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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
Shutterstock pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Scholastic pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. 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.
82.8% of Shutterstock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.6% of Scholastic shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.0% of Shutterstock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of Scholastic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Scholastic had 7 more articles in the media than Shutterstock. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Scholastic and 2 mentions for Shutterstock. Shutterstock's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Scholastic's score of 0.26 indicating that Shutterstock is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Shutterstock has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scholastic has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Shutterstock currently has a consensus price target of $43.67, indicating a potential upside of 140.06%. Given Shutterstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than Scholastic.
Summary
Shutterstock beats Scholastic on 16 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
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This page (NYSE:SSTK) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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