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BABA vs SE

Side-by-side comparison of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) and Sea Limited (SE): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both companies sit in the Consumer Discretionary sector. BABA focuses on Business Services, while SE focuses on Other Consumer Services.
  • BABA is the larger of the two at $248.84B, about 5.3x SE ($47.04B).
  • Over the past year, BABA is down 36.1% and SE is down 47.3% - BABA leads by 11.2 points.
  • SE has been more active in the news (9 items in the past 4 weeks vs 4 for BABA).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceBABA-36.11%SE-47.76%
2025-11-11+0.00%2026-11-10
MetricBABASE
Company
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Sea Limited
Price
$101.72-0.95%
$73.81-3.87%
Market cap
$248.84B
$47.04B
1M return
-7.32%
-21.93%
1Y return
-36.11%
-47.31%
Industry
Business Services
Other Consumer Services
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2014
2017
News (4w)
4
9
Recent ratings
25
25
BABA

Alibaba Group Holding Limited

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides online and mobile commerce businesses in the People's Republic of China and internationally. It operates through four segments: Core Commerce, Cloud Computing, Digital Media and Entertainment, and Innovation Initiatives and Others. The company operates Taobao Marketplace, a mobile commerce destination; Tmall, a third-party online and mobile commerce platform for brands and retailers; Alibaba Health Internet platforms for pharmaceutical and healthcare products; Alimama, a monetization platform; 1688.com and Alibaba.com, which are online wholesale marketplaces; AliExpress, a retail marketplace; Lazada, an e-commerce platform; and Tmall Global, an import e-commerce platform. It also operates Lingshoutong, a digital sourcing platform; Cainiao Network logistic services platform; Ele.me, a delivery and local services platform; Koubei, a restaurant and local services guide platform; and Fliggy, an online travel platform. In addition, the company offers pay-for-performance and display marketing services; and Taobao Ad Network and Exchange, a real-time bidding online marketing exchange. Further, it provides elastic computing, database, storage, virtualization network, large-scale computing, security, management and application, big data analytics, and Internet of Things and other services for enterprises; payment and escrow services; and movies, television series, variety shows, animations, and other video content. Additionally, the company operates Youku, an online video platform; Alibaba Pictures and other content platforms that provide online videos, films, live events, news feeds, literature, music, and others; Amap, a mobile digital map, navigation, and real-time traffic information app; DingTalk, a business efficiency app; and Tmall Genie, an AI-powered smart speaker. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.

SE

Sea Limited

Sea Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the digital entertainment, e-commerce, and digital financial service businesses in Southeast Asia, Latin America, rest of Asia, and internationally. It provides Garena digital entertainment platform for users to access mobile and PC online games, as well as eSports operations; and access to other entertainment content, such as livestreaming of gameplay and social features, such as user chat and online forums. The company also operates Shopee e-commerce platform, a mobile-centric marketplace that offers integrated payment and logistics infrastructure and seller services. In addition, it offers SeaMoney digital financial services to individuals and businesses, including mobile wallet and payment services AirPay, ShopeePay, SPayLater, and other digital financial services brands; and payment processing services for Shopee. The company was formerly known as Garena Interactive Holding Limited and changed its name to Sea Limited in April 2017. Sea Limited was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Singapore.

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