Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK) is a publicly listed company headquartered in New York, New York, United States that owns 1 consumer brand, and has 1 recorded transaction.[1][2]
Shutterstock licenses stock photography, video and music, and was founded in 2003 by a photographer who could not find a market for his own images. It bought Giphy from Meta in 2023 for a fraction of what Meta had paid, because a competition regulator had ordered the sale.
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acquisitions recorded · 1 since 2015
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Headline figures from Shutterstock's annual reports filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, in USD as reported, fiscal years ending 2020–2025. Revenue moved from $666.7m to $989.9m, an average of 8.2% a year (calculated).
| Fiscal year ended | Revenue | Operating income | Operating margin | Net income | Total assets | Long-term debt | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $989.9m | $75.1m | 7.6% | $45.5m | $1.36bn | $116.6m | 10-K | |
| $935.3m | $68.7m | 7.3% | $35.9m | $1.31bn | $119.6m | 10-K | |
| $874.6m | $68.4m | 7.8% | $110.3m | $1.04bn | $0 | 10-K | |
| $827.8m | $93.6m | 11.3% | $76.1m | $881.2m | — | 10-K | |
| $773.4m | $108.1m | 14.0% | $91.9m | $851.7m | — | 10-K | |
| $666.7m | $85.3m | 12.8% | $71.8m | $729.6m | — | 10-K |
Source: SEC XBRL company facts. A dash means the company did not report that line in a form we could read. Figures for a year can be restated in a later filing; the latest filing's number is shown.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Meta sold Giphy to Shutterstock for a reported $53 million, about a sixth of what it had paid three years earlier, to comply with the divestiture ordered by the Competition and Markets Authority.
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The documents behind the figures on this page, as listed in the SEC's EDGAR index. Each links to the filing itself.
| Filed | Form | What it declares |
|---|---|---|
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers; Regulation FD disclosure | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition; Regulation FD disclosure | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers; Other events | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers; Regulation FD disclosure; Other events | |
| 8-K | Termination of a material agreement | |
| 8-K | Regulation FD disclosure; Other events | |
| 8-K | Other events | |
| 8-K | Other events | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition; Regulation FD disclosure | |
| 8-K | Other events | |
| 8-K | Other events | |
| 8-K | Other events |
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Shutterstock owns 1 consumer brands tracked here, including GIPHY.
Yes. Shutterstock is headquartered in New York, New York, United States and was founded in 2003.
Shutterstock is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as SSTK on the NYSE.
The most recent completed acquisition recorded here is GIPHY on 23 May 2023.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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