All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2021; the latest 2025-12-30.
From the record
Vivid Seats Inc.'s filings since 2021 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2025-12-30) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+1.8% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 3 of 7.
From the record
Vivid Seats Inc.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $404 million in fiscal 2019 to $451 million in fiscal 2025, up 1.8% a year; it rose in 4 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 94% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 3 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
SI estimate 7.2/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Vivid Seats Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 7.2 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the top 28% of 20 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
SI estimate 5.3/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Vivid Seats Inc.'s financial health is put at 5.3 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because fewer than two of the four checks can be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 20 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 14% of 20 in its family; net margin -160.1%.
From the record
Vivid Seats Inc.'s standing among 20 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $451 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 32% by size; a net margin of -160.1% ranks in the bottom 3%; revenue growth of -4.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 8% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 28% of 9 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.
From the record
Vivid Seats Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Fey, Lawrence (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-11-14, 12 months (bottom 17% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.1 years (bottom 44%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (bottom 25%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 15% of 20 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Vivid Seats Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $103 million against debt of $383 million leaves -44% of its assets as net cash, bottom 17% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -20.8% of revenue (bottom 13%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 27% of 20 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Vivid Seats Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -4.1% a year over the last three filed years against 1.8% over all 7, slowing (bottom 38% of its family); the newest year grew -30.5% (bottom 8%); capital spending grew -15.3% a year (bottom 36%) (its annual reports). Vivid Seats Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 3% of 18 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Vivid Seats Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $451 million in fiscal 2025 came in 38.2% below the $729 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 3% of its family); net income of $721 million against a prior three-year average of $52 million (bottom 3%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against 8.9% before (bottom 3%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made