Growth Metrics

Shutterstock (SSTK) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Shutterstock (SSTK) has disclosed Gross Margin for 15 consecutive years, with 7.64% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin fell 1465.0% to 7.64% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 49.6% through Dec 2025, down 40.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 58.9% for FY2025, 127.0% up from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin for Q4 2025 was 7.64% at Shutterstock, down from 60.57% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Gross Margin was 119.36% in Q4 2023, with the low at 7.64% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 67.85%, with a median of 72.61% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Gross Margin surged 2177bps in 2021, then crashed -11235bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Gross Margin stood at 97.25% in 2021, then increased by 14bps to 110.67% in 2022, then rose by 8bps to 119.36% in 2023, then tumbled by -94bps to 7.0% in 2024, then plummeted by -209bps to 7.64% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Gross Margin over the past three periods came in at 7.64%, 60.57%, and 60.3% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.