally as macroeconomic and market uncertainty weigh on valuations. The arm, Sea Capital, stopped new equity investing in 2022 with leadership moving on in May, while Sea itself is placing less priority on investing given market conditions, one of the people said. Singapore-based Sea launched Sea Capital in March 2021 with initial capital of $1 billion after buying Hong Kong's Composite Capital Management, founded by former Hillhouse Capital partner David Ma who became Sea's chief investment officer. One of the people said the decision to wind down Sea Capital was prompted by "less deal activity" resulting in fewer investment opportunities. Sea Capital had made at least three investments, including in 2021 into collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX.

Persons: David Ma, Ma, FTX, Kane Wu, Fanny Potkin, Sumeet Chatterjee, Christopher Cushing Organizations: Capital, Hong Kong's, Capital Management, Hillhouse, Sea, U.S, Asia's, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, Asia, Japan, Singapore, New York, Sea, India, Europe, Hong Kong

HONG KONG/SINGAPORE, June 1 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian e-commerce and gaming giant Sea Ltd (SE.N) is winding down its investment arm, two people with knowledge of the matter said, amid a cooling investment environment globally as macroeconomic and market uncertainty weigh on valuations. The arm, Sea Capital, stopped new equity investing in 2022 with leadership moving on in May, while Sea itself is placing less priority on investing given market conditions, one of the people said. Singapore-based Sea launched Sea Capital in March 2021 with initial capital of $1 billion after buying Hong Kong's Composite Capital Management, founded by former Hillhouse Capital partner David Ma who became Sea Capital's chief investment officer. One of the people said the decision to wind down Sea Capital was prompted by "less deal activity" resulting in fewer investment opportunities. Sea Capital had made at least three investments, including in 2021 into collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX.

☆ TikTok Shop, a rising threat to Shopee and Lazada in Southeast Asia
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesTikTok Shop is a rising threat to major e-commerce players such as Shopee and Lazada in Southeast Asia. TikTok Shop is the e-commerce marketplace of short video app TikTok, which is owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance. In 2022, TikTok Shop expanded to six Southeast Asian countries — Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand. TikTok is "focused on the continued development of TikTok Shop in Southeast Asia," said the spokesperson. To incentivize sellers to join the platform, TikTok Shop waived commission fees when it launched in Singapore in August.

Persons: TikTok, Shopee, Shawn Yang, Shop's, Sachin Mittal, Lazada's GMV, Jonathan Woo, Lazada, Shou Zi, Woo, bode Organizations: Blue Lotus Research Institute, Sea Group, DBS Bank, CNBC, Intelligence, Phillip Securities Research, TikTok, U.S, Merchants, SG, Phillip Securities Locations: Southeast Asia, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Southeast, GMV, U.S, Statista, Brazil, China, U.S ., Montana, Texas, Nomieo

☆ Singapore's Sea Group turns profitable for the first time
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Sea Limited's e-commerce arm, Shopee, turned positive adjusted EBITDA for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2022. The group also posted its first-ever positive net income in the quarter. The chairman and group CEO of Sea Limited, said on Tuesday that 2022 was "another year of evolution for us." Shopee and SeaMoneyMeanwhile, e-commerce business Shopee and digital payments arm SeaMoney continued to see strong growth in 2022. Positive EBITDA, or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, refers to the company operating at a profitable level.

☆ Goldman Sachs has added 3 stocks to its conviction buy list, giving one 100% upside
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Goldman Sachs has this year added a number of stocks to its conviction list — buy-rated stocks it expects to outperform — giving them further share price upside. Rio Tinto Its most recent addition was Australian miner Rio Tinto on March 3. It comes as Goldman Sachs turns bullish on commodities such as iron ore on the back of an expected recovery in China. It gave Rio Tinto a price target of $140, or upside of 10% from the Friday close. Goldman also raised the price target for Alibaba to $138, giving it over 50% potential upside from its U.S.-listed stock's Thursday close.

☆ Dan Niles is positive on this corner of tech, names two global stocks to buy
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. tech stocks have been a minefield for investors this year, but hedge fund manager Dan Niles is optimistic on the sector elsewhere. Niles, who is founder and senior portfolio manager of the Satori Fund, told CNBC's "Street Signs Asia" Friday that his fund just bought some international tech stocks. It has short positions in tech stocks with advertising exposure. On the flip side, he warned investors off cloud computing and software stocks with "consumption-based models that will be hurt by tech company layoffs." So everybody needed to buy software, cloud computing resources, make sure their business survived," Niles told CNBC's "TechCheck" separately last week.

☆ One global tech stock that was a top performer last week could surge 63% more, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

It's been a muted week for global stocks. The MSCI World index was down about 0.7% for the past week, tracking U.S. stocks, which also declined last week. Here are the 10 global stocks under MSCI World that rose more than 10% over the past week ending Nov. 18. One top performer was global tech company Sea , which surged 15% over last week. Ross Stores was another top performer for the week, with Credit Suisse naming the company its top pick in off-price retail .

☆ Sea Limited stock jumps as much as 41% as company renews focus on profitability
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Shares of Sea Limited jumped as much as 41% following Tuesday's announcement of its third-quarter financial results, after the company said it will renew its focus on profitability instead of outright, blistering growth. In early morning Asia time, the stock was trading at about $62.70 in after hours trade. The company fell deeper into the red in the third quarter ending September, as adjusted EBITDA loss widened to $358 million. That's compared to the $166 million loss in the same period last year. In September, its top management also announced it will forgo salaries "until the company reaches self-sufficiency."

☆ Sea is turning the tide
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BENGALURU, Nov 16 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The loss-making Southeast Asian technology giant’s decision to ditch its growth-at-all-costs strategy is showing results. The $28 billion U.S. listed games-to-payments company Sea (SE.N) has been exiting some markets and slashing jobs and discounts. Overall group revenue grew 17% to $3.2 billion in the quarter, beating analyst estimates. Sea is now working toward achieving Shopee’s adjusted EBITDA breakeven by the end of 2023. The improvements will shore up support for its decision to remain in Brazil, a big emerging market.

☆ India agency raids Coda offices in money laundering probe involving Free Fire
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterBENGALURU, Sept 27 (Reuters) - India's financial crime fighting agency on Tuesday searched the premises of Coda Payments India as part of a money laundering probe into the fintech firm and Sea Ltd's (SE.N) Free Fire. Coda enables cross-border payments for games and other digital products, including Garena Free Fire, Teen Patti Gold, and Call of Duty. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe ED also froze all Coda's accounts, which had a total balance of 685.3 million Indian rupees ($8.40 million). Coda Payments and Sea did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Nishit Navin in Bengaluru and Munsif Vengattil; Editing by Anil D'Silva, Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Shopee, the Amazon of Southeast Asia, has been on a layoff spree within a year of raising $6 billion. We dug into the financials for an inside look.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Nidhi Pandurangi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Today, Li is the billionaire CEO of NYSE-listed Sea Limited, which owns 100% of Shopee as well a gaming unit called Garena. Amid these growing losses, Sea Limited revised and then dropped its ecommerce revenue guidance for the year. In the fourth quarter of 2021, Shopee expected ecommerce revenue in 2022 to fall between $8.9 billion and $9.1 billion. Sea Limited posted revenues of $414 million in 2017, which ballooned to almost $10 billion in 2021. However, Sea Limited has been posting losses for the past few quarters, so that option is not viable in the short-term.

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