Vivid Seats (SEAT) Competitors

Rush Street Interactive (NYSE:RSI) and Vivid Seats (NASDAQ:SEAT) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Which has more risk and volatility, RSI or SEAT?

Rush Street Interactive has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vivid Seats has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RSI or SEAT?

Rush Street Interactive received 21 more outperform votes than Vivid Seats when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.71% of users gave Rush Street Interactive an outperform vote while only 47.22% of users gave Vivid Seats an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rush Street Interactive	Outperform Votes 55 64.71%	Underperform Votes 30 35.29%
Vivid Seats	Outperform Votes 34 47.22%	Underperform Votes 38 52.78%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of RSI or SEAT?

24.8% of Rush Street Interactive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.9% of Vivid Seats shares are held by institutional investors. 56.9% of Rush Street Interactive shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.2% of Vivid Seats shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is RSI or SEAT more profitable?

Vivid Seats has a net margin of 4.56% compared to Rush Street Interactive's net margin of -0.16%. Vivid Seats' return on equity of 21.29% beat Rush Street Interactive's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rush Street Interactive	-0.16%	-3.73%	-1.93%
Vivid Seats	4.56%	21.29%	2.43%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, RSI or SEAT?

Vivid Seats has higher revenue and earnings than Rush Street Interactive.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rush Street Interactive	$691.16M	4.91	-$18.31M	-$0.02	-751.20
Vivid Seats	$712.88M	1.39	$74.54M	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer RSI or SEAT?

Rush Street Interactive presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.82%. Vivid Seats has a consensus price target of $6.63, suggesting a potential upside of 38.60%. Given Vivid Seats' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vivid Seats is more favorable than Rush Street Interactive.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rush Street Interactive	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Vivid Seats	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70

Does the media prefer RSI or SEAT?

In the previous week, Rush Street Interactive had 1 more articles in the media than Vivid Seats. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Rush Street Interactive and 24 mentions for Vivid Seats. Rush Street Interactive's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Vivid Seats' score of 0.05 indicating that Rush Street Interactive is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rush Street Interactive	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Vivid Seats	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Vivid Seats beats Rush Street Interactive on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.