Robust second quarter outcomes despatched shares of Sea, the Singaporean tech firm, up 19% in New York buying and selling on Tuesday. Shares are actually up greater than 60% for the 12 months so far, whilst shares are nonetheless removed from their 2021 highs.
Sea reported income of $5.3 billion for the quarter ending June 2025, an virtually 40% soar year-on-year. Web earnings additionally reached $414.2 million, greater than 5 occasions better than the $79.9 million revenue recorded a 12 months in the past.
All three of Sea’s enterprise divisions—e-commerce platform Shopee, online game developer Garena and fintech unit Monee—posted double-digit proportion level income progress.
“The momentum from our sturdy begin to 2025 has continued into the second quarter. All three of our companies have delivered strong, wholesome progress, giving us better confidence of delivering one other nice 12 months,” stated CEO Forrest Li in ready remarks.
Shopee, the main e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, continues to be the largest contributor to Sea’s enterprise, contributing 72% of whole income. Shopee’s gross merchandise worth grew 25% over the primary half of the 12 months in comparison with 2024.
Monee, Sea’s just lately rebranded monetary companies arm, additionally maintained sturdy progress. Its mortgage e-book expanded by 94% year-on-year final quarter, reaching $6.9 billion.
Sea’s success
Sea, No. 15 on the Southeast Asia 500, has now recorded two straight years of revenue, a milestone for the corporate after a interval of painful cost-cutting and restructuring.
In earlier earnings calls, Li credited AI instruments and its logistics community for bettering profitability in Sea’s e-commerce division.
On Wednesday, Li stated that Sea has “reached a stage the place we are able to pursue progress alternatives whereas bettering profitability.”
One such progress alternative is Brazil. Shopee expanded to Brazil in 2019, and is now one of many nation’s main e-commerce platforms. In a name with analysts, each Li and CFO Tony Hou have been bullish on Sea’s prospects in Brazil.
Hou stated that Sea had “significant room” to develop in Brazil, whilst opponents like PDD Holdings’ Temu and ByteDance’s TikTok entered the market. Li additionally pointed to Brazil’s potential as a marketplace for Sea’s monetary companies enterprise, pointing to “superb progress” in mortgage e-book worth for the second quarter.
