SEAT vs. RSVR, XPOF, CDRO, THH, CURI, GAMB, KWM, GAIA, BUUU, and NIPG
Should you be buying Vivid Seats stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vivid Seats include Reservoir Media (RSVR), Xponential Fitness (XPOF), Codere Online Luxembourg (CDRO), TryHard (THH), CuriosityStream (CURI), Gambling.com Group (GAMB), K Wave Media (KWM), Gaia (GAIA), BUUU Group (BUUU), and NIP Group (NIPG). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry.
Vivid Seats vs. Its Competitors
Reservoir Media (NASDAQ:RSVR) and Vivid Seats (NASDAQ:SEAT) are both small-cap entertainment companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and dividends.
44.4% of Reservoir Media shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.9% of Vivid Seats shares are held by institutional investors. 27.0% of Reservoir Media shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 89.2% of Vivid Seats shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Vivid Seats had 35 more articles in the media than Reservoir Media. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Vivid Seats and 5 mentions for Reservoir Media. Reservoir Media's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Vivid Seats' score of 0.33 indicating that Reservoir Media is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vivid Seats has higher revenue and earnings than Reservoir Media.
Reservoir Media presently has a consensus price target of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 49.54%. Vivid Seats has a consensus price target of $47.00, suggesting a potential upside of 300.34%. Given Vivid Seats' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vivid Seats is more favorable than Reservoir Media.
Reservoir Media has a net margin of 4.67% compared to Vivid Seats' net margin of -20.35%. Vivid Seats' return on equity of 8.93% beat Reservoir Media's return on equity.
Reservoir Media has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vivid Seats has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vivid Seats beats Reservoir Media on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SEAT) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff