Growth Metrics

Shutterstock (SSTK) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Shutterstock has reported Operating Margin over the past 16 years, most recently at 15.54% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 1975.0% to 15.54% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 103.21% through Mar 2026, down 10966.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 708.1% for FY2025, 70076.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 15.54% for Q1 2026 at Shutterstock, down from 0.31% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 18.75% in Q1 2023 and troughed at 15.54% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 7.37% (2023), against an average of 7.14%.
  • Year-over-year, Operating Margin soared 525bps in 2025 and then crashed -1975bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 3.51% in 2022, then plummeted by -72bps to 0.98% in 2023, then surged by 437bps to 5.25% in 2024, then crashed by -94bps to 0.31% in 2025, then crashed by -5091bps to 15.54% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SSTK's Operating Margin are 15.54% (Q1 2026), 0.31% (Q4 2025), and 12.49% (Q3 2025).