Vivid Seats (NASDAQ:SEAT – Get Rating) is one of 29 public companies in the “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Vivid Seats to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Vivid Seats and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Vivid Seats | $600.27 million | $28.66 million | 18.75 |
Vivid Seats Competitors | $4.54 billion | $142.93 million | 17.49 |
Vivid Seats’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Vivid Seats. Vivid Seats is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Analyst Ratings
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Vivid Seats | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2.57 |
Vivid Seats Competitors | 145 | 821 | 1828 | 49 | 2.63 |
Vivid Seats currently has a consensus target price of $11.13, suggesting a potential upside of 64.81%. As a group, “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” companies have a potential upside of 28.45%. Given Vivid Seats’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vivid Seats is more favorable than its rivals.
Profitability
This table compares Vivid Seats and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Vivid Seats | 4.77% | -5.44% | 2.37% |
Vivid Seats Competitors | -122.43% | -37.24% | -18.87% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
31.4% of Vivid Seats shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.3% of shares of all “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 23.3% of shares of all “Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
Vivid Seats has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vivid Seats’ rivals have a beta of 1.27, meaning that their average stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vivid Seats rivals beat Vivid Seats on 8 of the 13 factors compared.
About Vivid Seats
Vivid Seats Inc. operates as an online secondary marketplace for tickets in the United States and Canada. The company operates in two segments, Marketplace and Resale. The Marketplace segment acts as an intermediary between event ticket buyers and sellers; processes ticket sales on its website and mobile applications through its distribution partners; and sells tickets for live sports, concerts, and theater shows, and other live events. This segment offers Skybox, a proprietary enterprise resource planning tool that helps ticket sellers manage ticket inventories, adjust pricing, and fulfill orders across multiple ticket resale marketplaces. The Resale segment acquires tickets to resell on secondary ticket marketplaces; and provides internal research and development support for Skybox and to deliver seller software and tools. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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