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StubHub (STUB) is scheduled to launch a highly anticipated IPO next week on the New York Stock Exchange. The company plans to raise up to $851 million at a valuation of approximately $9.2 billion. The offering will consist of 34,042,553 Class A shares with an expected price range of $22 to $25 per share.

"We believe we operate the largest global secondary ticketing marketplace for live events. Our global scale and the core capabilities of our marketplace enabled us to establish a leadership position and build durable competitive moats in secondary ticketing, and our focus is set on an even bigger opportunity. Through our marketplace, we are transforming the way tickets are discovered, accessed, priced, and sold," read part of the SEC filing.

StubHub's (STUB) key shareholders are Madrone Partners, WestCap Management, Bessemer Venture Partners, and CEO Eric Baker.

Looking ahead, StubHub’s (STUB) growth strategy is shaped by ambitions to expand its dominant ticket marketplace globally and to diversify its primary and secondary ticketing relationships. Recent moves include a landmark "Direct Issuance" partnership with Major League Baseball, allowing for primary ticket distribution beginning in 2026, seen as a critical step in deepening StubHub’s penetration within sports and live entertainment verticals. The company plans to leverage technology for streamlined consumer experience, dynamic pricing, and broader event inventory, aiming to offset competitive pressures and capture the accelerating shift toward digitized entertainment commerce.

"We believe we operate the largest global secondary ticketing marketplace for live events. Our global scale and the core capabilities of our marketplace enabled us to establish a leadership position and build durable competitive moats in secondary ticketing, and our focus is set on an even bigger opportunity. Through our marketplace, we are transforming the way tickets are discovered, accessed, priced and sold," read part of the SEC filing.

In terms of financials, StubHub (SUB) reported revenues of $827.9 million for the first six months of 2025, up 3% year-over-year, alongside gross merchandise value of $4.4 billion, which represents an 11% increase in ticket transaction value. Notably, losses widened considerably for H1 2025, mainly due to rising costs and significant debt servicing on $2.38 billion in long-term obligations. In 2024, buyers from over 200 countries and territories purchased over 40 million tickets from over 1 million sellers on our marketplace.

StubHub (STUB) also highlighted that its data flywheel is underpinned by the extensive first-party dataset it has amassed through multiple aspects of its 40-year combined history of operations. The company believes its audience-content flywheel is in its beginning stages as it increasingly targets the original issuance ticketing market. The expectation is that the flywheel will accelerate as StubHub (SUB) invests in strategies to propel it towards our vision of becoming the global destination for consumers to access live events and experiences, offering content rights holders powerful distribution and monetization capabilities.

StubHub’s key competitors include a mix of ticketing and event technology platforms such as Ticketmaster Entertainment (LVY), SeatGeek, Viagogo (owned by StubHub’s co-founder for international markets), Paytm Insider, Automatiq, Lyte, Rival, ScoreBig, Outbox Enterprises, Vivid Seats (SEAT), and TickPick. Ticketmaster and SeatGeek are seen as the most direct rivals in North America, while Viagogo challenges the company internationally.

An interesting tidbit from StubHub's (STUB) IPO filing is that the company believes that in addition to ticketing, there are a number of growth opportunities to capture a portion of adjacent live event markets, such as sports betting and sports and music merchandising.

Seeking Alpha analyst Vince Martin raised some valuation concerns in his breakdown of the StubHub (STUB) IPO.