Scholastic (SCHL) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, SCHL or SSTK?

Scholastic has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shutterstock has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SCHL or SSTK?

82.6% of Scholastic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Shutterstock shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.8% of Scholastic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of Shutterstock shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and 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	0.42	-$1.90M	-$0.04	-680.25
Shutterstock	$935.26M	0.82	$35.93M	$1.81	11.88

Do analysts prefer SCHL or SSTK?

Scholastic currently has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.98%. Shutterstock has a consensus target price of $43.67, indicating a potential upside of 103.01%. Given Shutterstock's higher possible 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Shutterstock	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

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%

Does the media prefer SCHL or SSTK?

In the previous week, Scholastic had 6 more articles in the media than Shutterstock. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Scholastic and 5 mentions for Shutterstock. Shutterstock's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Scholastic's score of 0.55 indicating that Shutterstock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Scholastic	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Shutterstock	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SCHL or SSTK a better dividend stock?

Scholastic pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Shutterstock pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. 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.

Summary

Shutterstock beats Scholastic on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.