Alpine Acquisition (NASDAQ:REVE – Get Rating) and Vivid Seats (NASDAQ:SEAT – Get Rating) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Alpine Acquisition and Vivid Seats' top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Get Alpine Acquisition alerts:| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Alpine Acquisition | N/A | N/A | $6.09 million | N/A | N/A |
| Vivid Seats | $443.04 million | 3.91 | -$16.12 million | N/A | N/A |
Alpine Acquisition has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vivid Seats.
Profitability
This table compares Alpine Acquisition and Vivid Seats' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Alpine Acquisition | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Vivid Seats | 3.66% | -2.92% | 1.49% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
71.8% of Alpine Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.4% of Vivid Seats shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.4% of Alpine Acquisition shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility and Risk
Alpine Acquisition has a beta of -0.04, meaning that its share price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vivid Seats has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Alpine Acquisition and Vivid Seats, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Alpine Acquisition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Vivid Seats | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2.57 |
Vivid Seats has a consensus price target of $11.78, indicating a potential upside of 35.69%. Given Vivid Seats' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vivid Seats is more favorable than Alpine Acquisition.
Summary
Vivid Seats beats Alpine Acquisition on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Alpine Acquisition
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Alpine Acquisition Corporation does not have significant operations. It intends to enter into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization, or other similar business combination with one or more target businesses. It intends to focus its search on drive-to destination hotels, digital entertainment and gaming, and lodging technology businesses. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Fountain Hills, Arizona.
About Vivid Seats
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Vivid Seats Inc. operates as an online secondary marketplace for tickets in the United States and Canada. 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 live sports, concerts, and theater shows, 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. 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.
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