EX-99.1 2 d80392dex991.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 EXHIBIT 99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

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Sea Limited Reports First Quarter 2025 Results

Singapore, May 13, 2025 – Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) (“Sea” or the “Company”) today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.

“We have delivered another great quarter of strong growth with improving profitability across all three businesses. Our strong start to the year gives us more confidence of achieving our full-year guidance.” said Forrest Li, Sea’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

On e-commerce, he said, “Shopee has delivered a record-high GMV and gross order volume in the first quarter. We sustained market leadership with improved profitability across both Asia and Brazil. Our strong execution of our operational priorities – enhancing price competitiveness, improving service quality, and strengthening our content ecosystem – has continued to make Shopee competitive and differentiated.”

On digital financial services, Mr. Li shared that SeaMoney had been rebranded to Monee. “We chose the name Monee because it is simple, cute, and, just like our company’s name Sea, easy to write and pronounce. Monee also resonates well with the name of its sister brand, Shopee, reflecting the seamless, synergetic connection between the two ecosystems.”

On Monee’s performance for the quarter, Mr. Li said, “Monee delivered another strong set of results, with both revenue and adjusted EBITDA growing more than 50% year-on-year while maintaining stable asset quality. As we scale, we remain focused on risk management as a top priority. We are confident that we can grow Monee in a way that is resilient to credit cycles and profitable into the long term.”

On digital entertainment, Mr. Li said, “Garena had a stellar start to 2025, with its best quarter since 2021. Thanks to the phenomenal success of the Free Fire and NARUTO collaboration in January, Free Fire’s average DAU in the first quarter was close to its peak quarterly average DAU during the pandemic. We will continue to drive Free Fire’s popularity and longevity, improve localized content across our games, and expand our game portfolio for overall sustained growth.”

First Quarter 2025 Highlights

 

     Group
    

Total GAAP revenue was US$4.8 billion, up 29.6% year-on-year.

    

Total gross profit was US$2.2 billion, up 43.9% year-on-year.

    

Total net income was US$410.8 million, as compared to total net loss of US$(23.0) million for the first quarter of 2024.

    

Total adjusted EBITDA1 was US$946.5 million, as compared to US$401.1 million for the first quarter of 2024.

 

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     E-commerce
    

Gross orders totaled 3.1 billion for the quarter, increasing by 20.5% year-on-year.

    

GMV was US$28.6 billion for the quarter, increasing by 21.5% year-on-year.

    

GAAP revenue was US$3.5 billion, up 28.3% year-on-year.

    

GAAP revenue included US$3.1 billion of GAAP marketplace revenue, which consists of core marketplace revenue and value-added services revenue and increased by 28.7% year-on-year.

    

Core marketplace revenue, mainly consisting of transaction-based fees and advertising revenues, was up 39.2% year-on-year to US$2.4 billion.

    

Value-added services revenue, mainly consisting of revenues related to logistics services, was up 4.1% year-on-year to US$752.2 million.

    

Adjusted EBITDA1 was US$264.4 million, as compared to US$(21.7) million for the first quarter of 2024.

 

     Digital Financial Services
    

GAAP revenue was US$787.1 million, up 57.6% year-on-year.

    

Adjusted EBITDA1 was US$241.4 million, up 62.4% year-on-year.

    

Digital financial services revenue and operating income are primarily attributed to the consumer and SME credit business. As of March 31, 2025, consumer and SME loans principal outstanding was US$5.8 billion, up 76.5% year-on-year. This consists of US$4.9 billion on-book and US$0.9 billion off-book loans principal outstanding2.

    

Non-performing loans past due by more than 90 days as a percentage of consumer and SME loans principal outstanding, which includes both on-book and off-book loans principal outstanding2, was 1.1%, relatively stable quarter-on-quarter.

 

    

Digital Entertainment

    

Bookings3 were US$775.4 million, up 51.4% year-on-year.

    

GAAP revenue was US$495.6 million, as compared to US$458.1 million for the first quarter of 2024.

