Value Line (VALU) Competitors

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

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

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

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%

Which has preferable earnings and 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	$37.49M	9.94	$19.02M	$2.35	16.83
Shutterstock	$874.59M	1.01	$110.27M	$1.02	24.84

Which has more volatility & risk, VALU or SSTK?

Value Line has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shutterstock has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer VALU or SSTK?

In the previous week, Shutterstock had 6 more articles in the media than Value Line. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Shutterstock and 1 mentions for Value Line. Value Line's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Shutterstock's score of 0.57 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 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

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 3.0%. Shutterstock pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Value Line pays out 51.1% 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 VALU 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 possible 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VALU or SSTK?

Shutterstock received 161 more outperform votes than Value Line when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.51% of users gave Value Line an outperform vote while only 57.31% of users gave Shutterstock an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Value Line	Outperform Votes 180 57.51%	Underperform Votes 133 42.49%
Shutterstock	Outperform Votes 341 57.31%	Underperform Votes 254 42.69%

Summary

Shutterstock beats Value Line on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.