BuzzFeed, Inc. (BZFD) vs Shutterstock, Inc. (SSTK)

BuzzFeed, Inc. and Shutterstock, Inc. are both Internet Content & Information companies. Shutterstock, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $153.0M against $87.6M — 1.7× the size. Shutterstock, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −10.8% against −12.1%. Shutterstock, Inc. has the higher net margin (−22.9% vs −35.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (−19.4% vs −49.3%). Across the 19 metrics below, Shutterstock, Inc. leads on 15 and BuzzFeed, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric BZFD SSTK Internet Content & Information median
P/E n/m n/m 10.24
P/S 0.34 0.17 0.87
P/B 1.12 0.42 1.32
Price to free cash flow n/m 2.19 8.85
EV/EBITDA n/m 2.71 8.86
EV/Sales 0.44 0.33 1.15
Earnings yield (148.08%) (135.41%) (1.58%)
Free cash flow yield (51.25%) 45.72% 2.32%

Profitability

Metric BZFD SSTK Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 39.18% 56.89% 66.84%
Operating margin (31.91%) (17.32%) (3.41%)
Net margin (35.83%) (22.87%) (3.02%)
Free cash flow margin (17.20%) 10.00% 1.75%
Return on equity (90.43%) (43.41%) 0.00%
Return on assets (33.85%) (16.70%) (0.36%)
Return on invested capital (49.28%) (19.36%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric BZFD SSTK Internet Content & Information median
Revenue growth (TTM) (12.09%) (10.81%) 2.65%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (466.67%) 23.76% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (10.43%) 8.23% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (8.71%) 0.00%

Health

Metric BZFD SSTK Internet Content & Information median
Debt to equity 0.67 0.75 0.01
Current ratio 1.01 0.48 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA (1.37) 0.58 (0.48)

Dividend

Metric BZFD SSTK Internet Content & Information median
Dividend yield — 2.37% 3.19%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.33 0.00

Size

Metric BZFD SSTK Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 87.59m 152.96m 283.68m

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