Shutterstock (SSTK) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SSTK or DJCO?

Shutterstock has higher revenue and earnings than Daily Journal. Daily Journal 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	$874.59M	1.23	$110.27M	$1.02	30.28
Daily Journal	$69.93M	9.82	$78.11M	$56.72	8.78

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SSTK or DJCO?

Shutterstock received 176 more outperform votes than Daily Journal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.70% of users gave Shutterstock an outperform vote while only 56.90% of users gave Daily Journal an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shutterstock	Outperform Votes 341 57.70%	Underperform Votes 250 42.30%
Daily Journal	Outperform Votes 165 56.90%	Underperform Votes 125 43.10%

Does the media prefer SSTK or DJCO?

In the previous week, Shutterstock had 12 more articles in the media than Daily Journal. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Shutterstock and 1 mentions for Daily Journal. Daily Journal's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Shutterstock's score of 0.17 indicating that Daily Journal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shutterstock	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Daily Journal	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, SSTK or DJCO?

Shutterstock has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Daily Journal has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SSTK or DJCO?

82.8% of Shutterstock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.2% of Daily Journal shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.0% of Shutterstock shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Daily Journal shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SSTK or DJCO more profitable?

Daily Journal has a net margin of 111.70% compared to Shutterstock's net margin of 4.03%. Daily Journal's return on equity of 22.98% beat Shutterstock's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shutterstock	4.03%	20.39%	9.75%
Daily Journal	111.70%	22.98%	15.23%

Do analysts prefer SSTK or DJCO?

Shutterstock presently has a consensus price target of $50.33, suggesting a potential upside of 62.95%. Given Shutterstock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than Daily Journal.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shutterstock	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Daily Journal	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Shutterstock beats Daily Journal on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.