Head-To-Head Comparison: Getty Images (GETY) vs. Its Competitors

Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) is one of 192 public companies in the “Interactive Media & Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Getty Images to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

45.8% of Getty Images shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of Getty Images shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of shares of all “Interactive Media & Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Getty Images and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Getty Images	2	3	1	0	1.83
Getty Images Competitors	1449	6037	11562	443	2.56

Getty Images currently has a consensus price target of $3.92, indicating a potential upside of 20,236.79%. As a group, “Interactive Media & Services” companies have a potential upside of 32.21%. Given Getty Images’ higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Getty Images is more favorable than its competitors.

Volatility & Risk

Getty Images has a beta of 2.21, meaning that its stock price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Getty Images’ competitors have a beta of 1.89, meaning that their average stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Getty Images and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Getty Images	$978.00 million	-$206.12 million	-0.05
Getty Images Competitors	$12.05 billion	$3.48 billion	8.03

Getty Images’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Getty Images. Getty Images is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Getty Images and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Getty Images	-16.24%	-26.82%	-5.25%
Getty Images Competitors	-349.71%	-23.08%	3.97%

Summary

Getty Images competitors beat Getty Images on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Getty Images

Getty Images Holdings, Inc. is a visual communications company that provides licensed photography, video, music and other digital media to businesses, media organizations, advertising agencies and creative professionals. Its content is used in marketing campaigns, news coverage, entertainment, corporate communications and other commercial and editorial applications. The company operates through the Getty Images and iStock brands. Getty Images offers premium and editorial content, including news, sports, entertainment and archival imagery, while iStock provides royalty-free stock photographs, illustrations, video and other creative assets.