Daily Journal (DJCO) Competitors

Daily Journal (NASDAQ:DJCO) and Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, DJCO or SSTK?

Daily Journal has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shutterstock has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DJCO or SSTK more profitable?

Daily Journal has a net margin of 106.63% compared to Shutterstock's net margin of 4.03%. Daily Journal's return on equity of 20.64% beat Shutterstock's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Daily Journal	106.63%	20.64%	14.22%
Shutterstock	4.03%	20.39%	9.75%

Does the media refer more to DJCO or SSTK?

In the previous week, Daily Journal had 1 more articles in the media than Shutterstock. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Daily Journal and 3 mentions for Shutterstock. Shutterstock's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Daily Journal's score of 0.71 indicating that Shutterstock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Daily Journal	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Shutterstock	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DJCO or SSTK?

51.2% of Daily Journal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Shutterstock shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Daily Journal shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of Shutterstock shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DJCO or SSTK?

Shutterstock received 180 more outperform votes than Daily Journal when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.90% of users gave Daily Journal an outperform vote while only 56.84% of users gave Shutterstock an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Daily Journal	Outperform Votes 165 56.90%	Underperform Votes 125 43.10%
Shutterstock	Outperform Votes 345 56.84%	Underperform Votes 262 43.16%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DJCO or SSTK?

Shutterstock has higher revenue and earnings than Daily Journal. Daily Journal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shutterstock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Daily Journal	$71.64M	8.48	$78.11M	$76.71	5.75
Shutterstock	$963.57M	0.68	$110.27M	$1.09	16.94

Do analysts rate DJCO or SSTK?

Shutterstock has a consensus price target of $45.33, indicating a potential upside of 145.58%. Given Shutterstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than Daily Journal.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Daily Journal	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Shutterstock	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Summary

Shutterstock beats Daily Journal on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.