Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) Insider Grant Farhall Sells 42,022 Shares

Key Points

• Insider selling: Grant Farhall sold 42,022 shares at an average of $0.78 (~$32,777), cutting his stake by 12.73%, and the sale is part of a broader March 25 sell-off by multiple senior officers totaling about 391,500 shares (~$305k).
• Earnings and fundamentals: Getty Images missed EPS expectations (Q: -$0.22 vs. $0.03 consensus) despite a revenue beat ($282.3M), and shows negative profitability metrics (net margin -21%, ROE -25.05%) while the stock trades around $0.75 with a ~$312M market cap.
• Analyst sentiment: Analysts have turned bearish recently—Zacks cut to "strong sell," Citigroup lowered its price target to $0.85, and the consensus rating is "Reduce" with an average price target of $3.78.

Getty Images Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:GETY - Get Free Report) insider Grant Farhall sold 42,022 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $0.78, for a total value of $32,777.16. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 288,190 shares in the company, valued at $224,788.20. The trade was a 12.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link.

Getty Images Trading Down 3.9%

GETY stock opened at $0.75 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 0.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.12. Getty Images Holdings, Inc. has a twelve month low of $0.67 and a twelve month high of $3.21. The company has a market cap of $312.07 million, a P/E ratio of -1.49 and a beta of 2.13. The business has a fifty day moving average of $0.96 and a 200-day moving average of $1.45.

Getty Images (NYSE:GETY - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March 16th. The company reported ($0.22) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.03 by ($0.25). The firm had revenue of $282.29 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $246.17 million. Getty Images had a negative net margin of 21.00% and a negative return on equity of 25.05%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Getty Images Holdings, Inc. will post 0.08 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Getty Images

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. State of Alaska Department of Revenue bought a new position in shares of Getty Images in the 3rd quarter valued at about $25,000. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC increased its stake in shares of Getty Images by 47.2% during the 3rd quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 15,870 shares of the company's stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 5,089 shares during the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Getty Images in the 2nd quarter valued at about $32,000. Savant Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Getty Images in the 3rd quarter valued at about $40,000. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its stake in Getty Images by 103.2% in the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 21,794 shares of the company's stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 11,066 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 45.75% of the company's stock.

Key Stories Impacting Getty Images

Here are the key news stories impacting Getty Images this week:

• Neutral Sentiment: Aggregate: insiders sold roughly 391,500 shares across filings dated March 25, 2026 — about $305k at the reported ~$0.78 average — disclosed in SEC filings. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Concentrated executive selling: CEO Craig Warren Peters sold 167,403 shares (~11.5% reduction in his stake); CFO Jennifer Leyden, CMO Gene Foca, CTO Nathaniel Gandert and several SVPs/VPs also sold material stakes on March 25. Markets often view simultaneous sales by multiple senior officers as a negative signal for near-term sentiment. Links to individual SEC filings: CEO Read More., CFO Read More., CMO Read More., CTO Read More., and other filings Read More..

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on GETY shares. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Getty Images from a "hold" rating to a "strong sell" rating in a research note on Friday, March 20th. Citigroup reduced their price objective on shares of Getty Images from $1.85 to $0.85 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "sell (d)" rating on shares of Getty Images in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Reduce" and a consensus price target of $3.78.

Getty Images Company Profile

Getty Images NYSE: GETY is a leading global provider of digital visual content, offering an extensive library of stock photography, editorial imagery, video footage and music. The company supplies creative and rights-managed assets to a broad range of industries, including advertising, media, corporate communications and publishing. Through its online platform and licensing services, Getty Images enables customers to search, license and download multimedia content for commercial and editorial use.

Founded in 1995 by Mark Getty and Jonathan Klein, Getty Images pioneered the aggregation of photographic archives into a centralized, digital marketplace.

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