Head-To-Head Comparison: Shutterstock (SSTK) vs. Its Rivals

Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) is one of 189 publicly-traded companies in the “Interactive Media & Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Shutterstock to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Shutterstock has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shutterstock’s rivals have a beta of 1.89, suggesting that their average stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Shutterstock pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 54.6%. Shutterstock pays out -12.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Interactive Media & Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 17.6% and pay out 4.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Shutterstock has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Shutterstock is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Shutterstock and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shutterstock	$815.09 million	$45.50 million	-0.23
Shutterstock Competitors	$13.40 billion	$3.56 billion	8.50

Shutterstock’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Shutterstock. Shutterstock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Shutterstock and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shutterstock	1	1	1	0	2.00
Shutterstock Competitors	1412	6000	11516	443	2.57

Shutterstock presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 165.65%. As a group, “Interactive Media & Services” companies have a potential upside of 30.92%. Given Shutterstock’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than its rivals.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

82.8% of Shutterstock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.2% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 32.3% of Shutterstock shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Shutterstock and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shutterstock	-51.19%	13.31%	4.76%
Shutterstock Competitors	-159.28%	-15.73%	4.06%

Summary

Shutterstock beats its rivals on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

Shutterstock Company Profile

Shutterstock, Inc. is a global technology company that provides licensed visual, video and audio content for businesses, media organizations, marketing professionals and individual creators. Its platform offers stock photographs, illustrations, vectors, video footage, music and other creative assets, which customers can access through subscription plans, content licenses and enterprise solutions. The company also provides creative workflow and content-production tools, including editing capabilities, generative artificial intelligence features and services that help organizations find, customize and manage digital media.