PFA Pension Forsikringsaktieselskab purchased a new stake in shares of Sea Limited Sponsored ADR (NYSE:SE - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 204,772 shares of the Internet company based in Singapore's stock, valued at approximately $26,282,000.
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of SE. Salomon & Ludwin LLC increased its position in shares of SEA by 2,860.0% during the third quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 148 shares of the Internet company based in Singapore's stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 143 shares during the period. Rothschild Investment LLC boosted its stake in SEA by 114.0% during the third quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 199 shares of the Internet company based in Singapore's stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 106 shares in the last quarter. Holos Integrated Wealth LLC bought a new stake in SEA during the fourth quarter worth about $44,000. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. boosted its stake in SEA by 41.9% during the third quarter. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. now owns 559 shares of the Internet company based in Singapore's stock worth $100,000 after acquiring an additional 165 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in SEA by 44.4% during the third quarter. Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. now owns 650 shares of the Internet company based in Singapore's stock worth $116,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 59.53% of the company's stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. Bank of America reissued a "buy" rating and set a $125.00 price objective on shares of SEA in a research note on Monday, March 9th. Sanford C. Bernstein dropped their price objective on shares of SEA from $170.00 to $150.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, March 4th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a "buy" rating and set a $150.00 price objective on shares of SEA in a research note on Tuesday, March 3rd. Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of SEA from $226.00 to $120.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on shares of SEA from $170.00 to $168.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $161.66.
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Insider Activity
In other news, Director David Y. Ma sold 176,719 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $87.56, for a total value of $15,473,515.64. Following the transaction, the director owned 895,364 shares in the company, valued at approximately $78,398,071.84. This represents a 16.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Insiders have sold a total of 1,510,852 shares of company stock valued at $132,896,345 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.22% of the company's stock.
SEA Stock Performance
Shares of NYSE SE opened at $86.20 on Monday. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $88.49 and its 200-day moving average price is $117.32. The company has a market cap of $52.67 billion, a PE ratio of 34.21, a P/E/G ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.57. Sea Limited Sponsored ADR has a 52-week low of $77.05 and a 52-week high of $199.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 1.57 and a current ratio of 1.58.
SEA (NYSE:SE - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, March 3rd. The Internet company based in Singapore reported $0.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.91 by ($0.28). The firm had revenue of $6.85 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.42 billion. SEA had a return on equity of 15.20% and a net margin of 6.93%.The company's quarterly revenue was up 38.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.39 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that Sea Limited Sponsored ADR will post 3.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.
About SEA
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Sea Limited NYSE: SE is a Singapore-based consumer internet company that operates a trio of interconnected businesses across digital entertainment, e-commerce and digital financial services. Founded in 2009 as Garena and later rebranded as Sea, the company is headquartered in Singapore and listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Sea positions itself as a technology platform focused on enabling online consumers, merchants and developers primarily across Southeast Asia and adjacent markets.
Sea's digital entertainment arm, Garena, is a game developer and publisher that also organizes esports initiatives and operates online gaming platforms.
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