Sea (SE) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2020)
Sea's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 16.31% in the year ended Dec 31, 2025, up 8.63 percentage points from 7.68% a year earlier.
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Sea (SE) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2020) Analysis & Trends
From the year ended Dec 31, 2017 onward, Sea has reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] for 9 years.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has now increased for three consecutive years, with a five-year change of +45.06 percentage points (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- The figure for the year ended Dec 31, 2025 marks the highest annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in data going back to the year ended Dec 31, 2017.
- Per Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in earlier years was 7.68% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+4.24 pp), 3.44% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+22.98 pp), -19.54% in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-2.00 pp) and -17.54% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+11.22 pp).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphabet | 3,462.85 Bn | 3,197.75 Bn | 76.16 Bn | 16.69% |
| 2 | Meta Platforms | 1,559.43 Bn | 1,223.94 Bn | 51.23 Bn | 21.70% |
| 3 | Netflix | 262.12 Bn | 223.42 Bn | 6.80 Bn | 29.22% |
| 4 | Alibaba Group Holding | 253.57 Bn | 67.20 Bn | 15.16 Bn | 2.39% |
| 5 | Shopify | 191.77 Bn | 170.57 Bn | 1.78 Bn | - |
| 6 | Uber Technologies | 139.89 Bn | 110.71 Bn | 6.42 Bn | 12.36% |
| 7 | AppLovin | 130.31 Bn | 118.84 Bn | 1.94 Bn | 74.11% |
| 8 | Spotify Technology | 123.80 Bn | 80.72 Bn | 1.89 Bn | - |
| 9 | Booking Holdings | 120.61 Bn | 54.35 Bn | - | 75.14% |
| 10 | Sea | 44.87 Bn | 4.76 Bn | 3.55 Bn | - |
API Access
Sea Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=SE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "SE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=SE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();