Contrasting Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) and Prosus (OTCMKTS:PROSF)

Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) and Prosus (OTCMKTS:PROSF) are both communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Shutterstock and Prosus, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shutterstock	1	1	1	0	2.00
Prosus	0	0	0	0	0.00

Shutterstock presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.36%. Given Shutterstock’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than Prosus.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Shutterstock and Prosus”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	0.23	$45.50 million	($0.58)	-10.74
Prosus	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Shutterstock has higher revenue and earnings than Prosus.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shutterstock	-2.19%	14.12%	5.98%
Prosus	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Summary

Shutterstock beats Prosus on 8 of the 9 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 Prosus

Prosus N.V. engages in the e-commerce and internet businesses. The company operates internet platforms, such as classifieds, payments and fintech, food delivery, education technology, etail, health, ventures, social, and other internet platforms. It has operations in Latin and North America, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, and internationally. The company was formerly known as Myriad International Holdings N.V. and changed its name to Prosus N.V. in August 2019. Prosus N.V. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Prosus N.V. operates as a subsidiary of Naspers Limited.