Shutterstock, Inc. financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
SSTK on NYSE
Location
New York, NY
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
17 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • SSTK - Shutterstock, Inc. financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 8.3%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-green-600">+20%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 13 Feb 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-02-13) highlights Return On Equity 8.3%, Return On Assets 5.2%, and Operating Margin 2.2%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

49.1/100

Caution Confidence high

Return On Equity

8.3%

Metric score 1.6/100

Return On Assets

5.2%

Metric score 39.5/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
0.54x
Quick Ratio
0.46x
Debt to Equity
0.52x

Strengths

Debt-to-equity and NetIncomeLoss YoY

Watchpoints

Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and Operating Margin

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

8.3%

YoY: +20%

Industry median: 21% (n=103)

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Return On Assets

5.2%

YoY: +11%

Industry median: -10% (n=100)

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Operating Margin

2.2%

YoY: +3.2%

Industry median: -3.8% (n=72)

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Current Ratio

0.54x

YoY: +32%

Industry median: 1.09x (n=98)

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Quick Ratio

0.46x

YoY: +40%

Industry median: 0.92x (n=62)

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Debt-to-equity

0.52x

YoY: +10%

Industry median: 0.22x (n=79)

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Revenues YoY

5.8%

YoY:

Industry median: 8.4% (n=77)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

27%

YoY:

Industry median: 15% (n=94)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 8.3% +20%
Return On Assets 5.2% +11%
Operating Margin 2.2% +3.2%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 0.54x +32%
Quick Ratio 0.46x +40%
Debt-to-equity 0.52x +10%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 5.8%
NetIncomeLoss YoY 27%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 35,546,755
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 35,528,000 +1.9%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $410,000 +1.7%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 35,290,000 -0.11%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 36,268,000 +1.7%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $989,925,000 +5.8%
Research and Development Expense $89,033,000 +0.7%
Selling and Marketing Expense $220,977,000 -0.78%
General and Administrative Expense $198,010,000 +24%
Costs and Expenses $914,866,000 +5.6%
Operating Income (Loss) $75,059,000 +9.2%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $75,331,000 +20%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $29,835,000 +12%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 1.29 +26%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 1.25 +24%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $178,244,000 +60%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $112,626,000 +18%
Assets, Current $338,639,000 +32%
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net $61,289,000 -14%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $62,553,000 -5.8%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $9,770,000 -30%
Goodwill $574,614,000 +0.87%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $93,398,000 +12%
Assets $1,355,936,000 +3.6%
Accounts Payable, Current $13,898,000 +51%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $49,705,000 +6.3%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $129,952,000 +2.6%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current $212,984,000 -5.5%
Liabilities, Current $628,402,000 +0.5%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $1,134,000 -48%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $17,247,000 -26%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $11,476,000 -44%
Liabilities $774,898,000 -2%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $4,754,000 +72%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $335,168,000 -0.31%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $581,038,000 +12%
Liabilities and Equity $1,355,936,000 +3.6%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 200,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 41,049,000 +1.6%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $178,244,000 +60%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $6,517,000 -26%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $76,509,000 -8.3%
Operating Lease, Liability $25,582,000 -23%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $57,583,000 +85%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $28,266,000 -25%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $425,770,000 +11%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $8,335,000 -14%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $8,651,000 +6.9%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $8,560,000 -16%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.065 0%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $2,684,000 -43%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $8,395,000 -0.17%
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards $19,569,000 +8.7%
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 0
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 5,000,000 0%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $9,104,000 -26%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $2,660,000 -68%
Amortization of Intangible Assets $47,500,000 +4.2%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $69,992,000 -6.2%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense $61,076,000 +8.4%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY