Opera (NASDAQ:OPRA) vs. Vivid Seats (NASDAQ:SEAT) Head to Head Survey

Opera (NASDAQ:OPRA) and Vivid Seats (NASDAQ:SEAT) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Opera and Vivid Seats, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Opera	0	2	3	0	2.60
Vivid Seats	2	6	2	0	2.00

Opera presently has a consensus target price of $24.75, suggesting a potential upside of 42.49%. Vivid Seats has a consensus target price of $9.79, suggesting a potential upside of 316.78%. Given Vivid Seats’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vivid Seats is more favorable than Opera.

Risk and Volatility

Opera has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vivid Seats has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Opera	18.55%	9.14%	8.03%
Vivid Seats	-60.26%	-211.26%	0.91%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Opera 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
Opera	$614.83 million	2.51	$108.28 million	$1.39	12.50
Vivid Seats	$570.78 million	0.05	-$429.30 million	($45.51)	-0.05

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

10.2% of Opera shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.9% of Vivid Seats shares are held by institutional investors. 84.4% of Opera shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.5% of Vivid Seats shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Opera beats Vivid Seats on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Opera

Opera Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile and PC web browsers and related products and services in Norway and internationally. The company offers mobile browser products, such as Opera Mini, Opera browser for Android and iOS, and Opera GX for PCs and Mobile; Opera Touch; PC browsers, including Opera for Computers and Opera GX; Apex Football; Opera VPN Pro; and Opera News, an AI-powered personalized news discovery and aggregation service. It provides Opera Crypto Browser for PCs and mobile; browser-based cashback rewards programs; owns GameMaker Studio, a 2D gaming development platform; and GXC, a gaming portal. In addition, the company operates Opera Ads, an online advertising platform; and offers Web3 and e-commerce services. Opera Limited was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Opera Limited is a subsidiary of Kunlun Tech Limited.

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.