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Shutterstock (Shutterstock) Altman Z-Score

: 3.23 (As of Today)
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The Altman Z-Score is a model designed to predict the likelihood of a company going bankrupt within the next two years. Created by American finance professor Edward Altman in 1968, the model is specifically designed for publicly traded manufacturing companies with assets greater than $1 million.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 3.22 is strong.

Shutterstock has a Altman Z-Score of 3.23, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Altman Z-Score is strong.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Altman Z-Score <= 1.8, it is in Distress Zones.
When Altman Z-Score >= 3, it is in Safe Zones.
When Altman Z-Score is between 1.8 and 3, it is in Grey Zones.

The historical rank and industry rank for Shutterstock's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

SSTK' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.22   Med: 5.42   Max: 13.25
Current: 3.22

During the past 13 years, Shutterstock's highest Altman Z-Score was 13.25. The lowest was 3.22. And the median was 5.42.


Shutterstock Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Shutterstock's Altman Z-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Shutterstock Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.70 7.09 8.09 4.10 3.54

Shutterstock Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Altman Z-Score Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.10 5.97 3.75 3.28 3.54

Competitive Comparison

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Shutterstock's Altman Z-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Altman Z-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Shutterstock Altman Z-Score Distribution

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Shutterstock's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Shutterstock's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Shutterstock Altman Z-Score Calculation

Altman Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

Shutterstock's Altman Z-Score for today is calculated with this formula:

Z=1.2*X1+1.4*X2+3.3*X3+0.6*X4+1.0*X5
=1.2*-0.1543+1.4*0.3307+3.3*0.12+0.6*2.8538+1.0*0.8442
=3.23

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency. GuruFocus does not calculate Altman Z-Score when X4 or X5 value is 0.

Trailing Twelve Months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023:
Total Assets was $1,036.0 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $292.6 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $452.4 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $342.7 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 2.06 + 27.613 + 51.381 + 41.414 = $122.5 Mil.
Interest Expense was -0.57 + -0.562 + -0.493 + -0.231 = $-1.9 Mil.
Revenue was 217.219 + 233.248 + 208.84 + 215.28 = $874.6 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $1,452.3 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $508.9 Mil.

* Note that for stock reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data.

X1=Working Capital/Total Assets
=(Total Current Assets - Total Current Liabilities)/Total Assets
=(292.573 - 452.386)/1036.015
=-0.1543

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=342.653/1036.015
=0.3307

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(122.468 - -1.856)/1036.015
=0.12

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=1452.345/508.921
=2.8538

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=874.587/1036.015
=0.8442

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Distress Zones - 1.81 < Grey Zones < 2.99 - Safe Zones

Shutterstock has a Altman Z-Score of 3.23 indicating it is in Safe Zones.

Study by Altman found that companies that are in Distress Zone have more than 80% of chances of bankruptcy in two years.


Shutterstock  (NYSE:SSTK) Altman Z-Score Explanation

X1: The Working Capital/Total Assets (WC/TA) ratio is a measure of the net liquid assets of the firm relative to the total capitalization. Working capital is defined as the difference between current assets and current liabilities. Ordinarily, a firm experiencing consistent operating losses will have shrinking current assets in relation to total assets. Altman found this one proved to be the most valuable liquidity ratio comparing with the current ratio and the quick ratio. This is however the least significant of the five factors.

X2: Retained Earnings/Total Assets: the RE/TA ratio measures the leverage of a firm. Retained earnings is the account which reports the total amount of reinvested earnings and/or losses of a firm over its entire life. Those firms with high RE, relative to TA, have financed their assets through retention of profits and have not utilized as much debt.

X3, Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets (EBIT/TA): This ratio is a measure of the true productivity of the firm's assets, independent of any tax or leverage factors. Since a firm's ultimate existence is based on the earning power of its assets, this ratio appears to be particularly appropriate for studies dealing with corporate failure. This ratio continually outperforms other profitability measures, including cash flow.

X4, Market Value of Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities (MVE/TL): The measure shows how much the firm's assets can decline in value (measured by market value of equity plus debt) before the liabilities exceed the assets and the firm becomes insolvent.

X5, Revenue/Total Assets (S/TA): The capital-turnover ratio is a standard financial ratio illustrating the sales generating ability of the firm's assets.

Read more about Altman Z-Score and the original research.


Be Aware

Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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Shutterstock (Shutterstock) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
350 Fifth Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10118
Shutterstock Inc is a U.S.-based company that is engaged in the provision of digital content. The content segment, whose offerings include photographs, illustrations, vector art, video clips, and music tracks, generates almost all of the company's revenue. Shutterstock's digital content products are marketed under brands including Shutterstock, Bigstock, Offset, Shutterstock Music, and Shutterstock Editorial. Shutterstock is the company's flagship brand, and the majority of the company's sales are derived from the company's shutterstock.com website. The firm's customers include traditional enterprises, marketing agencies, and media organizations. Geographically, North America and Europe jointly account for the majority of the company's revenue.
Executives
Jonathan Oringer director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O SHUTTERSTOCK, INC., 350 FIFTH AVENUE, 21ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10118
Steven Ciardiello officer: Chief Accounting Officer 269 HANCE ROAD, FAIR HAVEN NJ 07704
John Caine officer: Global Head of eCommerce 350 FIFTH AVE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10118
Paul J. Hennessy director C/O SHUTTERSTOCK, INC., 350 FIFTH AVENUE, 21ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10118
Deirdre Mary Bigley director 109 INWOOD AVENUE, MONTCLAIR NJ 07043
Jarrod Yahes officer: Chief Financial Officer 425 W. 53RD STREET, PH1, NEW YORK NY 10119
Peter Silvio officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O SHUTTERSTOCK, INC., 350 FIFTH AVENUE, 21ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10118
Stan Pavlovsky director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 3316 LINCOLN AVE NE, RENTON WA 98056
Thomas R Evans director 11760 US HIGHWAY ONE, SUITE 200, NORTH PALM BEACH FL 33408
Alfonse L Upshaw director 350 FIFTH AVENUE, 21ST FL, NEW YORK NY 10118
Abraham Moshe Muchnick officer: Chief Product Officer C/O SHUTTERSTOCK, INC., 350 FIFTH AVENUE, 21ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10118
Rachna Bhasin director 1855 GRIFFIN ROAD, B454, DANIA BEACH FL 33004
Martin Brodbeck officer: Chief Technology Officer 26 BLAIR ROAD, ARMONK NY 10504
Louis Weiss officer: Chief Marketing Officer C/O VITAMIN SHOPPE, 2101 91ST STREET, NORTH BERGEN NJ 07047
Jeffrey Kane Weiser officer: Chief Marketing Officer 314 S. GLENROY AVENUE, LOS ANGELES CA 90049