Vivid Seats Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2001

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Public

  • Employees
  • 768

Employees

  • Stock Symbol
  • SEAT

Stock Symbol

  • Investments
  • 5

  • Share Price
  • $3.37
  • (As of Thursday Closing)

Vivid Seats General Information

Description

Vivid Seats Inc is an online ticket marketplace for connecting fans to live events and artists. It is the official ticketing partner of brands in the entertainment industry providing tickets for sports, concerts, theatres, and comedy events in the United States, Canada and Japan. It operates in two segments namely marketplace and resale.

Contact Information

Ownership Status
Publicly Held
Financing Status
Private Equity-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 24 East Washington Street
  • Suite 900, Floor 9
  • Chicago, IL 60602
  • United States
+1 (312)
Primary Industry
Other Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure
Other Industries
Application Software
Publishing
Stock Exchange
NAS
Vertical(s)
E-Commerce, TMT
Corporate Office
  • 24 East Washington Street
  • Suite 900, Floor 9
  • Chicago, IL 60602
  • United States
+1 (312)

Vivid Seats Timeline

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Vivid Seats Stock Performance

As of 12-Dec-2024, Vivid Seats’s stock price is $3.37. Its current market cap is $443M with 132M shares.

(As of Thursday Closing)

Stock Price Previous Close 52 wk Range Market Cap Shares Average Volume EPS
$3.37 $3.58 $3.24 - $7.17 $443M 132M 1.21M $0.31

Vivid Seats Financials Summary

As of 30-Sep-2024, Vivid Seats has a trailing 12-month revenue of $774M.

In Thousands,
USD
TTM 30-Sep-2024 FY 2023 31-Dec-2023 FY 2022 31-Dec-2022 FY 2021 31-Dec-2021
EV 1,098,440 1,502,377 1,506,882 1,497,427
Revenue 774,076 712,879 600,274 443,038
EBITDA 96,445 102,443 91,949 41,676
Net Income 35,276 74,536 28,662 (16,119)
Total Assets 1,610,591 1,550,099 1,151,431 1,408,795
Total Debt 405,483 284,780 282,559 460,132
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Vivid Seats Valuation & Funding

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Vivid Seats Comparisons

Description
Primary
Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
Vivid Seats Inc is an online ticket marketplace for connecting fans to live events and artists. It is the official ticke
Other Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure
Chicago, IL
768 As of 2023

Pune, India
 

Mumbai, India
 
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Vivid Seats Competitors (5)

One of Vivid Seats’s 5 competitors is Zoonga, a Formerly VC-backed company based in Pune, India.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Zoonga Formerly VC-backed Pune, India
BookMyShow Venture Capital-Backed Mumbai, India
TodayTix Private Equity-Backed New York, NY
Gametime Venture Capital-Backed San Francisco, CA
SeatGeek Venture Capital-Backed New York, NY
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Vivid Seats Patents

Vivid Seats Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
GB-202313588-D0 Electronic ticketing transferability and authenticity verification Pending 10-Feb-2023
GB-2627034-A Electronic ticketing transferability and authenticity verification Pending 10-Feb-2023
EP-4414923-A1 Electronic ticketing transferability and authenticity verification Pending 10-Feb-2023
US-20240273529-A1 Electronic ticketing transferability and authenticity verification Pending 10-Feb-2023
GB-202314250-D0 Ticketing validation and fulfilment system and method Pending 18-Oct-2022 G06Q20/065
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Vivid Seats Signals

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Vivid Seats Investors

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info

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Vivid Seats Investments & Acquisitions (5)

Vivid Seats’s most recent deal was a Merger/Acquisition with Vegas.com for . The deal was made on 03-Nov-2023.

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Vegas.com 03-Nov-2023 Merger/Acquisition Other Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure
Wavedash (Japan) 08-Sep-2023 Merger/Acquisition Application Software
Betcha 13-Dec-2021 Buyout/LBO Entertainment Software
Horizon Acquisition Corporation 18-Oct-2021 Merger/Acquisition Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC)
FanXchange 11-Apr-2019 Buyout/LBO Business/Productivity Software
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Vivid Seats Subsidiaries (2)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
Wavedash (Japan) Application Software Tokyo, Japan 2014
Vegas.com Other Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure Las Vegas, NV
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Vivid Seats ESG

Risk Overview

Risk Rating

Updated October, 15, 2024

18.11 | Low Risk

Risk Scale

A lower score indicates better sustainability

Negl

0-10

Low

10-20

Med

20-30

High

30-40

Severe

40+

Exposure

Exposure refers to the extent to which a company is exposed to different material ESG issues

Management

Management is related to actions taken to manage ESG issues

Peers Analysis

Peer performance insights compare the company’s ESG performance to the performance of selected peers to help inform future ESG decisions and drive internal performance improvements.

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Covered Companies

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Percentile

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Industry

of 265

Rank

Percentile

Movies and Entertainment

Subindustry

of 79

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Percentile

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Vivid Seats FAQs

  • When was Vivid Seats founded?

    Vivid Seats was founded in 2001.

  • Where is Vivid Seats headquartered?

    Vivid Seats is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

  • What is the size of Vivid Seats?

    Vivid Seats has 768 total employees.

  • What industry is Vivid Seats in?

    Vivid Seats’s primary industry is Other Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure.

  • Is Vivid Seats a private or public company?

    Vivid Seats is a Public company.

  • What is Vivid Seats’s stock symbol?

    The ticker symbol for Vivid Seats is SEAT.

  • What is the current stock price of Vivid Seats?

    As of 12-Dec-2024 the stock price of Vivid Seats is $3.37.

  • What is the current market cap of Vivid Seats?

    The current market capitalization of Vivid Seats is $443M.

  • What is Vivid Seats’s current revenue?

    The trailing twelve month revenue for Vivid Seats is $774M.

  • Who are Vivid Seats’s competitors?

    Zoonga, BookMyShow, TodayTix, Gametime, and SeatGeek are competitors of Vivid Seats.

  • What is Vivid Seats’s annual earnings per share (EPS)?

    Vivid Seats’s EPS for 12 months was $0.31.

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