Value Line (VALU) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend SSTK or VALU?

Shutterstock presently has a consensus target price of $43.67, suggesting a potential upside of 129.82%. Given Shutterstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than Value Line.

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
Value Line	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in SSTK or VALU?

82.8% of Shutterstock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of Value Line shares are held by institutional investors. 32.0% of Shutterstock shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Value Line shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, SSTK or VALU?

Shutterstock has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Value Line has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SSTK or VALU a better dividend stock?

Shutterstock pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Value Line pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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. Value Line pays out 57.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shutterstock has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Value Line has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

Is SSTK or VALU more profitable?

Value Line has a net margin of 62.02% compared to Shutterstock's net margin of 4.03%. Value Line's return on equity of 24.00% beat Shutterstock's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shutterstock	4.03%	20.39%	9.75%
Value Line	62.02%	24.00%	16.20%

Does the media refer more to SSTK or VALU?

In the previous week, Shutterstock had 7 more articles in the media than Value Line. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Shutterstock and 2 mentions for Value Line. Value Line's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Shutterstock's score of 0.91 indicating that Value Line is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SSTK or VALU?

Shutterstock has higher revenue and earnings than Value Line. Value Line 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	$963.57M	0.70	$110.27M	$1.09	17.43
Value Line	$35.70M	10.17	$19.02M	$2.28	16.92

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SSTK or VALU?

Shutterstock received 166 more outperform votes than Value Line when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.32% of users gave Value Line an outperform vote while only 56.91% of users gave Shutterstock an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shutterstock	Outperform Votes 346 56.91%	Underperform Votes 262 43.09%
Value Line	Outperform Votes 180 57.32%	Underperform Votes 134 42.68%

Summary

Shutterstock beats Value Line on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.