Shutterstock Inc. Common Stock (SSTK)

FairStock Score: 47/100 — MIXED

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AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I approach Shutterstock as a Graham-style asset situation. It sells visual content—photographs, vectors, video—through a subscription platform. At the 2026-10-13 close of $4.23, FairStock's calculations show a $156.3M market cap, a P/B of 0.43, and an FCF yield of 56.5% on trailing twelve-month free cash flow of $88.3M. That is statistically cheap, and the Lynch category is an asset play because it trades at 0.43 times book. But the business is weak. In fiscal Q2 2026, the quarter ended 2026-06-30, revenue was $221.8M, net income was -$155.9M, and diluted EPS was -$4.25. In fiscal Q1 2026, the quarter ended 2026-03-31, net income was -$47.6M. In fiscal Q2 2025, the quarter ended 2025-06-30, revenue was $267.0M, net income was $29.4M, and diluted EPS was $0.82. So sales and profits have fallen sharply. FairStock's Altman Z-score of 0.19 and Piotroski F-score of 4/9 signal distress and weak fundamentals. The 23.92% dividend yield looks unlikely to be durable against those losses. D/E is 0.82, FairStock's ROCE is 4.66%, but FairStock's ROE is -43.41%, so capital is being destroyed. The moat is hard to see in these numbers. Despite the asset discount and cash generation, I would want evidence that revenue and earnings are stabilizing before trusting the cheapness; otherwise book value may be written down and the asset play becomes a value trap.

In plain English: Shutterstock sells photos and video content to businesses. The business looks weak right now: sales fell and the latest quarter had a large loss. The stock price looks cheap compared with the company's asset value and cash generation, but the weak results make that cheapness uncertain.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-30) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-03-31) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-09-30) · fiscal Q2 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-06-30) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-12-31) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-12-31) · FY2023 10-K (period ended 2023-12-31)

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