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SSTK vs. SCHL, DJCO, VALU, MKTW, TRI, MORN, NYT, WB, YELP, and GENI

Should you be buying Shutterstock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shutterstock include Scholastic (SCHL), Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.) (DJCO), Value Line (VALU), MarketWise (MKTW), Thomson Reuters (TRI), Morningstar (MORN), New York Times (NYT), Weibo (WB), Yelp (YELP), and Genius Sports (GENI).

Shutterstock vs. Its Competitors

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

Shutterstock pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Scholastic pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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. Scholastic pays out 133.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

In the previous week, Shutterstock had 1 more articles in the media than Scholastic. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Shutterstock and 2 mentions for Scholastic. Shutterstock's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Scholastic's score of 0.60 indicating that Shutterstock is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Shutterstock currently has a consensus target price of $43.67, suggesting a potential upside of 119.54%. Given Shutterstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than Scholastic.

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
Scholastic
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Shutterstock has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Scholastic. Shutterstock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Scholastic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Shutterstock$935.26M0.75$35.93M$1.0918.25
Scholastic$1.59B0.39$12.10M$0.6036.55

82.8% of Shutterstock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.6% of Scholastic shares are held by institutional investors. 32.0% of Shutterstock shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of Scholastic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Shutterstock has a net margin of 4.00% compared to Scholastic's net margin of 1.17%. Shutterstock's return on equity of 17.70% beat Scholastic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Shutterstock4.00% 17.70% 7.49%
Scholastic 1.17%4.19%2.14%

Shutterstock has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scholastic has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Shutterstock beats Scholastic on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SSTK vs. The Competition

MetricShutterstockINTERNET CONTENT IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$701.12M$4.85B$27.33B$20.52B
Dividend Yield6.96%5.55%2.94%3.76%
P/E Ratio18.258.1436.0427.84
Price / Sales0.752.322,034.9037.43
Price / Cash3.6621.5037.9921.79
Price / Book1.344.187.054.55
Net Income$35.93M$116.32M$763.02M$984.95M
7 Day Performance7.22%5.44%3.10%3.58%
1 Month Performance10.38%8.77%6.51%6.04%
1 Year Performance-44.38%7.35%52,212.28%14.49%

Shutterstock Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SSTK
Shutterstock
4.5578 of 5 stars
$19.89
-1.0%
$43.67
+119.5%
-46.1%$701.12M$935.26M18.251,715Positive News
SCHL
Scholastic
4.0432 of 5 stars
$21.34
+11.6%
N/A-38.4%$599.65M$1.59B35.576,660
DJCO
Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.)
0.658 of 5 stars
$413.19
+4.2%
N/A+6.2%$570.20M$69.93M5.39320High Trading Volume
VALU
Value Line
1.783 of 5 stars
$38.41
+1.0%
N/A-12.6%$361.44M$37.49M16.85140News Coverage
MKTW
MarketWise
3.9485 of 5 stars
$18.13
+3.7%
N/A-13.1%$294.25M$408.70M6.02800News Coverage
Positive News
TRI
Thomson Reuters
3.8535 of 5 stars
$195.89
+1.1%
$187.30
-4.4%
+20.0%$88.24B$7.27B40.0624,400Positive News
MORN
Morningstar
3.9183 of 5 stars
$302.84
+0.7%
$361.67
+19.4%
+4.8%$12.79B$2.28B34.0311,085
NYT
New York Times
3.5869 of 5 stars
$54.71
+0.4%
$56.40
+3.1%
+9.7%$8.92B$2.59B29.735,900Trending News
Dividend Announcement
WB
Weibo
2.0782 of 5 stars
$9.28
-1.2%
$9.75
+5.1%
+22.9%$2.25B$1.76B6.724,982News Coverage
YELP
Yelp
3.7264 of 5 stars
$34.16
-0.9%
$34.00
-0.5%
-2.8%$2.18B$1.41B16.425,116Trending News
GENI
Genius Sports
3.4269 of 5 stars
$9.72
+1.1%
$12.19
+25.5%
+86.0%$2.09B$510.89M-51.142,400Analyst Forecast

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