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SEAT (Vivid Seats) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Vivid Seats Financial Strength?

Vivid Seats has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.
4. Other debt related ratios.

A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

Vivid Seats's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.45. Vivid Seats's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.51. As of today, Vivid Seats's Altman Z-Score is -0.06.


Competitive Comparison of Vivid Seats's Financial Strength

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Vivid Seats's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Vivid Seats's Financial Strength Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Vivid Seats's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vivid Seats's Financial Strength falls into.


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Vivid Seats Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Vivid Seats's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2024 was $-6.5 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2024 was $2.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $403.7 Mil.

Vivid Seats's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*2.903/-6.466
=0.45

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Vivid Seats's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(3.95 + 403.691) / 799.252
=0.51

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Vivid Seats has a Z-score of -0.06, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -0.06 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Vivid Seats  (NAS:SEAT) Financial Strength Explanation

The rank is rated on a scale of 1 to 10. A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

Vivid Seats has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Vivid Seats Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
24 East Washington Street, Suite 900, Chicago, IL, USA, 60602
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. Marketplace segment, act as an intermediary between ticket buyers, sellers, and partners through which company earn revenue from processing ticket sales for live events and facilitating the booking of hotel rooms and packages on websites and mobile applications. Resale segment provides internal research and development support for Skybox and supplements ongoing efforts to deliver software and tools. Majority of revenue is from Marketplace segment.
Executives
Emily T Epstein officer: General Counsel 101 MERRITT 7, NORWALK CT 06851
Edward Pickus officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O VIVID SEATS INC., 111 N. CANAL STREET, SUITE 800, CHICAGO IL 60606
Riva Bakal officer: SVP, Strategy & Product C/O VIVID SEATS INC., 111 N. CANAL STREET, SUITE 800, CHICAGO IL 60606
Jonathan Miles Wagner officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O VIVID SEATS INC., 111 N. CANAL STREET, SUITE 800, CHICAGO IL 60606
Hoya Topco, Llc 10 percent owner C/O KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, 555 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 2700, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Craig A. Dixon director C/O VIVID SEATS INC., 111 N. CANAL STREET, SUITE 800, CHICAGO IL 60606
David E. Morris officer: General Counsel C/O VIVID SEATS INC., 111 N. CANAL STREET, SUITE 800, CHICAGO IL 60606
Sbt Investors Llc 10 percent owner 600 STEAMBOAT ROAD, SUITE 200, GREENWICH CT 06830
Todd L Boehly director, 10 percent owner 600 STEAMBOAT ROAD, GREENWICH CT 06830
Eldridge Industries, Llc 10 percent owner 600 STEAMBOAT ROAD, GREENWICH CT 06830
Horizon Sponsor, Llc 10 percent owner 600 STEAMBOAT ROAD, SUITE 200, GREENWICH CT 06830
Jane E. Deflorio director 3000 N.W. 107TH AVENUE, MIAMI FL 33172
Post Portfolio Trust, Llc 10 percent owner 600 STEAMBOAT ROAD, SUITE 200, GREENWICH CT 06830
Security Benefit Life Insurance Co /ks/ 10 percent owner ONE SECURITY BENEFIT PLACE, TOPEKA KS 66636-0001
Julie D. Masino director C/O VIVID SEATS INC., 111 N. CANAL STREET, SUITE 800, CHICAGO IL 60606