MarketWise (MKTW) Competitors

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

Is MKTW or SSTK a better dividend stock?

MarketWise pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Shutterstock pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. MarketWise pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shutterstock pays out 121.1% 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 has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Shutterstock has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Shutterstock is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, MKTW or SSTK?

MarketWise has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shutterstock has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer MKTW or SSTK?

Shutterstock has a consensus price target of $45.33, indicating a potential upside of 156.13%. Given Shutterstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than MarketWise.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MarketWise	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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MKTW or SSTK?

23.0% of MarketWise shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Shutterstock shares are held by institutional investors. 29.3% of MarketWise shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of Shutterstock shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer MKTW or SSTK?

In the previous week, Shutterstock had 4 more articles in the media than MarketWise. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Shutterstock and 0 mentions for MarketWise. Shutterstock's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat MarketWise's score of 0.00 indicating that Shutterstock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
MarketWise	Neutral
Shutterstock	Positive

Is MKTW or SSTK 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
MarketWise	1.20%	-1.89%	1.50%
Shutterstock	4.03%	20.39%	9.75%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MKTW or SSTK?

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
MarketWise	$383.22M	0.72	$1.78M	$3.01	5.62
Shutterstock	$963.57M	0.65	$110.27M	$1.09	16.24

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MKTW or SSTK?

Shutterstock received 319 more outperform votes than MarketWise when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.00% of users gave MarketWise an outperform vote while only 56.84% of users gave Shutterstock an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MarketWise	Outperform Votes 26 65.00%	Underperform Votes 14 35.00%
Shutterstock	Outperform Votes 345 56.84%	Underperform Votes 262 43.16%

Summary

Shutterstock beats MarketWise on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.