Scholastic (SCHL) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, SCHL or SSTK?

Shutterstock has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Scholastic. Scholastic 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
Scholastic	$1.59B	0.36	$12.10M	-$0.18	-114.44
Shutterstock	$874.59M	1.01	$110.27M	$1.02	24.84

Is SCHL or SSTK more profitable?

Shutterstock has a net margin of 4.03% compared to Scholastic's net margin of -0.27%. Shutterstock's return on equity of 20.39% beat Scholastic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Scholastic	-0.27%	1.91%	1.02%
Shutterstock	4.03%	20.39%	9.75%

Which has more risk & volatility, SCHL or SSTK?

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SCHL or SSTK?

82.6% of Scholastic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Shutterstock shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.6% of Scholastic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of Shutterstock shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SCHL or SSTK a better dividend stock?

Scholastic pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Shutterstock pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Scholastic pays out -444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shutterstock pays out 117.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer SCHL or SSTK?

Shutterstock has a consensus price target of $50.33, indicating a potential upside of 98.69%. Given Shutterstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than Scholastic.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SCHL or SSTK?

Shutterstock received 93 more outperform votes than Scholastic when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.23% of users gave Scholastic an outperform vote while only 57.31% of users gave Shutterstock an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Scholastic	Outperform Votes 248 61.23%	Underperform Votes 157 38.77%
Shutterstock	Outperform Votes 341 57.31%	Underperform Votes 254 42.69%

Does the media prefer SCHL or SSTK?

In the previous week, Shutterstock had 5 more articles in the media than Scholastic. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Shutterstock and 2 mentions for Scholastic. Scholastic's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Shutterstock's score of 0.57 indicating that Scholastic is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Shutterstock beats Scholastic on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.