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Vivid Seats Inc. (SEAT)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Vivid Seats Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q1 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Vivid Seats Inc.

Vivid Seats Inc. operates an online ticket marketplace that connects fans with sellers of live event tickets. The company offers a mobile app and website where buyers can purchase tickets for concerts, sports, and theater events, supported by features like a lowest price guarantee and buyer protection. Vivid Seats also provides ticket sellers with tools such as the Skybox platform to manage inventory, pricing, and order fulfillment, serving both individual consumers and professional sellers.

Snapshot

Revenue
$450.5M
Revenue growth (YoY)
-30.5%
Net income
$806.1M
Diluted EPS
Gross margin
Operating margin
Net margin
FCF margin
ROE
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$67.7M
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Vivid Seats

  • Revenue fell 30.5% to $451M in FY2025, slower than the 8.5% the year before.
  • Most recent quarter Q1 FY2026: revenue $98M, down 27.1% from Q1 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was negative $94M in FY2025.
  • Net income rose more than tenfold to $806M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Vivid Seats’s fundamentals sit among the 216 Communication Services companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Revenue growth (YoY)-30.5%
5th percentile of 209
Short interest16.10d
99th percentile of 216

Vivid Seats’s revenue growth of -30.5% ranks in the 5th percentile of the 209 Communication Services companies reporting it.

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 2 insider sales totaling $597. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 2 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+2 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
2
1 new, 1 added
Reduced / exited
1
0 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$1.3M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$1.2M188.5KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$119,30918.3KNew

No longer held by: Citadel Advisors (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
2
$597
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-13
filed 2026-08-14
Arnett AustinGeneral CounselSell11$7.22$79
2026-06-12
filed 2026-06-15
Arnett AustinGeneral CounselSell62$8.36$518
2026-05-13
filed 2026-05-14
Arnett AustinGeneral CounselSell10$8.53$85

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
995.2K
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+5.4%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
16.10
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
61.8K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-14995.2K+5.4%16.10
2026-07-31944.7K-5.8%14.48
2026-07-151.0M-4.7%13.51
2026-06-301.1M+0.6%5.65
2026-06-151.0M+11.1%16.09
2026-05-29942.4K-5.4%13.50
2026-05-15996.1K-10.8%6.69
2026-04-301.1M+6.7%10.87

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$450.5M$647.9M$597.4M$511.1M$389.7M
Gross profit
Operating income
Net income$806.1M$13.4M$69.4M$70.8M$-5.0M
Diluted EPS$1.12$5.15

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$102.7M$243.5M$125.5M$251.5M$489.5M
Current assets$178.5M$345.2M$246.0M$331.5M$610.2M
Total assets$636.9M$1.64B$1.55B$1.15B$1.41B
Current liabilities$303.3M$425.8M$487.8M$378.0M$497.5M
Long-term debt$16.5M$18.7M$16.2M$14.9M$0
Total liabilities$722.0M$1.02B$963.3M$1.53B$2.27B
Total equity$-85.1M$261.1M$105.0M$-382.7M$-860.7M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$-91.6M$53.9M$147.3M$14.4M$175.8M
Capital expenditure$2.2M$4.2M$895,000$3.6M$1.1M
Free cash flow$-93.8M$49.7M$146.4M$10.8M$174.7M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q1 FY2026$97.5M-27.1%$-14.6M$-1.35
Q4 FY2025$97.5M-41.0%$1.18B
Q3 FY2025$104.8M-31.3%$-30.2M
Q2 FY2025$114.5M-32.7%$-335.4M
Q1 FY2025$133.7M-16.4%$-10.6M$-0.94
Q4 FY2024$165.2M-1.2%$-9.6M
Q3 FY2024$152.7M-1.1%$10.6M
Q2 FY2024$170.0M22.2%$-437,000

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorCommunication Services
SIC industryServices-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ1 FY2026 (ended March 31, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2021
SEC CIK1856031

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-03-12
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10-Q2026-08-04
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10-Q2026-05-05
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8-K2026-08-04
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8-K2026-06-15
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8-K2026-05-05
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8-K2026-03-12
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.