Vivid Seats (SEAT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Vivid Seats Inc. operates an online ticket marketplace in the United States, Canada, and Japan. 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 sports, concerts, theater events, 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; and Vivid Picks daily fantasy sports that allows users to partake in contests by making picks from various sport and player matchups. 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.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $2.41 to $2.75
• 50-Day Range: $2.45 to $4.47
• 52-Week Range: $2.36 to $6.09
• Volume: 2.19 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.36 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $505.59 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $5.49
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Vivid Seats Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Vivid Seats scored higher than 70% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 107th out of 321 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Vivid Seats has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.42, and is based on 6 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Vivid Seats has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 91.67%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Vivid Seats are expected to grow by 91.67% in the coming year, from $0.12 to $0.23 per share.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Vivid Seats has a PEG Ratio of 10.45. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Vivid Seats has a P/B Ratio of 5.04. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

14.71% of the float of Vivid Seats has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Vivid Seats has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.1.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Vivid Seats has recently decreased by 2.11%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Vivid Seats does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Vivid Seats does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

14.71% of the float of Vivid Seats has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Vivid Seats has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.1.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Vivid Seats has recently decreased by 2.11%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.29

News Sentiment

Vivid Seats has a news sentiment score of 0.29. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.82 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 23 news articles for Vivid Seats this week, compared to 20 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Vivid Seats to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Vivid Seats insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $6,235.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

57.20% of the stock of Vivid Seats is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 39.92% of the stock of Vivid Seats is held by institutions.

SEAT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have SEAT shares performed this year?

Vivid Seats' stock was trading at $4.63 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, SEAT stock has decreased by 47.7% and is now trading at $2.42.
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How were Vivid Seats' earnings last quarter?

Vivid Seats Inc. (NASDAQ:SEAT) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The company reported $0.04 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.03 by $0.01. The firm earned $186.61 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $186.61 million. Vivid Seats had a net margin of 4.56% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.29%.
Read the conference call transcript.

Who are Vivid Seats' major shareholders?

Vivid Seats' top institutional investors include Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. (0.64%) and Rhumbline Advisers (0.05%). Insiders that own company stock include Hoya Topco, Llc, Riva Bakal, Edward Pickus, Jonathan Miles Wagner, Emily T Epstein, Craig A Dixon and David E Morris.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Vivid Seats?

Shares of SEAT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Vivid Seats own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Vivid Seats investors own include YETI (YETI), NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Tesla (TSLA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Netflix (NFLX) and Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/07/2024
• Today: 4/16/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/06/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Business Services
• Industry: Miscellaneous amusement & recreation services
• Sub-Industry: Entertainment
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:SEAT
• CIK: 1856031
• Web: www.horizonacquisitioncorp.com
• Phone: 312-291-9966
• Fax: 203-298-5300
• Employees: 430
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $5.49
• High Stock Price Target: $9.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $2.60
• Potential Upside/Downside: +123.0%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.42
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 20.50
• P/E Growth: 10.45
• Net Income: $74.54 million
• Net Margins: 4.56%
• Pretax Margin: 4.36%
• Return on Equity: 21.29%
• Return on Assets: 2.43%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.17
• Current Ratio: 0.79
• Quick Ratio: 0.74

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $775.59 million
• Price / Sales: 0.66
• Cash Flow: $0.24 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.05
• Book Value: $0.48 per share
• Price / Book: 5.13

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 208,922,000
• Free Float: 88,915,000
• Market Cap: $513.95 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.11