Shutterstock (SSTK) Cost of Revenue (2011 - 2026)
Shutterstock's Cost of Revenue came in at $93.79 million for Q2 2026, down 11.5% from $105.99 million a year earlier and down 1.1% from the prior quarter.
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Shutterstock (SSTK) Cost of Revenue (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Shutterstock reported Cost of Revenue of $388.54 million, down 8.3% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $406.85 million, up 2.7% from FY2024.
- Cost of Revenue has increased in each of the last five years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 9.4% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Cost of Revenue was $396.3 million in FY2024 (+12.4%), $352.63 million in FY2023 (+12.2%), $314.31 million in FY2022 (+13.2%) and $277.66 million in FY2021 (+7.0%).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Cost of Revenue since Q2 2024.
- Year-over-year, Cost of Revenue has declined for four consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 3.2% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Cost of Revenue over five years came in Q4 2021 (growth of 18.3%), and the weakest in Q4 2025 (a decline of 13.4%).
- Business Quant data shows SSTK's Cost of Revenue at $94.79 million (Q1 2026), $97.41 million (Q4 2025) and $102.56 million (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cost-of-revenue&ticker=SSTK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cost-of-revenue", "ticker": "SSTK", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cost-of-revenue&ticker=SSTK&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();