profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Shutterstock
$2.96-0.34% today
-86.2% in 1 year
1-year low $2.961-year high $22.30
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $2.41 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Shutterstock sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $828 million in 2022 to $990 million in 2025, with $45.5 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Shutterstock handed back 40% of the cash it generated last year.
$47M
Free cash flow 2025$117M
Bought back its own shares$0
Paid as dividends$47M
Cash vs. debt$178M vs. $292M
Shutterstock vs. similar companies
Shutterstock grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shutterstock | 2.4× · Cheap | ||
 Alphabet | 26.8× · Fair price | ||
 Meta | 27.1× · Fair price | ||
 Tencent Holdings | 14.3× · Cheap | ||
 Recruit | 60.1× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Shutterstock's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 828 | 875 | 935 | 990 | |
| 514 | 522 | 539 | 583 | |
| 112 | 68 | 69 | 75 | |
| 161 | 204 | 161 | 183 | |
| 76 | 110 | 36 | 45 | |
| 2.08 | 3.04 | 1.01 | 1.25 | |
| 62.0% | 59.7% | 57.6% | 58.9% | |
| 13.6% | 7.8% | 7.3% | 7.6% | |
| 9.2% | 12.6% | 3.8% | 4.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 881 | 1,036 | 1,309 | 1,356 |
| Cash | 115 | 100 | 111 | 178 |
| Total debt | 86 | 59 | 301 | 292 |
| Total liabilities | 434 | 509 | 791 | 775 |
| 447 | 527 | 518 | 581 | |
| 37 | 36 | 36 | 36 | |
| 13.7% | 16.7% | 7.0% | 8.3% | |
| 17.0% | 20.9% | 6.9% | 7.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 158 | 141 | 33 | 167 | |
| 60 | 56 | 51 | 49 | |
| 98 | 85 | -19 | 117 | |
| Dividends paid | 35 | 39 | 42 | 47 |
| 73 | 28 | 42 | 0 | |
| 36 | 49 | 56 | 61 |
Valuation
- 2.4×
- –
- –
- 1.0×
- 0.1×
- 0.9×
- 1.2×
- 106.9%
- 41.4%
- 8.7%
Profitability
- 58.9%
- 7.6%
- 4.6%
- 14.1%
- -16.5%
- 12.1%
- -3.6%
- -1.6%
- 5.4%
- 10.5%
Growth
- +6.1%
- −15.6%
- +950.0%
- +14.2%
- −0.8%
Financial health
- 1.0×
- 0.54
- 22.1%
- 1.2×
- 0.51
- 0.51
- 0.72
How it ranks in Communication Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 3%of 438
Bottom 33%of 441
Top 1%of 347
Top 46%of 441
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $67.00
- Range
- $55.00 – $90.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | 0.29 | 0.80 | −63.7% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | 0.43 | 0.76 | −43.4% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 0.99 | 1.47 | −32.7% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | 1.19 | 1.65 | −27.9% |
| May 2, 2025 | 1.03 | 1.26 | −18.3% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | 0.67 | 0.92 | −27.2% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | 1.31 | 1.06 | +23.6% |
| Aug 6, 2024 | 1.00 | 1.01 | −1.0% |
8.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$87a year at today's yield, before tax
+14.2%2020 to 2025
Raised5 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$3.00 in 2018 → $1.32 in 2025
How safe it looks
102.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 39.7%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
61Pass
Benjamin Graham
77Pass
Philip Fisher
51No pass
Peter Lynch
24No pass
Joel Greenblatt
60Pass
Charlie Munger
45No pass
Terry Smith
44No pass
Questions about Shutterstock
Is Shutterstock a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Shutterstock AI analysis
What does Shutterstock do?
Shutterstock, Inc., a technology company, provides quality content, and creative workflow solutions in North America, Europe, and internationally. It is in Internet Content & Information.
Does Shutterstock pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 8.7% a year, about 102% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $46.5 million in dividends.
Is Shutterstock stock halal?
No. Shutterstock does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 266% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Shutterstock stock done over the past year?
Down 86.2% over the past twelve months, to $2.96. It traded between $2.96 and $22.30 and is 86.7% below its high.
Who are Shutterstock's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Alphabet, Meta, Tencent Holdings and Recruit. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Shutterstock's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 9, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.