Value Line (VALU) Competitors

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

Is VALU or SSTK more profitable?

Value Line has a net margin of 61.09% compared to Shutterstock's net margin of 6.36%. Value Line's return on equity of 21.35% beat Shutterstock's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Value Line	61.09%	21.35%	14.76%
Shutterstock	6.36%	18.42%	7.48%

Is VALU or SSTK a better dividend stock?

Value Line pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Shutterstock pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Value Line pays out 57.5% 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. Value Line has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Shutterstock has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility & risk, VALU or SSTK?

Value Line has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shutterstock has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor VALU or SSTK?

In the previous week, Shutterstock had 7 more articles in the media than Value Line. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Shutterstock and 5 mentions for Value Line. Value Line's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Shutterstock's score of 0.01 indicating that Value Line is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Value Line	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Shutterstock	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in VALU or SSTK?

6.3% of Value Line shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Shutterstock shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Value Line shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of Shutterstock shares are held 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.

Do analysts rate VALU or SSTK?

Shutterstock has a consensus price target of $40.50, indicating a potential upside of 56.95%. Given Shutterstock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than Value Line.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Value Line	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Shutterstock	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has higher earnings & valuation, VALU or SSTK?

Shutterstock has higher revenue and earnings than Value Line. Shutterstock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Value Line, 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
Value Line	$35.08M	10.47	$20.69M	$2.26	17.27
Shutterstock	$1.01B	0.91	$35.93M	$1.81	14.26

Summary

Value Line beats Shutterstock on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.