Financial Analysis: Cloopen Group (NYSE:RAAS) versus Vivid Seats (NASDAQ:SEAT)

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cloopen Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vivid Seats	-75.21%	31.44%	5.49%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

39.9% of Vivid Seats shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Cloopen Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 89.2% of Vivid Seats shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cloopen Group and Vivid Seats”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cloopen Group	$78.58 million	1.49	-$19.56 million	N/A	N/A
Vivid Seats	$570.78 million	0.10	-$429.30 million	($69.26)	-0.08

Cloopen Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vivid Seats.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Cloopen Group and Vivid Seats, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cloopen Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Vivid Seats	3	4	4	0	2.09

Vivid Seats has a consensus target price of $14.27, suggesting a potential upside of 159.84%. Given Vivid Seats’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vivid Seats is more favorable than Cloopen Group.

Summary

Vivid Seats beats Cloopen Group on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cloopen Group

Cloopen Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides cloud communication services in the People's Republic of China. It offers River Soldier CRM, an intelligent marketing system and digital operation management platform; AI vision technology; Ladder AI Kernal, a natural language processing technology; Smart IVR, an intelligent navigation robot; Rongxi assistive robot technology; and Rongxi sparring robot that helps enterprises solve problems. The company also provides sky counter that offers remote audio and video services for enterprise customers; instant messaging and enterprise work center services; SMS verification, international SMS, and SMS sending platform services; and international voice, voice notification, two-way calling, and voice verification code services. It serves a customer base consisting of enterprises of various industries, including enterprise general, insurance, government, car, manufacture, and port. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

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.