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Vivid Seats cash flow, quarter by quarter

Latest: Q2 2026 · from the cash-flow statements filed with the SEC

Free cash flow−$799K in Q2 2026 · $7.4M over twelve months

Operating cash flow−$799K
Free cash flow−$799K

Analysis

In Q2 2026, Vivid Seats generated −$799K of operating cash flow. That is $28.0M more than in Q2 2025 (−$28.8M).

Over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, operating cash flow was $7.5M; the largest uses were other investing ($15.3M), other financing ($5.1M), buybacks ($2.4M); the cash balance fell by $16.4M.

Operating cash flow was −$799K against net income of −$14.3M. The largest differences: depreciation & amortization +$12.3M, receivables −$8.7M, payables +$6.2M.

Free cash flow

Vivid Seats: free cash flow by quarterVivid Seats: free cash flow by quarter−$19.6MQ3 2024$44.3MQ4 2024−$27.1MQ1 2025−$28.8MQ2 2025$502KQ3 2025−$38.3MQ4 2025$46.0MQ1 2026−$799KQ2 2026
Operating cash flow less capital spending.
Vivid Seats: operating cash flow against capital spendingVivid Seats: operating cash flow against capital spendingOperating cash flowCapital spending−$19.2M$389KQ3 2024$47.8M$3.5MQ4 2024−$25.3M$1.8MQ1 2025−$28.6M$207KQ2 2025$512K$10KQ3 2025−$38.2M$111KQ4 2025$46.0M$23KQ1 2026−$799K$0Q2 2026
Latest (Q2 2026): Operating cash flow −$799K, Capital spending $0.

Capital allocation, year by year

Vivid Seats: where the cash came from (up) and went (down), by fiscal yearVivid Seats: where the cash came from (up) and went (down), by fiscal yearOperating cash flowCapital spendingAcquisitionsBuybacksFY2021: Operating cash flow $176MFY2021: Capital spending −$1.1MFY2021: Acquisitions $301K$176MFY2021FY2022: Operating cash flow $14.4MFY2022: Capital spending −$3.6MFY2022: Acquisitions −$8KFY2022: Buybacks −$32.5M$14.4MFY2022FY2023: Operating cash flow $147MFY2023: Capital spending −$895KFY2023: Buybacks −$20.1M$147MFY2023FY2024: Operating cash flow $53.9MFY2024: Capital spending −$4.2MFY2024: Buybacks −$23.0M$53.9MFY2024FY2025: Operating cash flow −$91.6MFY2025: Capital spending −$2.2MFY2025: Buybacks −$18.3MFY2025
Over these 5 years operating cash flow totalled $300M; the largest uses were buybacks ($93.9M) and operating cash flow ($91.6M). Cash-flow statements as filed.

Cash runway and the debt wall

Cash & investments$137M
Debt$382M
Net debt$245M
Due within a year$16.5M
Cash runwaymore than 10 years

Vivid Seats is burning cash: its operations consume cash, a free cash flow of −$3.2M a year at the current rate against $137M of cash and investments: a runway of more than ten years at that rate; $16.5M of debt also comes due within a year, which the cash covers before any new financing.

Where the cash came from and went

Vivid Seats: sources (+) and uses (−) of cash, Q2 2026Vivid Seats: sources (+) and uses (−) of cash, Q2 2026Cash drawn (+) / kept (−)$6.6MOther investing−$3.8MOther financing−$1.8MOperating cash flow−$799KNot reconciled−$126K
Vivid Seats: sources (+) and uses (−) of cash, TTM to Q2 2026Vivid Seats: sources (+) and uses (−) of cash, TTM to Q2 2026Cash drawn (+) / kept (−)$16.4MOther investing−$15.3MOperating cash flow$7.5MOther financing−$5.1MBuybacks−$2.4MNot reconciled−$909KCapital spending−$144K

From profit to cash

Vivid Seats: net income to operating cash flow, Q2 2026Vivid Seats: net income to operating cash flow, Q2 2026Net income−$14.3MDepreciation & amortization$12.3MStock-based pay$4.7MDeferred taxes$803KGains on disposals$27KOther non-cash$365KReceivables−$8.7MInventory$1.9MPayables$6.2MDeferred revenue−$1.8MPrepaid and other assets−$5.3MOther liabilities$100KOperating cash flow−$799K
Non-cash charges are added back; money tied up in receivables or inventory is subtracted.

Every quarter

QuarterOperating cash flowCapital spendingBuybacksCash drawn (+) / kept (−)Free cash flow
Q2 2026−$799K——$6.6M−$799K
Q1 2026$46.0M−$23K—−$40.9M$46.0M
Q4 2025−$38.2M−$111K−$3K$42.4M−$38.3M
Q3 2025$512K−$10K−$2.4M$8.3M$502K
Q2 2025−$28.6M−$207K−$9.9M$46.7M−$28.8M
Q1 2025−$25.3M−$1.8M−$6.0M$44.0M−$27.1M
Q4 2024$47.8M−$3.5M$16K−$36.2M$44.3M
Q3 2024−$19.2M−$389K−$2.9M$32.0M−$19.6M

Vivid Seats: income statement and cash flow

Vivid Seats, Q2 2026: revenue $104M (-9% year over year), operating margin -13.8%. The chart follows the revenue to costs, profit and cash.

Vivid Seats: every quarter, Q/Q and Y/Y → Open in the app

Read automatically from the company’s XBRL cash-flow statements; quarterly figures for the fourth quarter are the year less the first three. Errors are possible. Not investment advice.