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 $208.4M against $169.6M — 1.2× 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 11.54
P/S 0.18 0.66 0.86
P/B 0.45 0.47 1.20
Price to free cash flow 2.32 n/m 9.63
EV/EBITDA 2.80 5.00 8.68
EV/Sales 0.34 (0.94) 1.18
Earnings yield (127.48%) (16.42%) (2.42%)
Free cash flow yield 43.05% (51.07%) 2.27%

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%) 34.45%
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 23.65% — 1.07%
Payout ratio — — 0.28

Size

Metric SSTK ZH Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 169.59m 208.42m 318.52m

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