Getty Images (GETY) and Its Peers Financial Comparison

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

Valuation and Earnings

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

Volatility & Risk

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

Profitability

This table compares Getty Images and its rivals’ 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%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Getty Images and its rivals, 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 target price of $3.92, suggesting 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 possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Getty Images is more favorable than its rivals.

Summary

Getty Images rivals 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.