    

Adjusted EBITDA1 was US$458.2 million, up 56.8% year-on-year.

    

Adjusted EBITDA represented 59.1% of bookings for the first quarter of 2025, as compared to 57.1% for the first quarter of 2024.

    

Quarterly active users were 661.8 million, up 11.3% year-on-year.

    

Quarterly paying users were 64.6 million, up 32.2% year-on-year. Paying user ratio was 9.8%, as compared to 8.2% for the first quarter of 2024.

    

Average bookings per user were US$1.17, as compared to US$0.86 for the first quarter of 2024.

 

1 For a discussion of the use of non-GAAP financial measures, see “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”.

2 Off-book loans principal outstanding mainly refers to channeling arrangements, which is lending by other financial institutions on our platform.

3 GAAP revenue for the digital entertainment segment plus change in digital entertainment deferred revenue. This operating metric is used as an approximation of cash spent by our users in the applicable period that is attributable to our digital entertainment segment.

 

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Unaudited Summary of Financial Results

(Amounts are expressed in thousands of US dollars “$” except for per share data)

 

     For the Three Months
ended March 31,
        
     2024      2025      YOY%  
     $      $         

Revenue

        

Service revenue

     3,408,139        4,434,537        30.1

Sales of goods

     326,190        406,563        24.6
  

 

 

    

 

 

    
     3,734,329        4,841,100        29.6

Cost of revenue

        

Cost of service

     (1,871,031      (2,231,118      19.2

Cost of goods sold

     (309,548      (373,789      20.8
  

 

 

    

 

 

    
     (2,180,579      (2,604,907      19.5
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

Gross profit

     1,553,750        2,236,193        43.9
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

Other operating income

     43,977        34,901        (20.6 %) 

Sales and marketing expenses

     (769,635      (929,699      20.8

General and administrative expenses

     (290,854      (307,189      5.6

Provision for credit losses

     (161,767      (281,944      74.3

Research and development expenses

     (304,379      (295,858      (2.8 %) 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total operating expenses

     (1,482,658      (1,779,789      20.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

Operating income

     71,092        456,404        542.0

Non-operating (loss) income, net

     (17,541      89,208        (608.6 %) 

Income tax expense

     (78,760      (136,315      73.1

Share of results of equity investees

     2,209        1,528        (30.8 %) 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

Net (loss) income

     (23,000      410,825        (1,886.2 %) 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

(Loss) Earnings per share attributable to Sea Limited’s ordinary shareholders:

        

Basic

     (0.04      0.68        (1,800.0 %) 

Diluted

     (0.04      0.65        (1,725.0 %) 

Change in deferred revenue of Digital Entertainment

     54,029        279,820        417.9

Adjusted EBITDA for Digital Entertainment (1)

     292,208        458,206        56.8

Adjusted EBITDA for E-commerce (1)

     (21,700      264,417        (1,318.5 %) 

Adjusted EBITDA for Digital Financial Services (1)

     148,658        241,439        62.4

Adjusted EBITDA for Other Services (1)

     (10,671      (9,110      (14.6 %) 

Unallocated expenses (2)

     (7,346      (8,443      14.9
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total adjusted EBITDA (1)

     401,149        946,509        135.9
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

(1) For a discussion of the use of non-GAAP financial measures, see “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”.

(2) Unallocated expenses within total adjusted EBITDA are mainly related to general and corporate administrative costs such as professional fees and other miscellaneous items that are not allocated to segments. These expenses are excluded from segment results as they are not reviewed by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) as part of segment performance.

 

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Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

Revenue

Our total GAAP revenue increased by 29.6% to US$4.8 billion in the first quarter of 2025 from US$3.7 billion in the first quarter of 2024. The table below sets forth our revenue breakdown. Amounts are expressed in thousands of US dollars (“$”).

