Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK – Get Free Report) and Genius Sports (NYSE:GENI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.
Volatility and Risk
Shutterstock has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genius Sports has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Shutterstock and Genius Sports”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Shutterstock | $989.92 million | 0.64 | $45.50 million | $1.29 | 13.72 |
| Genius Sports | $669.49 million | 1.80 | -$111.58 million | ($0.43) | -11.37 |
Shutterstock has higher revenue and earnings than Genius Sports. Genius Sports is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shutterstock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Shutterstock and Genius Sports’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Shutterstock | 4.60% | 16.13% | 6.85% |
| Genius Sports | -16.67% | -13.66% | -9.80% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings for Shutterstock and Genius Sports, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Shutterstock | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Genius Sports | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 2.95 |
Shutterstock currently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.28%. Genius Sports has a consensus price target of $12.63, suggesting a potential upside of 158.26%. Given Genius Sports’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Genius Sports is more favorable than Shutterstock.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
82.8% of Shutterstock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of Genius Sports shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.3% of Shutterstock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Genius Sports shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Shutterstock beats Genius Sports on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Shutterstock
Shutterstock, Inc. provides platform to connect brands and businesses to high quality content in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company offers image services consisting of photographs, vectors, and illustrations, which is used in visual communications, such as websites, digital and print marketing materials, corporate communications, books, publications, and others; footage services, including video clips, filmed by industry experts and cinema grade video effects in HD and 4K formats that are integrated into websites, social media, marketing campaigns, and cinematic productions; and music services comprising music tracks and sound effects, which are used to complement images and footage. It also provides 3 dimensional models consisting of 3D models used in various industries, such as advertising, media and video production, gaming, retail, education, design, and architecture; and generative AI content comprising images generated from algorithms trained with ethically sourced content. The company offers its services under the Shutterstock, Pond5, TurboSquid, PicMonkey, PremiumBeat, Splash News, Bigstock, and Offset brand names. In addition, it operates a collection of graphics interchange format visuals and stickers that supplies casual conversational content. The company serves corporate professionals and organizations, media and broadcast companies, and small and medium-sized businesses, and individual creators through digital, live sales, and client management channels. Shutterstock, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About Genius Sports
Genius Sports Limited engages in the development and sale of technology-led products and services to the sports, sports betting, and sports media industries. It offers technology infrastructure for the collection, integration, and distribution of live data of sports leagues; streaming solutions comprising technology, automatic production, and distribution for sports to commercialize video footage of their games; and end-to-end integrity services to sports leagues, such as full-time active monitoring technology, which uses mathematical algorithms to identify and flag suspicious betting activity in global betting markets, as well as a full suite of online and offline educational and consultancy services. The company also provides live sports data collection; pre-game and in-game odds feeds; risk management services, including customer profiling, monitoring of incoming bets, automated acceptance and rejection of bets, and limit setting; live streaming services; creation, delivery, and optimization of digital marketing campaigns, such as data-driven personalized ad creative; and fan engagement widgets for digital publishers that offer live game statistics and betting-related content. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
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