SSTK vs. UPWK, CSGS, YY, ETWO, TASK, RNG, ATHM, BILI, FIVN, and CLVT
Should you be buying Shutterstock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shutterstock include Upwork (UPWK), CSG Systems International (CSGS), JOYY (YY), E2open Parent (ETWO), TaskUs (TASK), RingCentral (RNG), Autohome (ATHM), Bilibili (BILI), Five9 (FIVN), and Clarivate (CLVT). These companies are all part of the "data processing & preparation" industry.
Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) and Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Shutterstock has a net margin of 12.61% compared to Upwork's net margin of 6.80%. Shutterstock's return on equity of 23.04% beat Upwork's return on equity.
Shutterstock received 124 more outperform votes than Upwork when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.62% of users gave Shutterstock an outperform vote while only 56.47% of users gave Upwork an outperform vote.
Shutterstock has higher revenue and earnings than Upwork. Shutterstock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Upwork, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Shutterstock currently has a consensus target price of $62.50, suggesting a potential upside of 35.43%. Upwork has a consensus target price of $16.55, suggesting a potential upside of 34.73%. Given Shutterstock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than Upwork.
In the previous week, Upwork had 4 more articles in the media than Shutterstock. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Upwork and 2 mentions for Shutterstock. Upwork's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Shutterstock's score of 0.52 indicating that Upwork is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Shutterstock has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upwork has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
82.8% of Shutterstock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Upwork shares are held by institutional investors. 32.3% of Shutterstock shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Upwork shares are held by company 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.
Summary
Shutterstock beats Upwork on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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