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Shutterstock, Inc. (referred to herein as the Company , we, our, and us ) is a leading global creative platform connecting brands and businesses to high quality content. Our platform brings together users and contributors of content by providing readily-searchable content that our customers pay to license and by compensating contributors as their content is licensed.
$7.68
+$0.27 (+3.64%)
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Operating margin is thin at 7.58%. Limited cushion if revenue slows or costs rise, not the profile of a wide-moat business.
Revenue grew 5.8%, steady but not accelerating.
Insufficient data to identify specific risks. Treat any missing metrics as a data gap, not a clean bill of health.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$946M
▲ +5.8% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
-$21M
▲ +26.6% YoY
Op. Margin
3.58%
▲ +0.2pp YoY
ROIC
3.08%
▼ -0.6pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
$115M
▲ +950.0% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$159M
▲ +410.6% YoY
Net Debt
$127M
Cash & Equiv.
$163M
5Y CAGR: +8.2%
5Y CAGR: -2.3%
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Shutterstock (SSTK) trades below a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $52.58 per share, so at $7.68 the stock looks undervalued (584.7% below estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Shutterstock scores 37/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a lower-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 17.5%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $52.58 per share for SSTK, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $39.44. At today's $7.68, that puts the stock about 584.7% below estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Shutterstock scores 37 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 7 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 3.6% operating margin and a 3.1% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Yes, Shutterstock pays a regular dividend of about $1.35 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 17.5% at the current price. Shutterstock has grown the dividend at roughly 11.0% a year over the past few years. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For SSTK's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. SSTK currently trades below its estimated intrinsic value and scores 37/100 on quality (lower-quality). It also yields about 17.5%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.