Scholastic (SCHL) Competitors

Scholastic (NASDAQ:SCHL) and Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) are both small-cap publishing companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Is SCHL or SSTK more profitable?

Shutterstock has a net margin of 6.36% compared to Scholastic's net margin of -0.12%. Shutterstock's return on equity of 18.42% beat Scholastic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scholastic	-0.12%	1.39%	0.67%
Shutterstock	6.36%	18.42%	7.48%

Do analysts rate SCHL or SSTK?

Shutterstock has a consensus price target of $43.67, suggesting a potential upside of 111.59%. Given Shutterstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than Scholastic.

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

Which has more risk and volatility, SCHL or SSTK?

Scholastic has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shutterstock has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

82.6% of Scholastic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Shutterstock shares are held by institutional investors. 8.8% of Scholastic shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of Shutterstock shares are held by company 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.

Is SCHL or SSTK a better dividend stock?

Scholastic pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Shutterstock pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Scholastic pays out -2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shutterstock pays out 72.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Shutterstock has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Shutterstock is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor SCHL or SSTK?

In the previous week, Shutterstock had 3 more articles in the media than Scholastic. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Shutterstock and 7 mentions for Scholastic. Scholastic's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Shutterstock's score of 0.85 indicating that Scholastic is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Scholastic	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Shutterstock	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SCHL or SSTK?

Shutterstock has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Scholastic. Scholastic 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
Scholastic	$1.63B	0.40	-$1.90M	-$0.04	-653.75
Shutterstock	$935.26M	0.78	$35.93M	$1.81	11.40

Summary

Shutterstock beats Scholastic on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.