 

    

For the Three Months

ended March 31,

               
        2024                   2025                   YOY%     
                                    
     $             $                

Service revenue

              

E-commerce

     2,422,740           3,118,931           28.7

Digital Financial Services

     499,364                  787,117           57.6

Digital Entertainment

     458,119           495,589           8.2

Other Services(1)

     27,916           32,900           17.9

Sales of goods

     326,190           406,563           24.6
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

Total revenue

     3,734,329           4,841,100           29.6
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

(1) 

Other services are a combination of multiple business activities that do not meet the quantitative threshold to qualify as reportable segments.

 

    

E-commerce: Our e-commerce service GAAP revenue increased by 28.7% to US$3.1 billion in the first quarter of 2025 from US$2.4 billion in the first quarter of 2024, primarily driven by the growth of GMV.

 

    

Digital Financial Services: Our digital financial services GAAP revenue increased by 57.6% to US$787.1 million in the first quarter of 2025 from US$499.4 million in the first quarter of 2024, primarily driven by the growth of our credit business as our lending activities increased.

 

    

Digital Entertainment: Our digital entertainment GAAP revenue increased by 8.2% to US$495.6 million in the first quarter of 2025 from US$458.1 million in the first quarter of 2024. This increase was primarily due to the increase in our active user base as well as the deepened paying user penetration.

 

    

Sales of goods: GAAP revenue increased by 24.6% to US$406.6 million in the first quarter of 2025 from US$326.2 million in the first quarter of 2024.

 

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Cost of Revenue

Our total cost of revenue was US$2.6 billion in the first quarter of 2025, as compared to US$2.2 billion in the first quarter of 2024. The table below sets forth our cost of revenue breakdown. Amounts are expressed in thousands of US dollars (“$”).

 

    

For the Three Months

ended March 31,

               
        2024                   2025                   YOY%     
                                    
     $             $                

Cost of service

              

E-commerce

     1,627,509           1,934,323                  18.9

Digital Financial Services

     78,301                        106,433           35.9

Digital Entertainment

     155,977           181,004           16.0

Other Services(1)

     9,244           9,358           1.2

Cost of goods sold

           309,548           373,789           20.8
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

Total cost of revenue

     2,180,579           2,604,907           19.5
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

(1) 

Other services are a combination of multiple business activities that do not meet the quantitative threshold to qualify as reportable segments.

 

    

E-commerce: Cost of revenue was US$1.9 billion in the first quarter of 2025, as compared to US$1.6 billion in the first quarter of 2024, primarily driven by an increase in logistics costs as orders volume grew.

 

    

Digital Financial Services: Cost of revenue was US$106.4 million in the first quarter of 2025, as compared to US$78.3 million in the first quarter of 2024, primarily driven by server and hosting expenses, interest expenses due to the growth in customer deposits under our banking business, and other costs associated with our credit business.

 

    

Digital Entertainment: Cost of revenue was US$181.0 million in the first quarter of 2025, as compared to US$156.0 million in the first quarter of 2024, primarily due to higher royalties associated with the use of third-party intellectual properties.

 

    

Cost of goods sold: Cost of goods sold increased by 20.8% to US$373.8 million in the first quarter of 2025 from US$309.5 million in the first quarter of 2024.

Other Operating Income

Our other operating income was US$34.9 million and US$44.0 million in the first quarter of 2025 and 2024, respectively. Other operating income mainly consists of rebates from e-commerce related logistics services providers.

 

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Sales and Marketing Expenses

Our total sales and marketing expenses increased by 20.8% to US$929.7 million in the first quarter of 2025 from US$769.6 million in the first quarter of 2024. The table below sets forth breakdown of the sales and marketing expenses of our major reporting segments. Amounts are expressed in thousands of US dollars (“$”).

 

     For the Three Months
ended March 31,
        
        2024            2025            YOY%     
     $      $         

Sales and Marketing Expenses

        

E-commerce

           675,881              777,492                15.0

Digital Financial Services

     56,768        96,261        69.6

Digital Entertainment

     19,376        28,906        49.2

General and Administrative Expenses

Our general and administrative expenses increased by 5.6% to US$307.2 million in the first quarter of 2025 from US$290.9 million in the first quarter of 2024.

