Getty Images (NYSE:GETY – Get Free Report) and Waystar (NASDAQ:WAY – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.
Volatility & Risk
Getty Images has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waystar has a beta of 0.1, suggesting that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Getty Images and Waystar, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Getty Images | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Waystar | 0 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 3.00 |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Getty Images and Waystar”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Getty Images | $981.29 million | 0.32 | -$206.12 million | ($0.26) | -2.90 |
| Waystar | $1.10 billion | 3.27 | $112.09 million | $0.67 | 27.99 |
Waystar has higher revenue and earnings than Getty Images. Getty Images is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waystar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Getty Images and Waystar’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Getty Images | -10.94% | -17.01% | -3.70% |
| Waystar | 10.90% | 6.99% | 4.72% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
45.8% of Getty Images shares are held by institutional investors. 12.5% of Getty Images shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Waystar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Waystar beats Getty Images on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Getty Images
Getty Images Holdings, Inc. offers creative and editorial visual content solutions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. Its products include Getty Images that offers creative and editorial content including stills, music and video which focuses on corporate, agency, and media customers; iStock.com, an e-commerce offering where customers have access to creative stills and video; Unsplash.com, a platform offering free stock photo downloads and paid subscriptions targeted to the high-growth prosumer and semi-professional creator segments; and Unsplash+ that provides access to unique model released content with expanded legal protections. In addition, it maintains privately-owned photographic archives covering news, sport, and entertainment, as well as variety of subjects, including lifestyle, business, science, health, wellness, beauty, sports, transportation, and travel. Further, the company provides music licensing, and digital asset management and distribution services. It serves media outlets, advertising agencies and corporations, individual creators, and prosumers. The company was formerly known as Getty Images, Inc. Getty Images Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
About Waystar
Waystar Holding Corp. is a software company which provide healthcare payments. Waystar Holding Corp. is based in LEHI, Utah.
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