SoftwareOne (OTCMKTS:SWONF) & Vivid Seats (NASDAQ:SEAT) Financial Review

Vivid Seats (NASDAQ:SEAT) and SoftwareOne (OTCMKTS:SWONF) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Vivid Seats and SoftwareOne, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vivid Seats	2	7	2	0	2.00
SoftwareOne	1	1	0	0	1.50

Vivid Seats presently has a consensus target price of $20.22, suggesting a potential upside of 182.43%. Given Vivid Seats’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Vivid Seats is more favorable than SoftwareOne.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vivid Seats	$775.59 million	0.10	$9.43 million	$2.69	2.66
SoftwareOne	$1.15 billion	N/A	-$1.72 million	N/A	N/A

Vivid Seats has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SoftwareOne.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

39.9% of Vivid Seats shares are owned by institutional investors. 89.2% of Vivid Seats shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Vivid Seats has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SoftwareOne has a beta of 2.47, meaning that its share price is 147% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vivid Seats	-24.08%	4.50%	0.93%
SoftwareOne	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Vivid Seats beats SoftwareOne on 8 of the 11 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 SoftwareOne

SoftwareONE Holding AG provides software and cloud solutions in Switzerland, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the United States, Canada, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific. The company develops and delivers the technology solutions that modernise applications and software in the cloud. It serves large enterprises, corporates, small and medium-sized enterprises, and public sector organizations. SoftwareONE Holding AG was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Stans, Switzerland.