Provision for Credit Losses

Our provision for credit losses increased by 74.3% to US$281.9 million in the first quarter of 2025 from US$161.8 million in the first quarter of 2024.

Research and Development Expenses

Our research and development expenses decreased by 2.8% to US$295.9 million in the first quarter of 2025 from US$304.4 million in the first quarter of 2024.

Non-operating Income or Losses, Net

Non-operating income or losses mainly consist of interest income, interest expense, investment gain (loss), foreign exchange gain (loss) and gain (loss) on debt extinguishment. We recorded a net non-operating income of US$89.2 million in the first quarter of 2025, as compared to a net non-operating loss of US$(17.5) million in the first quarter of 2024. The non-operating income in the first quarter of 2025 was primarily due to interest income of US$88.8 million.

Income Tax Expense

We had a net income tax expense of US$136.3 million and US$78.8 million in the first quarter of 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Net Income or Loss

As a result of the foregoing, we had net income of US$410.8 million in the first quarter of 2025, as compared to net loss of US$(23.0) million in the first quarter of 2024.

 

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Basic and Diluted Earnings or Loss Per Share Attributable to Sea Limited’s Ordinary Shareholders

Basic earnings per share attributable to Sea Limited’s ordinary shareholders was US$0.68 in the first quarter of 2025, compared to basic loss per share attributable to Sea Limited’s ordinary shareholders of US$(0.04) in the first quarter of 2024.

Diluted earnings per share attributable to Sea Limited’s ordinary shareholders was US$0.65 in the first quarter of 2025, compared to diluted loss per share attributable to Sea Limited’s ordinary shareholders of US$(0.04) in the first quarter of 2024.

 

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Webcast and Conference Call Information

The Company’s management will host a conference call today to review Sea’s business and financial performance.

Details of the conference call and webcast are as follows:

 

Date and time:

 

7:30 AM U.S. Eastern Time on May 13, 2025

7:30 PM Singapore / Hong Kong Time on May 13, 2025

Webcast link:

  https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/514818182

A replay of the conference call will be available at the Company’s investor relations website (www.sea.com/investor/home). An archived webcast will be available at the same link above.

For enquiries, please contact:

Investors / analysts: ir@sea.com

Media: media@sea.com

About Sea Limited

Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) is a leading global consumer internet company founded in Singapore in 2009. Its mission is to better the lives of consumers and small businesses with technology. Sea operates three core businesses across digital entertainment, e-commerce, as well as digital financial services, known as Garena, Shopee and Monee, respectively. Garena is a leading global online games developer and publisher. Shopee is the largest pan-regional e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan and has a significant presence in Latin America. Monee is a leading digital financial services provider in Southeast Asia and is growing its presence in Brazil.

 

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Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “may,” “could,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “aim,” “future,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “estimate,” “likely to,” “potential,” “confident,” “guidance,” and similar statements. Among other things, statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Sea’s beliefs and expectations, the business, financial and market outlook, and projections from its management in this announcement, as well as Sea’s strategic and operational plans, contain forward-looking statements. Sea may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases, and other written materials, and in oral statements made by its officers, directors, or employees to third parties. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: Sea’s goals and strategies; its future business development, financial condition, financial results, and results of operations; the expected growth in, and market size of, the digital entertainment, e-commerce and digital financial services industries in the markets where it operates, including segments within those industries; expected changes or guidance in its revenue, costs or expenditures; its ability to continue to source, develop and offer new and attractive online games and to offer other engaging digital entertainment content; the expected growth of its digital entertainment, e-commerce and digital financial services businesses; its expectations regarding growth in its user base, level of engagement, and monetization; its ability to continue to develop new technologies and/or upgrade its existing technologies; growth and trends of its markets and competition in its industries; government policies and regulations relating to its industries, including the effects of any government orders or actions on its businesses; general economic, political, social and business conditions in its markets; and the impact of widespread health developments. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in Sea’s filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and Sea undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.

