Financial Contrast: Pazoo (OTCMKTS:PZOO) & Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK)

Pazoo (OTCMKTS:PZOO) and Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

82.8% of Shutterstock shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Pazoo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of Shutterstock shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Pazoo has a beta of -0.51, indicating that its share price is 151% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shutterstock has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Pazoo and Shutterstock”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pazoo	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Shutterstock	$989.92 million	0.58	$35.93 million	$1.29	12.45

Shutterstock has higher revenue and earnings than Pazoo.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Pazoo and Shutterstock, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pazoo	0	0	0	0	0.00
Shutterstock	0	4	1	0	2.20

Shutterstock has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 55.68%. Given Shutterstock’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than Pazoo.

Profitability

This table compares Pazoo and Shutterstock’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pazoo	N/A	N/A	N/A
Shutterstock	4.60%	16.13%	6.85%

Summary

Shutterstock beats Pazoo on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pazoo

Pazoo, Inc. operates as a health and wellness company. It offers laboratory testing services for marijuana. Pazoo, Inc.was formerly known as IUCSS, Inc. and changed its name to Pazoo, Inc. in May 2011. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey.

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.