Vivid Seats (SEAT) Competitors

Golden Entertainment (NASDAQ:GDEN) and Vivid Seats (NASDAQ:SEAT) are both small-cap entertainment companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Do analysts prefer GDEN or SEAT?

Golden Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $35.33, indicating a potential upside of 44.81%. Vivid Seats has a consensus price target of $47.00, indicating a potential upside of 176.15%. Given Vivid Seats' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vivid Seats is more favorable than Golden Entertainment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Golden Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Vivid Seats	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Does the media refer more to GDEN or SEAT?

In the previous week, Vivid Seats had 30 more articles in the media than Golden Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Vivid Seats and 3 mentions for Golden Entertainment. Golden Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Vivid Seats' score of 0.47 indicating that Golden Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Golden Entertainment	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Vivid Seats	7 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, GDEN or SEAT?

Golden Entertainment has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vivid Seats has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, GDEN or SEAT?

Golden Entertainment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vivid Seats.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Golden Entertainment	$666.82M	0.96	$50.73M	$0.54	45.19
Vivid Seats	$775.59M	0.23	$9.43M	N/A	N/A

Is GDEN or SEAT more profitable?

Golden Entertainment has a net margin of 2.35% compared to Vivid Seats' net margin of -20.35%. Vivid Seats' return on equity of 8.93% beat Golden Entertainment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Golden Entertainment	2.35%	3.23%	1.43%
Vivid Seats	-20.35%	8.93%	1.77%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GDEN or SEAT?

70.7% of Golden Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.9% of Vivid Seats shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.5% of Golden Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 89.2% of Vivid Seats shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Golden Entertainment beats Vivid Seats on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.