Vivid Seats Inc. (SEATW) is a Internet Content & Information company in the Communication Services sector, currently trading at $0.03. It has a SharesGrow Score of 42/100, indicating a mixed investment profile with 1 out of 7 criteria passed.
Valuation: SEATW trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of -0.1 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 0.01.
Financials: revenue is $571M, +0.4%/yr average growth. Net income is $429M (loss), growing at -1579%/yr. Net profit margin is -75.2% (negative). Gross margin is 61% (-15.6 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $20M with negative equity of -$85M — this means total liabilities exceed total assets. This is a warning sign that may indicate accumulated losses, aggressive share buybacks, heavy debt financing, or aggressive dividend payouts. Companies like McDonald's and Starbucks also carry negative equity due to buybacks and dividends, but investors should assess whether the business generates sufficient cash flow to service its debt and sustain payouts. Current ratio is 0.59 (tight liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 3.2%. Total assets: $637M.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 100/100 (Pass), Growth 30/100 (Fail), Past 75/100 (Partial), Health 0/100 (Fail), Moat 43/100 (Fail), Future ?/100 (Fail), Income 10/100 (Fail).
