Value Line (VALU) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate VALU or SSTK?

Shutterstock has a consensus target price of $45.33, suggesting a potential upside of 146.08%. Given Shutterstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than Value Line.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Value Line	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

Which has better earnings & valuation, VALU or SSTK?

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
Value Line	$35.70M	10.13	$19.02M	$2.28	16.84
Shutterstock	$935.26M	0.69	$110.27M	$1.01	18.24

Which has more risk & volatility, VALU or SSTK?

Value Line has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shutterstock has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer VALU or SSTK?

In the previous week, Value Line and Value Line both had 6 articles in the media. Value Line's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Shutterstock's score of 0.59 indicating that Value Line is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Value Line	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Shutterstock	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

6.3% of Value Line shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Shutterstock shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Value Line shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of Shutterstock shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VALU or SSTK?

Shutterstock received 162 more outperform votes than Value Line when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.32% of users gave Value Line an outperform vote while only 56.91% of users gave Shutterstock an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Value Line	Outperform Votes 180 57.32%	Underperform Votes 134 42.68%
Shutterstock	Outperform Votes 342 56.91%	Underperform Votes 259 43.09%

Is VALU or SSTK more profitable?

Value Line has a net margin of 62.02% compared to Shutterstock's net margin of 4.03%. Value Line's return on equity of 24.00% beat Shutterstock's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Value Line	62.02%	24.00%	16.20%
Shutterstock	4.03%	20.39%	9.75%

Is VALU or SSTK a better dividend stock?

Value Line pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Shutterstock pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Value Line pays out 52.6% 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.

Summary

Shutterstock beats Value Line on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.