MarketWise (MKTW) Competitors

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

Is MKTW or SSTK a better dividend stock?

MarketWise pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Shutterstock pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. MarketWise pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shutterstock pays out 130.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to MKTW or SSTK?

In the previous week, MarketWise had 1 more articles in the media than Shutterstock. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for MarketWise and 4 mentions for Shutterstock. MarketWise's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Shutterstock's score of 1.03 indicating that MarketWise is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MarketWise	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Shutterstock	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer MKTW or SSTK?

Shutterstock has a consensus target price of $45.33, indicating a potential upside of 195.81%. Given Shutterstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than MarketWise.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MarketWise	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Shutterstock	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MKTW or SSTK?

Shutterstock received 316 more outperform votes than MarketWise when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.00% of users gave MarketWise an outperform vote while only 56.72% of users gave Shutterstock an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MarketWise	Outperform Votes 26 65.00%	Underperform Votes 14 35.00%
Shutterstock	Outperform Votes 342 56.72%	Underperform Votes 261 43.28%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MKTW or SSTK?

23.0% of MarketWise shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Shutterstock shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.3% of MarketWise shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of Shutterstock shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, MKTW or SSTK?

Shutterstock has higher revenue and earnings than MarketWise. MarketWise 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
MarketWise	$408.70M	0.52	$1.78M	$3.40	3.85
Shutterstock	$935.26M	0.57	$110.27M	$1.01	15.17

Which has more risk & volatility, MKTW or SSTK?

MarketWise has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shutterstock has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MKTW or SSTK more profitable?

Shutterstock has a net margin of 4.03% compared to MarketWise's net margin of 1.20%. Shutterstock's return on equity of 20.39% beat MarketWise's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MarketWise	1.20%	-1.89%	1.50%
Shutterstock	4.03%	20.39%	9.75%

Summary

Shutterstock beats MarketWise on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.