Growth Metrics

Shutterstock (SSTK) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Shutterstock (SSTK) has disclosed Operating Margin for 15 consecutive years, with 1.07% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 633.0% to 1.07% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 7.58% through Dec 2025, up 24.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 7.58% for FY2025, 24.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 1.07% at Shutterstock, down from 12.49% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Margin was 20.8% in Q1 2021, with the low at 1.07% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 9.61%, with a median of 8.6% recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest move saw Operating Margin skyrocketed 1721bps in 2021, then tumbled -1094bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 7.09% in 2021, then crashed by -50bps to 3.51% in 2022, then crashed by -72bps to 0.98% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 437bps to 5.25% in 2024, then crashed by -120bps to 1.07% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods came in at 1.07%, 12.49%, and 13.01% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.