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Shutterstock, Inc.

Communication ServicesBusiness Services & Software
Ticker SSTKNEW YORK, NYFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $4.71Diluted shares 36.4M

Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK) operates a global creative platform where businesses and individuals license digital content and access services supporting creative production. Its content includes images, footage, music, 3D models and generative AI images, supplied by a worldwide contributor network and licensed… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Shutterstock, Inc. reported revenue of $815.09M, down 20.1% from a year earlier, and a net loss of $417.28M. Its operating margin was −47.6%, and operations generated $72.45M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $989.92M, up 5.8% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $45.50M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-09-30
Sales & profitability
$989.92MFY2025
+5.8% year over year
Last 12 mo $815.09M
7.58%FY2025
+0.2 percentage points
Last 12 mo -47.55%
$45.50MFY2025
+26.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $-417.28M
7.83%FY2025
+0.9 percentage points
Last 12 mo -243.26%
Cash & financing
$166.69MFY2025
+410.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $72.45M
$123.83MFY2025
+950.0% year over year
Last 12 mo $30.63M
0.47FY2025
Was 0.54× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 1.41
36.3MFY2025
+1.7% year over year
Last 12 mo 36.4M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Shutterstock, Inc. does

In the company’s own words

Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK) operates a global creative platform where businesses and individuals license digital content and access services supporting creative production. Its content includes images, footage, music, 3D models and generative AI images, supplied by a worldwide contributor network and licensed through digital marketplaces and sales teams. Customers include marketing and communications organizations, media and broadcast companies, small and medium-sized businesses, and individual creators; they also license content metadata for AI training and use custom production, distribution and advertising services. The company reports Content and Data, Distribution, and Services offerings: Content generated $786.7 million of 2025 revenue, while Data, Distribution, and Services generated $203.3 million. Its brands include Shutterstock, Pond5, TurboSquid, PicMonkey, PremiumBeat, Bigstock, Envato and Giphy; Shutterstock Studios provides custom content and production services. In 2025, more than 3.5 million customers in over 150 countries licensed revenue-generating content, and the company had 1,565 full-time employees at year-end. Its website is https://www.shutterstock.com.

Company details
Sector
Communication Services
Industry (SIC)
Business Services & Software
Headquarters
NEW YORK, NY
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1549346
SIC
7374

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2012–2025 · USD
$-558.00M$-135.84M$286.32M$708.48M$1.13B20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Shutterstock, Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

194
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$105.37M
held by funds, at market
19.2%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · Shutterstock, Inc.’s weight in each

VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.01%of fund net assets
Invenomic Fund
BIVIX · NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST II
—of fund net assets
VANGUARD EXTENDED MARKET INDEX FUND
VXF · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
Fidelity Small Cap Index Fund
FSSNX · Fidelity Salem Street Trust
—of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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