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Sea (SE) Piotroski F-Score : 7 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is Sea Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 7, indicates a very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Sea has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sea's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

SE' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6   Max: 7
Current: 7

During the past 10 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Sea was 7. The lowest was 3. And the median was 6.


Sea Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sea's Piotroski F-Score 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 Piotroski F-Score Chart

Sea Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.00 6.00 7.00 4.00 7.00

Sea Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score 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 4.00 5.00 6.00 8.00 7.00

Competitive Comparison of Sea's Piotroski F-Score

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Sea's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score 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 Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sea's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sea's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* 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.

This Year (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Net Income was 88.075 + 321.605 + -143.978 + -109.74 = $156 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 605.536 + 595.48 + 599.839 + 278.833 = $2,080 Mil.
Revenue was 3041.104 + 3095.66 + 3310.168 + 3616.628 = $13,064 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1416.69 + 1450.878 + 1441.292 + 1524.787 = $5,834 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(17002.796 + 17243.922 + 17652.316 + 18025.11 + 18883.232) / 5 = $17761.4752 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $17,003 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,859 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $11,774 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $8,169 Mil.
Net Income was -579.809 + -931.199 + -569.275 + 426.798 = $-1,653 Mil.

Revenue was 2899.571 + 2942.599 + 3155.951 + 3451.584 = $12,450 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1170.028 + 1090.218 + 1227.718 + 1697.313 = $5,185 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(18756.025 + 18334.639 + 17467.717 + 17282.288 + 17002.796) / 5 = $17768.693 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $18,756 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,107 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $12,688 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $6,936 Mil.

*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Sea's current Net Income (TTM) was 156. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)

Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Sea's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 2,080. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 3. Change in Return on Assets

Compare this year's return on assets (1) to last year's return on assets.

Score 1 if it's higher, 0 if it's lower.

ROA (This Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=155.962/17002.796
=0.00917273

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=-1653.485/18756.025
=-0.08815754

Sea's return on assets of this year was 0.00917273. Sea's return on assets of last year was -0.08815754. ==> This year is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)

Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)

Score 1 if CFROA > ROA, 0 if CFROA <= ROA.

Sea's current Net Income (TTM) was 156. Sea's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 2,080. ==> 2,080 > 156 ==> CFROA > ROA ==> Score 1.

Funding

Question 5. Change in Gearing or Leverage

Compare this year's gearing (long-term debt divided by average total assets) to last year's gearing.

Score 0 if this year's gearing is higher, 1 otherwise.

Gearing (This Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=3858.622/17761.4752
=0.21724671

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=4107.412/17768.693
=0.23116005

Sea's gearing of this year was 0.21724671. Sea's gearing of last year was 0.23116005. ==> This year is lower or equal to last year. ==> Score 1.

Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)

Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.

Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Current Ratio (This Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=11773.934/8168.941
=1.44130482

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=12688.012/6935.692
=1.82937939

Sea's current ratio of this year was 1.44130482. Sea's current ratio of last year was 1.82937939. ==> Last year's current ratio is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue

Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.

Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.

Sea's number of shares in issue this year was 569.528. Sea's number of shares in issue last year was 560.351. ==> There is larger number of shares in issue this year. ==> Score 0.

Efficiency

Question 8. Change in Gross Margin

Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.

Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.

Gross Margin (This Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=5833.647/13063.56
=0.44655875

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=5185.277/12449.705
=0.41649798

Sea's gross margin of this year was 0.44655875. Sea's gross margin of last year was 0.41649798. ==> This year's gross margin is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 9. Change in asset turnover

Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.

Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (Dec22)
=13063.56/17002.796
=0.76831834

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=12449.705/18756.025
=0.66377097

Sea's asset turnover of this year was 0.76831834. Sea's asset turnover of last year was 0.66377097. ==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=1+1+1+1+1+0+0+1+1
=7

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Sea has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Sea  (NYSE:SE) Piotroski F-Score Explanation

The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers" (pdf).

He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.

What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.

Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.

Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).

Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.


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Sea (SE) Business Description

Address
1 Fusionopolis Place, No. 17-10, Galaxis, Singapore, SGP, 138522
Sea operates Southeast Asia's largest e-commerce company, Shopee, in terms of gross merchandise value and number of transactions. Sea started as a gaming business, Garena, but in 2015 expanded into e-commerce, which is now the main growth driver. Shopee is a hybrid C2C and B2C marketplace platform operating in eight core markets. Indonesia accounts for 35% of GMV, with the rest split mainly among Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines. For Garena, Free Fire was the most downloaded game in January 2022 and accounted for 74% of gaming revenue in 2021. Sea's third business, SeaMoney, provides mostly credit lending.

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