MarketWise (MKTW) Competitors

Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) and MarketWise (NASDAQ:MKTW) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.

Is SSTK or MKTW a better dividend stock?

Shutterstock pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. MarketWise pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Shutterstock pays out 130.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MarketWise pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in SSTK or MKTW?

82.8% of Shutterstock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.0% of MarketWise shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.0% of Shutterstock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.3% of MarketWise shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SSTK or MKTW?

Shutterstock has higher revenue and earnings than MarketWise. MarketWise 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
Shutterstock	$935.26M	0.60	$110.27M	$1.01	15.80
MarketWise	$408.70M	0.54	$1.78M	$3.40	4.01

Does the media prefer SSTK or MKTW?

In the previous week, Shutterstock had 1 more articles in the media than MarketWise. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Shutterstock and 2 mentions for MarketWise. MarketWise's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Shutterstock's score of 0.97 indicating that MarketWise is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Shutterstock	Positive
MarketWise	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, SSTK or MKTW?

Shutterstock has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MarketWise has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer SSTK or MKTW?

Shutterstock presently has a consensus target price of $45.33, indicating a potential upside of 184.04%. Given Shutterstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than MarketWise.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SSTK or MKTW?

Shutterstock received 316 more outperform votes than MarketWise when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.00% of users gave MarketWise an outperform vote while only 56.72% of users gave Shutterstock an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shutterstock	Outperform Votes 342 56.72%	Underperform Votes 261 43.28%
MarketWise	Outperform Votes 26 65.00%	Underperform Votes 14 35.00%

Is SSTK or MKTW more profitable?

Shutterstock has a net margin of 4.03% compared to MarketWise's net margin of 1.20%. Shutterstock's return on equity of 20.39% beat MarketWise's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shutterstock	4.03%	20.39%	9.75%
MarketWise	1.20%	-1.89%	1.50%

Summary

Shutterstock beats MarketWise on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.