SSTK vs. UPWK, CSGS, ETWO, YY, TASK, RNG, ATHM, DXC, FIVN, and BILI
Should you be buying Shutterstock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shutterstock include Upwork (UPWK), CSG Systems International (CSGS), E2open Parent (ETWO), JOYY (YY), TaskUs (TASK), RingCentral (RNG), Autohome (ATHM), DXC Technology (DXC), Five9 (FIVN), and Bilibili (BILI). These companies are all part of the "data processing & preparation" industry.
Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) and Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Upwork has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shutterstock has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Shutterstock received 123 more outperform votes than Upwork when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.69% of users gave Shutterstock an outperform vote while only 56.56% of users gave Upwork an outperform vote.
Shutterstock has a net margin of 12.61% compared to Shutterstock's net margin of 6.70%. Upwork's return on equity of 23.04% beat Shutterstock's return on equity.
In the previous week, Upwork had 2 more articles in the media than Shutterstock. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Upwork and 25 mentions for Shutterstock. Shutterstock's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Upwork's score of 0.38 indicating that Upwork is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Upwork presently has a consensus price target of $16.55, suggesting a potential upside of 26.59%. Shutterstock has a consensus price target of $62.50, suggesting a potential upside of 54.13%. Given Upwork's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than Upwork.
Shutterstock has higher revenue and earnings than Upwork. Shutterstock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Upwork, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
77.7% of Upwork shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Shutterstock shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Upwork shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of Shutterstock shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Shutterstock beats Upwork on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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