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.
Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) and Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
Shutterstock has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upwork has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Shutterstock currently has a consensus target price of $62.50, suggesting a potential upside of 47.27%. Upwork has a consensus target price of $16.82, suggesting a potential upside of 40.62%. Given Shutterstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than Upwork.
82.8% of Shutterstock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Upwork shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.3% of Shutterstock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Upwork shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Upwork had 6 more articles in the media than Shutterstock. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Upwork and 12 mentions for Shutterstock. Shutterstock's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Upwork's score of 0.55 indicating that Shutterstock is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Shutterstock has a net margin of 12.61% compared to Upwork's net margin of 6.80%. Shutterstock's return on equity of 23.04% beat Upwork's return on equity.
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 56.71% of users gave Upwork an outperform vote.
Summary
Shutterstock beats Upwork on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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