Financial Contrast: Adevinta ASA (OTCMKTS:ADEVF) and Vivid Seats (NASDAQ:SEAT)

Vivid Seats (NASDAQ:SEAT) and Adevinta ASA (OTCMKTS:ADEVF) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings and valuation.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Profitability

This table compares Vivid Seats and Adevinta ASA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vivid Seats	4.73%	57.44%	2.60%
Adevinta ASA	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Vivid Seats and Adevinta ASA, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vivid Seats	0	3	6	0	2.67
Adevinta ASA	0	0	0	0	N/A

Vivid Seats presently has a consensus target price of $7.28, suggesting a potential upside of 103.86%. Given Vivid Seats’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vivid Seats is more favorable than Adevinta ASA.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Vivid Seats and Adevinta ASA”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vivid Seats	$775.60 million	0.96	$74.54 million	N/A	N/A
Adevinta ASA	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Vivid Seats has higher revenue and earnings than Adevinta ASA.

Summary

Vivid Seats beats Adevinta ASA on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vivid Seats

Vivid Seats Inc. operates an online ticket marketplace in the United States, Canada, and Japan. The company operates in two segments, Marketplace and Resale. The Marketplace segment acts as an intermediary between event ticket buyers and sellers; processes ticket sales on its website and mobile applications through its distribution partners; and sells tickets for sports, concerts, theater events, and other live events. This segment offers Skybox, a proprietary enterprise resource planning tool that helps ticket sellers manage ticket inventories, adjust pricing, and fulfill orders across multiple ticket resale marketplaces; and Vivid Picks daily fantasy sports that allows users to partake in contests by making picks from various sport and player matchups. The Resale segment acquires tickets to resell on secondary ticket marketplaces; and provides internal research and development support for Skybox and to deliver seller software and tools. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

About Adevinta ASA

Adevinta ASA owns and operates online classifieds sites. The company's products and services include generalist classifieds, specialist real estate, motors, and jobs sites. It operates various online classifieds sites under the Adverts.ie, Agriaffaires, A Vendre a Louer, Autónavigátor.hu, Automobile.it, Autotrader, carsguide, coches.net, daft.ie, 2dehands/2ememain, DoneDeal, eBay Kleinanzeigen, Fotocasa, Grupo Zap, Groupe Argus, Gumtree, Habitaclia, Használtautó.hu, InfoJobs, Jófógás, Kufar, Kijiji, leboncoin, leboncoin hotel, Locasun, MachineryZone, Marktplaats, Milanuncios, mobile.de, motos.net, OLX Brasil, Paycar, Segundamano, subito, Truckscorner, Vide Dressing, vivanuncios, Willhaben, L'Argus, and Pilgo brands. Adevinta ASA was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Oslo, Norway.