SEA LIMITED Fourth Quarter and Full Year
2023 Results
March 2024
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Sea 4Q 2023 & FY 2023 Results | | 1 |
Total GAAP Revenue
US$ Millions
EC GAAP Revenue | DE GAAP Revenue | |
DFS GAAP Revenue | Other Services GAAP Revenue1 | |
+5% YoY | +5% YoY | |||
3,451.6 | 3,616.6 | 12,449.7 | 13,063.6 | |
42.2 | 61.9 | 131.3 | ||
19.8 | 510.8 | |||
2,172.0 | ||||
948.9 | 472.4 | 3,877.2 | 1,759.4 | |
380.2 | 1,222.0 |
2,102.7 | 2,591.3 | 7,288.7 | 9,000.8 |
4Q 2022 | 4Q 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 |
Note: Financial figures are unaudited.
1. A combination of multiple business activities that does not meet the quantitative thresholds to qualify as reportable segments are grouped together as "Other Services".
Sea 4Q 2023 & FY 2023 Results | | 2 |
Total Adjusted EBITDA
US$ Millions
EC Adjusted EBITDA | Other Services Adjusted EBITDA | |||||||||
DFS Adjusted EBITDA | Unallocated Expenses | |||||||||
DE Adjusted EBITDA | ||||||||||
495.7 | ||||||||||
126.7 | ||||||||||
258.2 | ||||||||||
75.6 | ||||||||||
217.4 | ||||||||||
196.1 | 148.5 | |||||||||
(25.4) | (225.3) | |||||||||
(8.9) | ||||||||||
(7.0) | ||||||||||
(6.9) | ||||||||||
4Q 2022 | 4Q 2023 |
1,179.2 | |||||
550.1 | |||||
1,313.1 | 920.9 | ||||
(228.6) | (213.8) | ||||
(44.9) | |||||
(33.2) | |||||
(1,690.6) | |||||
(239.1) | |
(878.1) | (33.0) |
FY 2022 | FY 2023 |
Note: Financial figures are unaudited. Please refer to the appendix for details on reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP figures.
Sea 4Q 2023 & FY 2023 Results | | 3 |
Cash, Cash Equivalents, STI1 & Other Treasury Investments2
US$ Billions
6.97.2
8.5
7.77.9
4Q 2022 | 1Q 2023 | 2Q 2023 | 3Q 2023 | 4Q 2023 |
Note: Financial figures are unaudited.
- Short-terminvestments ("STI").
- Other treasury investments currently consist of group treasury related investments, such as available-for-sale sovereign bonds and corporate bonds, classified as part of long-term investments.
Sea 4Q 2023 & FY 2023 Results | | 4 |
E-commerce
GAAP Marketplace Revenue
US$ Billions
Core Marketplace Revenue
Value-added Services Revenue
+23% YoY
2.3
1.8 | -5% YoY | 0.7 |
0.7
+41% YoY 1.6
1.1
4Q 2022 | 4Q 2023 |
Adjusted EBITDA
US$ Millions
Asia Markets Adjusted EBITDA
Other Markets Adjusted EBITDA
196.1
320.0
(192.9)
(32.4)
(123.9) (225.3)
4Q 2022 | 4Q 2023 |
Adjusted EBITDA in 4Q 2023 improved 35% sequentially from 3Q 2023.
Note: Financial figures are unaudited.
Sea 4Q 2023 & FY 2023 Results | | 5 |
E-commerce
Gross Orders | GMV |
Billions | US$ Billions |
+46% YoY | +29% YoY |
23.1
2.5
18.0
1.7
4Q 2022 | 4Q 2023 | 4Q 2022 | 4Q 2023 |
Sea 4Q 2023 & FY 2023 Results | | 6 |
Digital Financial Services
GAAP Revenue | As of the end of 4Q 2023: |
US$ Millions
+24% YoY
412.8 427.9 446.2
380.2
472.4
Consumer and SME loans principal outstanding was US$3.1 billion, up 27.0% year-on-year. This consists of US$2.5 billion on-book and US$0.6 billion off- book loans principal outstanding1.
Non-performing loans past due by more than 90 days as a percentage of consumer and SME loans on-book was 1.6%, stable quarter-on-quarter.
4Q 2022 | 1Q 2023 | 2Q 2023 | 3Q 2023 | 4Q 2023 |
Note: Financial figures are unaudited.
1. Off-book loans principal outstanding mainly refers to channeling arrangements, which is lending by other financial institutions on our platform.
Sea 4Q 2023 & FY 2023 Results | | 7 |
Digital Entertainment
DE Bookings1 | Quarterly Active Users | Quarterly Paying User Ratio |
US$ Millions | Millions | % |
543.6 | 544.5 | 544.1 | 528.7 | 9.0% | ||||||||||||
491.6 | ||||||||||||||||
462.3 | 485.5 | 7.7% | 7.9% | |||||||||||||
443.1 | 447.9 | 456.3 | 7.5% | 7.5% | ||||||||||||
4Q 2022 | 1Q 2023 | 2Q 2023 | 3Q 2023 | 4Q 2023 | 4Q 2022 | 1Q 2023 | 2Q 2023 | 3Q 2023 | 4Q 2023 | 4Q 2022 | 1Q 2023 | 2Q 2023 | 3Q 2023 | 4Q 2023 |
Note: Financial figures are unaudited.
1. 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.
Sea 4Q 2023 & FY 2023 Results | | 8 |
Gross Profit
US$ Billions | US$ Billions |
-10% YoY | +13% YoY |
1.75.8
1.5 | 5.2 |
4Q 2022 | 4Q 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 |
Note: Financial figures are unaudited.
Sea 4Q 2023 & FY 2023 Results | | 9 |
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