Contrasting CyberAgent (OTCMKTS:CYGIY) & Vivid Seats (NASDAQ:SEAT)

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

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CyberAgent	$5.86 billion	0.65	$212.18 million	$0.27	13.89
Vivid Seats	$518.83 million	0.09	-$429.30 million	($45.51)	-0.09

CyberAgent has higher revenue and earnings than Vivid Seats. Vivid Seats is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CyberAgent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for CyberAgent and Vivid Seats, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CyberAgent	0	1	0	0	2.00
Vivid Seats	2	6	2	0	2.00

Vivid Seats has a consensus price target of $10.27, suggesting a potential upside of 154.76%. Given Vivid Seats’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vivid Seats is more favorable than CyberAgent.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

39.9% of Vivid Seats shares are held by institutional investors. 60.5% of Vivid Seats shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares CyberAgent and Vivid Seats’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CyberAgent	4.57%	17.63%	9.06%
Vivid Seats	-60.26%	-211.26%	0.91%

Risk & Volatility

CyberAgent has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vivid Seats has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CyberAgent beats Vivid Seats on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CyberAgent

CyberAgent, Inc. engages in the media, internet advertising, game, and investment development businesses primarily in Japan. The company operates Ameba, a blog service; Tapple for online dating; AWA, a music streaming service; and WinTicket for online betting. It also offers internet advertising agency and ad technology services; and smartphone games. In addition, the company operates a programming school for kids and provides application and reward points exchange platform services; artificial intelligence services; and digital transformation services. CyberAgent, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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.