Wedbush Estimates Getty Images' FY2025 Earnings (NYSE:GETY)

Getty Images Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:GETY - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Wedbush cut their FY2025 earnings estimates for Getty Images in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, May 6th. Wedbush analyst M. Pachter now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.07 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $0.08. Wedbush has a "Outperform" rating and a $7.70 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Getty Images' current full-year earnings is $0.08 per share.

Getty Images (NYSE:GETY - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March 17th. The company reported ($0.01) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.04 by ($0.05). Getty Images had a net margin of 5.91% and a return on equity of 6.42%. The firm had revenue of $247.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $245.50 million. The business's quarterly revenue was up 9.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

Other equities research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Benchmark reduced their target price on Getty Images from $6.00 to $4.50 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, March 18th. Citigroup restated a "neutral" rating and issued a $2.45 price objective on shares of Getty Images in a research report on Monday, March 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Getty Images presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $4.60.

Getty Images Price Performance

GETY traded down $0.04 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $1.88. 416,839 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,165,883. Getty Images has a 1-year low of $1.25 and a 1-year high of $4.49. The stock has a market capitalization of $775.63 million, a PE ratio of 15.67 and a beta of 1.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.84, a current ratio of 0.79 and a quick ratio of 0.79. The business's 50-day moving average price is $1.86 and its 200 day moving average price is $2.48.

Insider Transactions at Getty Images

In other news, SVP Cho Mikael sold 18,590 shares of Getty Images stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $2.12, for a total value of $39,410.80. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 123,862 shares of the company's stock, valued at $262,587.44. The trade was a 13.05 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Craig Warren Peters sold 124,624 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $2.12, for a total transaction of $264,202.88. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 1,262,948 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,677,449.76. This represents a 8.98 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 226,668 shares of company stock worth $480,536 over the last quarter. 12.30% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Getty Images

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in GETY. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in shares of Getty Images by 71.2% in the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 352,388 shares of the company's stock worth $761,000 after buying an additional 146,576 shares during the period. Barclays PLC grew its position in Getty Images by 47.1% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 156,216 shares of the company's stock valued at $596,000 after acquiring an additional 49,995 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Getty Images by 139.8% during the third quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 67,712 shares of the company's stock valued at $258,000 after purchasing an additional 39,477 shares during the period. Koch Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Getty Images during the fourth quarter worth $183,865,000. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Getty Images by 7.3% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 10,225,249 shares of the company's stock valued at $22,087,000 after purchasing an additional 698,829 shares during the period. 45.75% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Getty Images Company Profile

Getty Images Holdings, Inc offers creative and editorial visual content solutions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. Its products include Getty Images that offers creative and editorial content including stills, music and video which focuses on corporate, agency, and media customers; iStock.com, an e-commerce offering where customers have access to creative stills and video; Unsplash.com, a platform offering free stock photo downloads and paid subscriptions targeted to the high-growth prosumer and semi-professional creator segments; and Unsplash+ that provides access to unique model released content with expanded legal protections.