 

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, we use the following non-GAAP financial measures to help evaluate our operating performance:

 

“Adjusted EBITDA” for our digital entertainment segment represents operating income (loss) plus (a) depreciation and amortization expenses, and (b) the net effect of changes in deferred revenue and its related cost for our digital entertainment segment. We believe that the segment adjusted EBITDA helps to identify underlying trends in our operating results, enhancing their understanding of the past performance and future prospects.

 

“Adjusted EBITDA” for our e-commerce segment, digital financial services segment and other services segment represents operating income (loss) plus depreciation and amortization expenses. We believe that the segment adjusted EBITDA helps to identify underlying trends in our operating results, enhancing their understanding of the past performance and future prospects.

 

“Total adjusted EBITDA” represents the sum of adjusted EBITDA of all our segments combined, plus unallocated expenses. We believe that the total adjusted EBITDA helps to identify underlying trends in our operating results, enhancing their understanding of the past performance and future prospects.

These non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools. None of the above financial measures should be considered in isolation or construed as an alternative to revenue, net loss/income, or any other measure of performance or as an indicator of our operating performance. These non-GAAP financial measures presented here may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. Other companies may calculate similarly titled measures differently, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures to Sea’s data. We compensate for these limitations by reconciling the non-GAAP financial measures to their nearest U.S. GAAP financial measures, all of which should be considered when evaluating our performance. We encourage you to review our financial information in its entirety and not rely on any single financial measure.

 

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The tables below present selected financial information of our reporting segments, the non-GAAP financial measures that are most directly comparable to GAAP financial measures, and the related reconciliations between the financial measures. Amounts are expressed in thousands of US dollars (“$”) except for number of shares & per share data.

 

     For the Three Months ended March 31, 2025  
     E-commerce     Digital
  Financial  
Services
     Digital
Entertainment
     Other
  Services(1)  
     Unallocated 
expenses(2)
     Consolidated   
     $     $      $      $     $     $  

Operating income (loss)

     195,002       228,612        220,031        (11,006     (176,235     456,404  

Net effect of changes in deferred revenue and its related cost

     -       -        233,436        -       -       233,436  

Depreciation and Amortization

     69,415       12,827        4,739        1,896       -       88,877  

Share-based compensation

     -       -        -        -       167,792       167,792  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

     264,417       241,439        458,206        (9,110     (8,443     946,509  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
        
     For the Three Months ended March 31, 2024  
     E-commerce     Digital
Financial
Services
     Digital
Entertainment
     Other
Services(1)
    Unallocated
expenses(2)
    Consolidated  
     $     $      $      $     $     $  

Operating (loss) income

     (97,335     134,443        236,198        (13,787     (188,427     71,092  

Net effect of changes in deferred revenue and its related cost

     -       -        46,701        -       -       46,701  

Depreciation and Amortization

     75,635       14,215        9,309        3,116       -       102,275  

Share-based compensation

     -       -        -        -       181,081       181,081  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

     (21,700     148,658        292,208        (10,671     (7,346     401,149  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(1) A combination of multiple business activities that do not meet the quantitative thresholds to qualify as reportable segments are grouped together as “Other Services”.

(2) Unallocated expenses are mainly related to share-based compensation, and general and corporate administrative costs such as professional fees and other miscellaneous items that are not allocated to segments. These expenses are excluded from segment results as they are not reviewed by the CODM as part of segment performance.

 

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UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Amounts expressed in thousands of US dollars (“$”) except for number of shares & per share data

 

 

     For the Three Months
ended March 31,
 
     2024     2025  
     $     $  

Revenue

    

Service revenue

     3,408,139       4,434,537  

Sales of goods

     326,190       406,563  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     3,734,329       4,841,100  
    

Cost of revenue

    

Cost of service

     (1,871,031     (2,231,118

Cost of goods sold

     (309,548     (373,789
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total cost of revenue

     (2,180,579     (2,604,907
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     1,553,750       2,236,193  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
    

Operating income (expenses):

    

