Stocks · Communication Services · Internet Content & Information
Shutterstock, Inc. SSTK
$4.01 +5.25% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $140.0M
Weak trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-5.65, down 412.2% year over year.
- Operating margin narrowed to -17.0% from 7.5% a year earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned -81.1%, behind the S&P 500 by 96.9 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 10%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 11%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 1%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 50%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 9%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 6%
- Gross marginTop 43%
- Operating marginBottom 10%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 8%
- Interest coverBottom 14%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 6%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 3%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 6%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 1%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 4%
- 6-month returnBottom 2%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 3%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 2%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 5%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 34%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 29%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 1%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 3%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 29%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -1.8% | -10.8% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -153.2% | -412.2% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 58.1% | 56.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 7.5% | -17.0% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 0.0% | 9.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -10.8% | -1.8% | ↓ | Bottom 10% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -412.2% | -153.2% | ↓ | Bottom 11% |
| Gross margin | 56.7% | 58.1% | ↓ | Top 43% |
| Operating margin | -17.0% | 7.5% | ↓ | Bottom 10% |
| Net margin | -22.9% | 6.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 9.9% | 0.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -23.0% | — | Bottom 6% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 6.1% | — | Top 50% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -31.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 5.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -21.8 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -5.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 35.29%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 7.73%
- Shareholder yield
- 43.02%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $67.00
- Target vs current price
- +1570.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 20
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 40%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | +3763.6% | -0.7% | -2.8% | -8.6% | — |
| Apr 28, 2026 | +67.5% | -2.0% | -8.5% | -8.4% | -67.3% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | -43.4% | -11.9% | -10.1% | -6.0% | -7.0% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -64.8% | +5.5% | +2.8% | -9.7% | -7.7% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | -27.9% | +2.7% | +1.3% | +7.3% | +30.4% |
| May 2, 2025 | -41.9% | +2.0% | +14.2% | +12.3% | +23.8% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | -27.2% | -6.9% | -15.0% | -19.5% | -25.4% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | +15.9% | +11.3% | +10.2% | +8.7% | -2.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $4.25 | $0.11 | +3763.6% | $221.8M |
| Apr 28, 2026 | $1.34 | $0.80 | +67.5% | $199.2M |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $0.43 | $0.76 | -43.4% | $220.2M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.38 | $1.08 | -64.8% | $260.1M |
| Jul 29, 2025 | $1.19 | $1.65 | -27.9% | $267.0M |
| May 2, 2025 | $0.54 | $0.93 | -41.9% | $242.6M |
| Feb 25, 2025 | $0.67 | $0.92 | -27.2% | $250.3M |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $1.31 | $1.13 | +15.9% | $250.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 0.33× | — | — | Top 1% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 63.45% | — | — | Top 3% |
| Earnings yield | -140.90% | — | — | Bottom 6% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 11.2× – 45.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -81.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -412.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -47.8%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -25.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -10.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -23.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -69.6%
- RSI (14)
- 32.8
- Relative volume
- 0.95×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 84.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 95th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.20
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.33
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -84.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -92.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2021 | Oct 2, 2026 | -97.0% | 1244 days | Not yet recovered |
| Apr 15, 2021 | May 11, 2021 | -21.1% | 18 days | 32 days (Jun 25, 2021) |
| Feb 19, 2021 | Mar 25, 2021 | -14.9% | 24 days | 12 days (Apr 13, 2021) |
| Jan 14, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -13.2% | 10 days | 9 days (Feb 11, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $140.0M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$5.65
- Revenue (TTM)
- $901.3M
- Dividend yield
- 26.18%
- 52-week range
- $3.76 – $29.50
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $773.4M | $827.8M | $874.6M | $935.3M | $989.9M |
| Gross profit | $495.8M | $513.5M | $522.0M | $539.0M | $575.7M |
| Operating income | $108.1M | $93.6M | $68.4M | $68.7M | $110.0M |
| Net income | $91.9M | $76.1M | $110.3M | $35.9M | $45.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.46 | $2.08 | $3.04 | $1.01 | $1.25 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $250.6M | $250.3M | $242.6M | $267.0M | $260.1M | $220.2M | $199.2M | $221.8M |
| Net income | $17.6M | -$1.4M | $18.7M | $29.4M | $13.4M | -$16.0M | -$47.6M | -$155.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.50 | -$0.04 | $0.53 | $0.82 | $0.37 | -$0.43 | -$1.34 | -$4.25 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $216.4M | $158.5M | $140.6M | $32.6M | $166.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$37.0M | -$60.1M | -$55.7M | -$47.2M | -$42.9M |
| Free cash flow | $179.4M | $98.3M | $84.8M | -$14.6M | $123.8M |
| Dividends paid | -$30.7M | -$34.6M | -$38.7M | -$42.4M | -$46.5M |
| Net share buybacks | -$26.5M | -$73.5M | -$28.2M | -$41.6M | -$9.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $133.2M
- Total assets
- $1.09B
- Total liabilities
- $728.6M
- Total debt
- $286.8M
- Net debt
- $153.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $363.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2026 | $0.36 | Jun 18, 2026 |
| Mar 5, 2026 | $0.36 | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Dec 4, 2025 | $0.33 | Dec 18, 2025 |
| Sep 4, 2025 | $0.33 | Sep 18, 2025 |
| Jun 5, 2025 | $0.33 | Jun 19, 2025 |
| Mar 6, 2025 | $0.33 | Mar 20, 2025 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | $0.30 | Dec 13, 2024 |
| Aug 29, 2024 | $0.30 | Sep 12, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,314,598
- Days to cover
- 2.43
- Change vs previous report
- +4.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.