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 $208.9M against $113.4M — 1.8× the size. Zhihu Inc. Sponsored ADR grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −10.1% against −20.1%. Zhihu Inc. Sponsored ADR has the higher net margin (−11.1% vs −51.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −79.8%). Across the 20 metrics below, Zhihu Inc. Sponsored ADR leads on 14 and Shutterstock, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric SSTK ZH Internet Content & Information median
P/E n/m n/m 12.38
P/S 0.14 0.53 0.93
P/B 0.65 0.37 1.24
Price to free cash flow 10.54 n/m 10.76
EV/EBITDA 2.25 5.70 10.74
EV/Sales 0.30 (1.07) 1.20
Earnings yield (375.91%) (20.52%) (1.71%)
Free cash flow yield 9.48% (63.84%) 4.26%

Profitability

Metric SSTK ZH Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 54.64% 57.94% 63.25%
Operating margin (47.55%) (18.76%) (1.87%)
Net margin (51.19%) (11.08%) (1.37%)
Free cash flow margin 3.76% (33.67%) 3.47%
Return on equity (108.97%) (7.43%) (1.19%)
Return on assets (37.44%) (5.57%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (79.80%) 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric SSTK ZH Internet Content & Information median
Revenue growth (TTM) (20.09%) (10.06%) 6.92%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 23.76% (30.77%) 34.37%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.23% 13.66% 10.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (8.71%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric SSTK ZH Internet Content & Information median
Debt to equity 1.41 0.03 0.01
Current ratio 0.47 3.73 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 0.58 8.61 (0.53)

Dividend

Metric SSTK ZH Internet Content & Information median
Dividend yield 34.65% — 1.19%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric SSTK ZH Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 113.43m 208.90m 693.23m

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