Shutterstock (SSTK) Competitors

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

Is SSTK or SCHL a better dividend stock?

Shutterstock pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Scholastic pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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. Scholastic pays out 142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Shutterstock is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is SSTK or SCHL more profitable?

Shutterstock has a net margin of 4.03% compared to Scholastic's net margin of 1.49%. Shutterstock's return on equity of 20.39% beat Scholastic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shutterstock	4.03%	20.39%	9.75%
Scholastic	1.49%	4.32%	2.44%

Do analysts prefer SSTK or SCHL?

Shutterstock presently has a consensus price target of $53.67, suggesting a potential upside of 67.03%. Given Shutterstock's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than Scholastic.

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
Scholastic	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better earnings and valuation, SSTK or SCHL?

Shutterstock has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Scholastic. Shutterstock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Scholastic, 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	1.28	$110.27M	$1.02	31.50
Scholastic	$1.59B	0.44	$12.10M	$0.56	44.00

Does the media favor SSTK or SCHL?

In the previous week, Shutterstock had 29 more articles in the media than Scholastic. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Shutterstock and 3 mentions for Scholastic. Shutterstock's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Scholastic's score of -0.49 indicating that Shutterstock is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shutterstock	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Scholastic	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SSTK or SCHL?

82.8% of Shutterstock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.6% of Scholastic shares are held by institutional investors. 32.0% of Shutterstock shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of Scholastic shares are held 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SSTK or SCHL?

Shutterstock received 90 more outperform votes than Scholastic when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.23% of users gave Scholastic an outperform vote while only 57.88% of users gave Shutterstock an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shutterstock	Outperform Votes 338 57.88%	Underperform Votes 246 42.12%
Scholastic	Outperform Votes 248 61.23%	Underperform Votes 157 38.77%

Which has more risk & volatility, SSTK or SCHL?

Shutterstock has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Scholastic has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Shutterstock beats Scholastic on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.