Shutterstock, Inc. (SSTK) vs Zhihu Inc. Sponsored ADR (ZH)

Shutterstock, Inc. and Zhihu Inc. Sponsored ADR are both Internet Content & Information companies. Zhihu Inc. Sponsored ADR is the larger, with a market value of $220.9M against $153.0M — 1.4× the size. Zhihu Inc. Sponsored ADR grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −10.1% against −10.8%. Zhihu Inc. Sponsored ADR has the higher net margin (−11.1% vs −22.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −19.4%). Across the 20 metrics below, Zhihu Inc. Sponsored ADR leads on 12 and Shutterstock, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric SSTK ZH Internet Content & Information median
P/E n/m n/m 10.24
P/S 0.17 0.74 0.87
P/B 0.42 0.52 1.32
Price to free cash flow 2.19 n/m 8.85
EV/EBITDA 2.71 4.57 8.86
EV/Sales 0.33 (0.86) 1.15
Earnings yield (135.41%) (14.63%) (1.58%)
Free cash flow yield 45.72% (45.50%) 2.32%

Profitability

Metric SSTK ZH Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 56.89% 57.94% 66.84%
Operating margin (17.32%) (18.76%) (3.41%)
Net margin (22.87%) (11.08%) (3.02%)
Free cash flow margin 10.00% (33.67%) 1.75%
Return on equity (43.41%) (7.43%) 0.00%
Return on assets (16.70%) (5.57%) (0.36%)
Return on invested capital (19.36%) 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric SSTK ZH Internet Content & Information median
Revenue growth (TTM) (10.81%) (10.06%) 2.65%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 23.76% (30.77%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.23% 13.66% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (8.71%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric SSTK ZH Internet Content & Information median
Debt to equity 0.75 0.03 0.01
Current ratio 0.48 3.73 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA 0.58 8.61 (0.48)

Dividend

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

Size

Metric SSTK ZH Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 152.96m 220.93m 283.68m

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