Vivid Seats (SEAT) Competitors

Vivid Seats (NASDAQ:SEAT) and iQIYI (NASDAQ:IQ) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility & risk, SEAT or IQ?

Vivid Seats has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iQIYI has a beta of 0.05, meaning that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

39.9% of Vivid Seats shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of iQIYI shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.2% of Vivid Seats shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of iQIYI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, SEAT or IQ?

iQIYI has higher revenue and earnings than Vivid Seats.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vivid Seats	$775.59M	0.79	$74.54M	N/A	N/A
iQIYI	$29.23B	0.07	$271.20M	$0.10	22.50

Does the media prefer SEAT or IQ?

In the previous week, Vivid Seats had 28 more articles in the media than iQIYI. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Vivid Seats and 5 mentions for iQIYI. iQIYI's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Vivid Seats' score of 0.40 indicating that iQIYI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vivid Seats	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	22 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
iQIYI	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate SEAT or IQ?

Vivid Seats currently has a consensus price target of $5.49, indicating a potential upside of 87.25%. iQIYI has a consensus price target of $2.91, indicating a potential upside of 29.33%. Given Vivid Seats' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vivid Seats is more favorable than iQIYI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vivid Seats	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
iQIYI	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is SEAT or IQ more profitable?

Vivid Seats has a net margin of 4.56% compared to iQIYI's net margin of 2.62%. Vivid Seats' return on equity of 21.29% beat iQIYI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vivid Seats	4.56%	21.29%	2.43%
iQIYI	2.62%	7.62%	2.17%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SEAT or IQ?

iQIYI received 379 more outperform votes than Vivid Seats when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.48% of users gave iQIYI an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave Vivid Seats an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vivid Seats	Outperform Votes 36 46.15%	Underperform Votes 42 53.85%
iQIYI	Outperform Votes 415 68.48%	Underperform Votes 191 31.52%

Summary

Vivid Seats beats iQIYI on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.