SEA’s major tech stocks compared: Returns crash across the board

We don’t often put the spotlight on the returns of tech stocks. After all, we’re not a publication that focuses on retail investors.

That said, stock performance does matter to the long-term health of a region’s tech industry. After all, if Sea Group’s and Grab’s stock prices soar, you can bet that institutional investors will pay even more attention to Southeast Asia.

If that happens, founders and investors in the region’s ascending tech firms will have much better odds of finally cashing out and making sweet returns. These people, in turn, will have money to back the next wave of entrepreneurs.

The chart above breaks down the returns of Southeast Asia’s leading listed tech stocks on a trailing 12-month basis. Below, we present the returns on investment over a six-month period.

Finally, we compare movements in stock prices starting from each company’s IPO date.

Here’s a list of the first trading day of each firm:

• Sea Group: October 20, 2017
• Bukalapak: August 6, 2021
• TDCX: October 1, 2021
• Grab: December 1, 2021
• PropertyGuru: March 22, 2022
• GoTo: April 11, 2022

For a comparison of these companies’ operational and financial metrics, head here.

For an even deeper breakdown of these firms’ numbers, check these out:

• Sea Group’s financial health in 8 charts
• Grab’s financial health in 9 charts
• GoTo Group’s financial health in 4 charts
• Bukalapak’s financial performance in 7 charts
• PropertyGuru’s financial health in 5 charts