Opera (NASDAQ:OPRA) versus Vivid Seats (NASDAQ:SEAT) Head-To-Head Analysis

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

39.9% of Vivid Seats shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of Opera shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.5% of Vivid Seats shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 84.4% of Opera shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Vivid Seats and Opera, as provided by MarketBeat.

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

Vivid Seats presently has a consensus price target of $10.27, suggesting a potential upside of 278.84%. Opera has a consensus price target of $24.75, suggesting a potential upside of 42.65%. Given Vivid Seats’ higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Vivid Seats is more favorable than Opera.

Profitability

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

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

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vivid Seats	$518.83 million	0.06	-$429.30 million	($45.51)	-0.06
Opera	$614.83 million	2.51	$108.28 million	$1.39	12.48

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.

Risk & Volatility

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

Summary

Opera beats Vivid Seats on 12 of the 14 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 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.