Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) & Urgent.ly (NASDAQ:ULY) Head to Head Contrast

Urgent.ly (NASDAQ:ULY) and Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

28.3% of Urgent.ly shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Shutterstock shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of Urgent.ly shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of Shutterstock shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Urgent.ly and Shutterstock’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Urgent.ly	59.29%	N/A	-73.06%
Shutterstock	4.03%	20.39%	9.75%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Urgent.ly and Shutterstock, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Urgent.ly	0	0	1	0	3.00
Shutterstock	0	2	2	0	2.50

Urgent.ly presently has a consensus price target of $1.50, indicating a potential upside of 200.60%. Shutterstock has a consensus price target of $53.67, indicating a potential upside of 75.50%. Given Urgent.ly’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Urgent.ly is more favorable than Shutterstock.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Urgent.ly and Shutterstock”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Urgent.ly	$155.93 million	0.04	$74.73 million	$9.32	0.05
Shutterstock	$902.18 million	1.18	$110.27 million	$1.02	29.98

Shutterstock has higher revenue and earnings than Urgent.ly. Urgent.ly is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shutterstock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Urgent.ly has a beta of 2.22, indicating that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shutterstock has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Shutterstock beats Urgent.ly on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Urgent.ly

Urgent.ly Inc. offers mobility assistance software platform for roadside assistance in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Its services include car lockout, tire changes, towing, stuck in ditch and winch services, motorcycle towing, electric vehicle towing, jump start, and gas delivery. The company's software platform combines location-based services, real-time data, AI and machine-to-machine communication to provide roadside assistance solutions. It serves automotive, insurance, telematics, and other transportation-focused verticals. Urgent.ly Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia.

About Shutterstock

Shutterstock, Inc. provides platform to connect brands and businesses to high quality content in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company offers image services consisting of photographs, vectors, and illustrations, which is used in visual communications, such as websites, digital and print marketing materials, corporate communications, books, publications, and others; footage services, including video clips, filmed by industry experts and cinema grade video effects in HD and 4K formats that are integrated into websites, social media, marketing campaigns, and cinematic productions; and music services comprising music tracks and sound effects, which are used to complement images and footage. It also provides 3 dimensional models consisting of 3D models used in various industries, such as advertising, media and video production, gaming, retail, education, design, and architecture; and generative AI content comprising images generated from algorithms trained with ethically sourced content. The company offers its services under the Shutterstock, Pond5, TurboSquid, PicMonkey, PremiumBeat, Splash News, Bigstock, and Offset brand names. In addition, it operates a collection of graphics interchange format visuals and stickers that supplies casual conversational content. The company serves corporate professionals and organizations, media and broadcast companies, and small and medium-sized businesses, and individual creators through digital, live sales, and client management channels. Shutterstock, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in New York, New York.