Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) & Rediff.com India (OTCMKTS:REDFY) Head-To-Head Comparison

Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) and Rediff.com India (OTCMKTS:REDFY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Shutterstock and Rediff.com India, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shutterstock	0	3	1	0	2.25
Rediff.com India	0	0	0	0	0.00

Shutterstock presently has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.92%. Given Shutterstock’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than Rediff.com India.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Shutterstock and Rediff.com India”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shutterstock	$989.92 million	0.62	$45.50 million	$1.29	13.28
Rediff.com India	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Shutterstock has higher revenue and earnings than Rediff.com India.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

82.8% of Shutterstock shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.3% of Shutterstock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 70.7% of Rediff.com India shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Shutterstock and Rediff.com India’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shutterstock	4.60%	16.13%	6.85%
Rediff.com India	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk and Volatility

Shutterstock has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rediff.com India has a beta of 17.17, suggesting that its stock price is 1,617% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Shutterstock beats Rediff.com India on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Rediff.com India

Rediff.com India Limited engages in the online business in India and to the global Indian community. The company delivers news and information, enterprise email services, online shopping marketplace, and internet-based local TV advertising platform; and online advertising services. Its websites consist of information relating to sports and cricket; life style and movies; content on news, business, and finance; and search facilities, as well as a range of community features, including as e-mail and shopping. The company delivers its services on PCs, tablets, and various mobile platforms. Rediff.com India Limited was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.