For the quarter ended March 2025, Sea Limited Sponsored ADR (SE) reported revenue of $5.12 billion, up 35.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.86, compared to $0.21 in the year-ago quarter.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of +4.21% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.91 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.93, the EPS surprise was -7.53%.

While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.

As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.

Here is how Sea Limited performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

Quarterly paying users: 65 versus 53 estimated by two analysts on average. Quarterly active users: 662 compared to the 657 average estimate based on two analysts. Revenue- E-Commerce: $3.52 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $3.63 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +28.3%. Revenue- Digital Financial Services: $787.12 million versus $733.24 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +57.6% change. Revenue- Other Services: $34.21 million versus $36.04 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +17.6% change. Adjusted EBITDA- Digital Entertainment: $458.21 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $322.55 million. Adjusted EBITDA- E-commerce: $264.42 million versus $169.07 million estimated by two analysts on average. Adjusted EBITDA- Unallocated expenses: -$8.44 million versus -$7.46 million estimated by two analysts on average. Adjusted EBITDA- Other Services: -$9.11 million compared to the -$11.98 million average estimate based on two analysts. Adjusted EBITDA- Digital Financial Services: $241.44 million compared to the $225.87 million average estimate based on two analysts.

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Shares of Sea Limited have returned +20% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +9.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.

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