Value Line (VALU) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, SSTK or VALU?

Shutterstock has higher revenue and earnings than Value Line. Shutterstock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Value Line, 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	$935.26M	0.70	$35.93M	$1.09	17.00
Value Line	$37.49M	9.90	$19.02M	$2.28	17.31

Which has more volatility & risk, SSTK or VALU?

Shutterstock has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Value Line has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer SSTK or VALU?

Shutterstock presently has a consensus price target of $43.67, suggesting a potential upside of 135.65%. Given Shutterstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Value Line	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is SSTK or VALU more profitable?

Value Line has a net margin of 60.29% compared to Shutterstock's net margin of 4.00%. Value Line's return on equity of 22.63% beat Shutterstock's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shutterstock	4.00%	17.70%	7.49%
Value Line	60.29%	22.63%	15.42%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SSTK or VALU?

82.8% of Shutterstock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of Value Line shares are held by institutional investors. 32.0% of Shutterstock shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Value Line 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.

Does the media refer more to SSTK or VALU?

In the previous week, Value Line had 1 more articles in the media than Shutterstock. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Value Line and 1 mentions for Shutterstock. Shutterstock's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Value Line's score of 0.91 indicating that Shutterstock is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shutterstock	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Value Line	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 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 $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Value Line pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Shutterstock pays out 121.1% 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 57.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shutterstock has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Value Line has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

Summary

Shutterstock beats Value Line on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.