Other operating income

     43,977       34,901  

Sales and marketing expenses

     (769,635     (929,699

General and administrative expenses

     (290,854     (307,189

Provision for credit losses

     (161,767     (281,944

Research and development expenses

     (304,379     (295,858
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     (1,482,658     (1,779,789 )  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

     71,092       456,404  

Interest income

     87,115       88,823  

Interest expense

     (9,718     (9,081

Investment loss, net

     (111,244     (522

Net gain on debt extinguishment

     27,112       10,602  

Foreign exchange loss

     (10,806     (614
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before income tax and share of results of equity investees

     53,551       545,612  

Income tax expense

     (78,760     (136,315

Share of results of equity investees

     2,209       1,528  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

     (23,000     410,825  

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

     (663     (7,775
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss) income attributable to Sea Limited’s ordinary shareholders

     (23,663     403,050  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
    

(Loss) Earnings per share:

    

Basic

     (0.04     0.68  

Diluted

     (0.04     0.65  
    

Weighted average shares used in (loss) earnings per share computation:

    

Basic

     570,937,761       590,286,824  

Diluted

     570,937,761       634,637,711  

 

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UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

Amounts expressed in thousands of US dollars (“$”)

 

 

    

As of

    December 31,    

    

As of

    March 31,    

 
     2024      2025  
     $      $  

ASSETS

     

Current assets

     

Cash and cash equivalents

     2,405,153        2,183,030  

Restricted cash

     1,655,171        1,810,071  

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $5,089 and $7,043, as of December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2025 respectively

     306,657        342,319  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     1,661,373        1,863,143  

Loans receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $443,555 and $516,332, as of December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2025 respectively

     4,052,215        4,674,606  

Inventories, net

     143,246        172,696  

Short-term investments

     6,215,423        6,243,214  

Amounts due from related parties

     418,430        490,221  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

     16,857,668        17,779,300  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     

Non-current assets

     

Property and equipment, net

     1,097,699        1,081,491  

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net

     1,054,785        1,166,823  

Intangible assets, net

     27,310        20,605  

Long-term investments

     2,694,305        2,828,545  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     138,839        171,885  

Loans receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $5,780 and $7,667, as of December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2025 respectively

     108,594        152,173  

Restricted cash

     21,261        22,895  

Deferred tax assets

     517,383        513,325  

Goodwill

     107,625        106,031  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

     5,767,801        6,063,773  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     22,625,469        23,843,073  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

Amounts expressed in thousands of US dollars (“$”)

 

 

    

As of

    December 31,    

    

As of

    March 31,    

 
     2024      2025  
     $      $  

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

     

Current liabilities

     

Accounts payable

     350,021        320,948  

Accrued expenses and other payables

     2,380,371        2,163,786  

Deposits payable

     2,711,693        3,154,334  

Escrow payables and advances from customers

     2,498,094        2,603,794  

Amounts due to related parties

     255,896        188,973  

Borrowings

     130,615        120,502  

Operating lease liabilities

     300,274        311,707  

Convertible notes

     1,147,984        1,148,395  

Deferred revenue

     1,405,785        1,630,687  

Income tax payable

     115,419        158,141  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     11,296,152        11,801,267  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     

Non-current liabilities

     

Accrued expenses and other payables

     71,678        77,506  

Borrowings

     249,474        329,577  

Operating lease liabilities

     803,502        907,743  

Deferred revenue

     109,895        189,150  

Convertible notes

     1,478,784        1,330,217  

Deferred tax liabilities

     408        1,172  

Unrecognized tax benefits

     138,000        132,100  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-current liabilities

     2,851,741        2,967,465  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     14,147,893        14,768,732  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

Amounts expressed in thousands of US dollars (“$”)

 

 

    

As of

    December 31,    

    

As of

    March 31,    

 
     2024      2025  
     $      $  

Shareholders’ equity

     

Class A Ordinary shares

     272        273  

Class B Ordinary shares

     23        23  

Additional paid-in capital

     16,703,192        16,886,015  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (193,148      (187,939

