Vivid Seats (SEAT) Competitors

Vivid Seats (NASDAQ:SEAT) and MSG Entertainment (NYSE:MSGE) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SEAT or MSGE?

Vivid Seats received 16 more outperform votes than MSG Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.99% of users gave Vivid Seats an outperform vote while only 39.66% of users gave MSG Entertainment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vivid Seats	Outperform Votes 39 46.99%	Underperform Votes 44 53.01%
MSG Entertainment	Outperform Votes 23 39.66%	Underperform Votes 35 60.34%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SEAT or MSGE?

39.9% of Vivid Seats shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of MSG Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.2% of Vivid Seats shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of MSG Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, SEAT or MSGE?

Vivid Seats has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSG Entertainment has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SEAT or MSGE more profitable?

MSG Entertainment has a net margin of 13.15% compared to Vivid Seats' net margin of 4.56%. Vivid Seats' return on equity of 21.29% beat MSG Entertainment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vivid Seats	4.56%	21.29%	2.43%
MSG Entertainment	13.15%	-323.63%	8.13%

Does the media refer more to SEAT or MSGE?

In the previous week, Vivid Seats had 27 more articles in the media than MSG Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Vivid Seats and 11 mentions for MSG Entertainment. MSG Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Vivid Seats' score of 0.14 indicating that MSG Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vivid Seats	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	31 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
MSG Entertainment	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate SEAT or MSGE?

Vivid Seats currently has a consensus price target of $4.49, suggesting a potential upside of 139.91%. MSG Entertainment has a consensus price target of $42.75, suggesting a potential upside of 16.68%. Given Vivid Seats' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vivid Seats is more favorable than MSG Entertainment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vivid Seats	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
MSG Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SEAT or MSGE?

MSG Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Vivid Seats.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vivid Seats	$748.76M	0.51	$74.54M	N/A	N/A
MSG Entertainment	$974.67M	1.53	$144.30M	$2.74	13.37

Summary

Vivid Seats and MSG Entertainment tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.