Growth Metrics

Shutterstock (SSTK) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Shutterstock (SSTK) has disclosed Return on Sales for 15 consecutive years, with 0.07% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Sales fell 7.0% to 0.07% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.05%, a 1.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.05%, up 1.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Sales was 0.07% for Q4 2025 at Shutterstock, down from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.24% in Q2 2023 to a low of 0.07% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.08% and a median of 0.08% in 2021 define the central range for Return on Sales.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: rose 15bps in 2023, then decreased -22bps in 2024.
  • Shutterstock's Return on Sales stood at 0.08% in 2021, then plummeted by -61bps to 0.03% in 2022, then tumbled by -114bps to 0.0% in 2023, then decreased by -23bps to 0.01% in 2024, then tumbled by -1174bps to 0.07% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SSTK's Return on Sales are 0.07% (Q4 2025), 0.05% (Q3 2025), and 0.11% (Q2 2025).