Statutory reserves

     17,260        17,260  

Accumulated deficit

     (8,155,264      (7,752,214
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Sea Limited shareholders’ equity

     8,372,335        8,963,418  

Non-controlling interests

     105,241        110,923  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

     8,477,576        9,074,341  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

     22,625,469        23,843,073  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Amounts expressed in thousands of US dollars (“$”)

 

 

     For the Three Months
ended March 31,
 
     2024     2025  
     $     $  

Net cash generated from operating activities

     468,494       756,931  

Net cash used in investing activities

     (853,786     (1,114,732

Net cash generated from financing activities

     183,831       274,387  

Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

     (72,819     17,825  

Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

     (274,280     (65,589

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of the period

     4,243,657       4,081,585  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of the period

        3,969,377          4,015,996  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities amounted to US$1,115 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. This was primarily attributable to increase in loans receivable of our credit business of US$942 million. Net cash generated from financing activities amounted to US$274 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. This was primarily attributable to an increase in bank deposits of US$328 million, offset by the cash used in repurchase of convertible notes of US$139 million.

 

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UNAUDITED SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company has three reportable segments, namely e-commerce, digital financial services and digital entertainment. The Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), comprising our senior management team, reviews the performance of each segment based on revenue and certain key operating metrics of the operations and uses these results for the purposes of allocating resources to and evaluating the financial performance of each segment. Amounts are expressed in thousands of US dollars (“$”).

 

     For the Three Months ended March 31, 2025  
     E-commerce     Digital
Financial
Services
    Digital
Entertainment
    Other
Services(1)
    Total  
     $     $     $     $     $  

Revenue

     3,524,186       787,117       495,589       34,208       4,841,100  

Less(2)

          

Cost of revenue

     (2,307,199     (106,433     (181,004     -    

Sales and marketing expenses

     (777,492     (96,261     (28,906     -    

Provision for credit losses

     -       (277,562     -       -    

Other operating expenses(3)

     (244,493     (78,249     (65,648     (45,214  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating segment income (loss)

     195,002       228,612       220,031       (11,006     632,639  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unallocated expenses(4)

             (176,235
          

 

 

 

Operating income

             456,404  

Non-operating income, net

             89,208  

Income tax expense

             (136,315

Share of results of equity investees

             1,528  
          

 

 

 

Net income

             410,825  
          

 

 

 

 

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     For the Three Months ended March 31, 2024  
     E-commerce     Digital
Financial
Services
    Digital
Entertainment
    Other
Services(1)
    Total  
     $     $     $     $     $  

Revenue

     2,747,768       499,364       458,119       29,078       3,734,329  

Less(2)

          

Cost of revenue

     (1,936,340     (78,301     (155,977     -    

Sales and marketing expenses

     (675,881     (56,768     (19,376     -    

Provision for credit losses

     -       (161,729     -       -    

Other operating expenses(3)

     (232,882     (68,123     (46,568     (42,865  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating segment (loss) income

     (97,335     134,443       236,198       (13,787     259,519  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unallocated expenses(4)

             (188,427
          

 

 

 

Operating income

             71,092  

Non-operating loss, net

             (17,541

Income tax expense

             (78,760

Share of results of equity investees

             2,209  
          

 

 

 

Net loss

             (23,000
          

 

 

 

(1) A combination of multiple business activities that do not meet the quantitative thresholds to qualify as reportable segments are grouped together as “Other Services”.

(2) The significant expenses categories and other income amounts align with the segmental-level information that is regularly provided to the CODM.

(3) Other operating expenses for E-commerce and Digital Entertainment include general and administrative expenses, research and development expenses and provision for credit losses, net of other operating income. Other operating expenses for Digital Financial Services include general and administrative expenses and research and development expenses, net of other operating income.

(4) Unallocated expenses are mainly related to share-based compensation, and general and corporate administrative costs such as professional fees and other miscellaneous items that are not allocated to segments. These expenses are excluded from segment results as they are not reviewed by the CODM as part of segment performance.

 

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