Communication Services
Vivid Seats Inc.(SEAT)
Live Price
Offline$7.76
-9.03% today
1Y Change
-77.49%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 8, 2026
- Market Cap
- $50.00M
- Revenue Growth
- -26.4%
- EPS Growth
- -4269.0%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 241 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 8, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Vivid Seats Inc. (SEAT) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $50.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $7.76 and down 77.5% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 8, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -26.4%, EPS growth of -4269.0%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -26.4%, EPS -4269.0%, free cash flow -288.7% with operating margin -7.3% and ROIC -12.3%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.1. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines SEAT price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-26.4% vs +5.5% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
-7.3% vs +3.6% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 5, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -26.4% and EPS is at -4269.0%, with operating margin around -7.3%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +4.3% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 5, 2026 | โ | +6.6% | +21.2% | +21.8% |
2026 Mar 12, 2026 | -474.0% | +4.4% | +7.8% | +7.3% |
2025 Nov 6, 2025 | -13.7% | -0.1% | -16.0% | -27.7% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
Compare this ticker against a broad index, growth benchmark, or sector ETF using a shared 1Y normalization window.
SEAT
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
SEAT Max Drawdown
-86.55%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for SEAT and SPY.
Company Overview
Vivid Seats Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
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.
- Leadership
- Lawrence C. Fey
- IPO Date
- Oct 20, 2021
- Employees
- 768
- Street Address
- 111 North Canal Street
- Mailing
- Chicago, IL, 60606
- Region
- Chicago, IL, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 312 291 9966
- Last Updated
- May 4, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- 0.2
- Price/Sales
- 0.1
- Price/Book
- โ
Growth
- Revenue
- -26.4%
- EPS
- -4269.0%
- Free Cash Flow
- -288.7%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 61.0%
- Operating Margin
- -7.3%
- Net Margin
- -75.2%
- ROE
- -218.7%
- ROIC
- -12.3%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- โ
- Current Ratio
- 0.59
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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