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Sea (MEX:SE) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 22.19 (As of Apr. 25, 2025)


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What is Sea Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2025-04-25), Sea's share price is MXN2276.00. Sea's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was MXN102.55. Hence, Sea's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 22.19.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sea's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

MEX:SE' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.77   Med: 139.27   Max: 2056.54
Current: 24.02

During the past 11 years, Sea's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 2056.54. The lowest was 9.77. And the median was 139.27.

MEX:SE's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
74.42% of 739 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 10.7 vs MEX:SE: 24.02

Sea's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was MXN34.87. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was MXN102.55.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Sea was 59.50% per year.

During the past 11 years, Sea's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 94.40% per year. The lowest was -121.30% per year. And the median was -33.30% per year.


Sea Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sea's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Sea Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Sea Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 477.34 - - 13.22 21.71

Sea Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.22 15.91 21.23 22.92 21.71

Competitive Comparison of Sea's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Sea's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Sea's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sea's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sea's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.


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Sea Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Sea's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=2276.00/102.548
=22.19

Sea's Share Price of today is MXN2276.00.
Sea's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was MXN102.55.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Sea  (MEX:SE) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


Sea Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Related Terms

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Sea Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 Fusionopolis Place, No. 17-10, Galaxis, Singapore, SGP, 138522
Sea started as a gaming business, Garena, but in 2015 expanded into e-commerce. Sea operates Southeast Asia's largest e-commerce company, Shopee, in terms of gross merchandise value. Shopee is a hybrid C2C and B2C marketplace platform operating in Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Brazil. For Garena, Free Fire is the key revenue generating game. Sea's third business, SeaMoney, provides lending, payment, digital banking, and insurance services.As of March 31, 2024, Forrest Xiaodong Li, the founder, chairman and CEO, owned 59.8% of voting power and 18.5% of issued shares. Tencent owned 18.2% of issued shares with no voting power.

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