Value Line (VALU) Competitors

Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) and Value Line (NASDAQ:VALU) 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, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SSTK or VALU?

Shutterstock received 159 more outperform votes than Value Line when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.88% of users gave Shutterstock an outperform vote while only 57.37% of users gave Value Line an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shutterstock	Outperform Votes 338 57.88%	Underperform Votes 246 42.12%
Value Line	Outperform Votes 179 57.37%	Underperform Votes 133 42.63%

Do analysts rate SSTK or VALU?

Shutterstock presently has a consensus price target of $53.67, suggesting a potential upside of 62.38%. Given Shutterstock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than Value Line.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shutterstock	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Value Line	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

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

82.8% of Shutterstock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of Value Line shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.0% of Shutterstock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Value Line shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer SSTK or VALU?

In the previous week, Shutterstock had 2 more articles in the media than Value Line. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Shutterstock and 2 mentions for Value Line. Shutterstock's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Value Line's score of 0.95 indicating that Shutterstock is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Is SSTK or VALU a better dividend stock?

Shutterstock pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Value Line pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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. Value Line pays out 56.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is SSTK or VALU more profitable?

Value Line has a net margin of 54.72% compared to Shutterstock's net margin of 4.03%. Value Line's return on equity of 22.29% beat Shutterstock's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shutterstock	4.03%	20.39%	9.75%
Value Line	54.72%	22.29%	14.86%

Which has more volatility and risk, SSTK or VALU?

Shutterstock has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Value Line has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SSTK or VALU?

Shutterstock has higher revenue and earnings than Value Line. Value Line 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	1.32	$110.27M	$1.02	32.40
Value Line	$37.49M	13.19	$19.02M	$2.12	24.76

Summary

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