SSTK vs. UPWK, ETWO, TASK, CSGS, YY, GRVY, SOHU, RNG, DXC, and ATHM
Should you be buying Shutterstock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shutterstock include Upwork (UPWK), E2open Parent (ETWO), TaskUs (TASK), CSG Systems International (CSGS), JOYY (YY), Gravity (GRVY), Sohu.com (SOHU), RingCentral (RNG), DXC Technology (DXC), and Autohome (ATHM). 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
77.7% of Upwork shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Shutterstock shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Upwork shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of Shutterstock shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Upwork currently has a consensus target price of $17.80, indicating a potential upside of 49.45%. Shutterstock has a consensus target price of $62.50, indicating a potential upside of 49.02%. Given Shutterstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Upwork is more favorable than Shutterstock.
Shutterstock has a net margin of 10.71% compared to Shutterstock's net margin of 6.70%. Upwork's return on equity of 21.14% beat Shutterstock's return on equity.
In the previous week, Shutterstock had 1 more articles in the media than Upwork. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Shutterstock and 6 mentions for Upwork. Upwork's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Shutterstock's score of 0.49 indicating that Shutterstock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Shutterstock received 123 more outperform votes than Upwork when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.84% of users gave Shutterstock an outperform vote while only 56.79% of users gave Upwork an outperform vote.
Upwork has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shutterstock has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Shutterstock beats Upwork on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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