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Shutterstock, Inc. (SSTK)

Communication Services | Internet Content & Information | New York, United States | NYSE
5.97 USD +0.48 (8.743%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 5.83 -0.14 (-0.137%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:⯪☆☆☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:04 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Shutterstock has collapsed entirely. The company is trapped in a death spiral where the market has correctly priced out the business due to four consecutive years of declining annual returns and a massive 62% drop in share price over the last nine years. The suspension of dividends confirms that capital preservation is no longer a priority, leaving shareholders exposed to a company with negative earnings and shrinking revenue. While the stock trades at a fraction of book value, this is not a margin of safety; it is a reflection of the market's verdict that the current business model is failing. The options market is screaming 'sell,' with heavy put buying suggesting that even the worst-case scenarios are being anticipated. There is no catalyst for a recovery visible in the data, making this a security to avoid completely.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.351919
MSTL0.374461
AutoARIMA0.375004
AutoETS0.375009

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 29%
H-stat 175.11
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.110
Excess Kurtosis -1.48
Attribute Value
Sector Communication Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-06-03
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-03
Debt to Equity Ratio 81.744
Revenue per Share 25.165
Market Cap 220,577,664
Forward P/E 6.71
Beta 1.10
Profit Margins -22.87%
Website https://www.shutterstock.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:04 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for downside protection rather than upside participation. Put open interest significantly exceeds call open interest across all expirations, with deep out-of-the-money puts holding the highest concentration of option volume. This distribution indicates a market consensus expecting further price declines, likely driven by the failed merger and deteriorating fundamentals.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
2.73% 8.13% 5.34% 3.77%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-04 0.36 2.729340
2026-03-05 0.36 2.066590
2025-12-04 0.33 1.726845
2025-09-04 0.33 1.602720
2025-06-05 0.33 1.847704
2025-03-06 0.33 1.649175
2024-11-29 0.30 0.946970
2024-08-29 0.30 0.848896
2024-05-30 0.30 0.731886
2024-02-28 0.30 0.636807
2023-11-29 0.27 0.609068
2023-08-30 0.27 0.637394
2023-05-31 0.27 0.542495
2023-03-01 0.27 0.362854
2022-11-30 0.24 0.445931
2022-08-31 0.24 0.433135
2022-06-01 0.24 0.402685
2022-03-02 0.24 0.268757
2021-12-01 0.21 0.189565
2021-09-01 0.21 0.184421
2021-06-02 0.21 0.232301
2021-03-03 0.21 0.244584
2020-12-02 0.17 0.234257
2020-09-02 0.17 0.333530
2020-06-03 0.17 0.454667
2020-03-04 0.17 0.455398
2018-08-14 3.00 5.852517
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.44
dividendYield 23.92
exDividendDate 2026-06-04
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.38
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.25136614
lastDividendValue 0.36
lastDividendDate 2026-06-04
dividendDate 2026-06-18

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.731146
Address1 350 Fifth Avenue
Address2 20th Floor
All Time High 128.36
All Time Low 5.17
Ask 6.2
Ask Size 500
Audit Risk 4
Average Daily Volume10 Day 796,420
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,105,954
Average Volume 1,105,954
Average Volume10Days 796,420
Beta 1.101
Bid 5.81
Bid Size 1,400
Board Risk 5
Book Value 9.88
City New York
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 9
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 5.97
Current Ratio 0.476
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 5.99
Day Low 5.58
Debt To Equity 81.744
Display Name Shutterstock
Dividend Date 1,781,740,800
Dividend Rate 1.44
Dividend Yield 23.92
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,960,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,960,000
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,019,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,794,254,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,794,254,400
Ebitda 141,248,000
Ebitda Margins 0.15672
Enterprise To Ebitda 2.723
Enterprise To Revenue 0.427
Enterprise Value 384,638,688
Eps Forward 0.89
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -6.23
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,780,531,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 7.975
Fifty Day Average Change -2.005
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.25141066
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -73.1146
Fifty Two Week High 29.5
Fifty Two Week High Change -23.53
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.79762715
Fifty Two Week Low 5.17
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.7999997
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.15473881
Fifty Two Week Range 5.17 - 29.5
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,349,962,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 3.85
Float Shares 25,330,593
Forward Eps 0.89
Forward P E 6.707865
Free Cashflow 147,756,880
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 1,565
Fullday Change 0.48
Fullday Change Percent 8.74317
Fullday Price 5.8331
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.56891
Gross Profits 512,747,008
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.31149998
Held Percent Institutions 0.5618
Implied Shares Outstanding 36,947,684
Industry Internet Content & Information
Industry Disp Internet Content & Information
Industry Key internet-content-information
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,780,531,200
Last Dividend Value 0.36
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary 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. In addition, the company operates a collection of graphics interchange format visuals and stickers that supplies casual conversational content. It offers its services under the Shutterstock, Envato, Pond5, TurboSquid, PicMonkey, PremiumBeat, Splash News, and Bigstock brand names. The company serves corporate professionals and organizations, media and broadcast companies, and small and medium-sized businesses, and individual creators through digital, live sales, services, and client management channels. Shutterstock, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Long Name Shutterstock, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 220,577,664
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_23442750
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -206,140,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 202,842,785
Open 5.49
Operating Cashflow 132,594,000
Operating Margins 0.12255
Overall Risk 7
Payout Ratio 1.056
Phone 646 710 3417
Post Market Change -0.13689995
Post Market Change Percent -2.2931316
Post Market Price 5.8331
Post Market Time 1,787,959,806
Previous Close 5.49
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.60425097
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.24473658
Profit Margins -0.22872
Quick Ratio 0.401
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.48
Regular Market Change Percent 8.74317
Regular Market Day High 5.995
Regular Market Day Low 5.58
Regular Market Day Range 5.58 - 5.995
Regular Market Open 5.49
Regular Market Previous Close 5.49
Regular Market Price 5.97
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,203
Regular Market Volume 1,192,067
Return On Assets 0.04664
Return On Equity -0.43405998
Revenue Growth -0.169
Revenue Per Share 25.165
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Communication Services
Sector Disp Communication Services
Sector Key communication-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 7
Shares Outstanding 36,947,684
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.06
Shares Short 2,218,231
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 1,233,793
Short Name Shutterstock, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.101
Short Ratio 1.61
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol SSTK
Total Cash 133,208,000
Total Cash Per Share 3.605
Total Debt 297,268,992
Total Revenue 901,286,016
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.38
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.25136614
Trailing Eps -6.23
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 15.1587
Two Hundred Day Average Change -9.1887
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.6061667
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,192,067
Website https://www.shutterstock.com
Zip 10,118