Vivid Seats Inc. (SEAT) vs Travelzoo (TZOO)

Vivid Seats Inc. and Travelzoo are both Internet Content & Information companies. Travelzoo is the larger, with a market value of $56.2M against $42.0M — 1.3× the size. Vivid Seats Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Travelzoo trades at 154×. Travelzoo grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.93% against −25.2%. Travelzoo has the higher net margin (0.51% vs −60.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −200.3%). Across the 18 metrics below, Travelzoo leads on 11 and Vivid Seats Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric SEAT TZOO Internet Content & Information median
P/E n/m 153.72 10.24
P/S 0.08 0.62 0.87
P/B n/m n/m 1.32
Price to free cash flow 7.00 17.88 8.85
EV/EBITDA n/m 29.59 8.86
EV/Sales 0.56 0.63 1.15
Earnings yield (1,071.35%) 0.65% (1.58%)
Free cash flow yield 14.29% 5.59% 2.32%

Profitability

Metric SEAT TZOO Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 68.33% 77.12% 66.84%
Operating margin (88.41%) 1.87% (3.41%)
Net margin (60.26%) 0.51% (3.02%)
Free cash flow margin 1.13% 3.49% 1.75%
Return on equity (556.99%) (10.88%) 0.00%
Return on assets (34.02%) 1.00% (0.36%)
Return on invested capital (200.33%) 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric SEAT TZOO Internet Content & Information median
Revenue growth (TTM) (25.24%) 4.93% 2.65%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (5,866.67%) (61.32%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 74.70% 11.34% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric SEAT TZOO Internet Content & Information median
Debt to equity (3.67) 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 0.66 0.64 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA (0.39) (1.39) (0.48)

Dividend

Metric SEAT TZOO Internet Content & Information median
Dividend yield — — 3.19%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric SEAT TZOO Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 42.04m 56.21m 283.68m

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