Wedbush Comments on Getty Images’ Q1 Earnings (NYSE:GETY)

Getty Images Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:GETY) – Analysts at Wedbush dropped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Getty Images in a report released on Tuesday, March 18th. Wedbush analyst M. Pachter now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.01 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.03. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $7.70 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Getty Images’ current full-year earnings is $0.08 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Getty Images’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.02 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.11 EPS.

Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March 17th. The company reported ($0.01) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.04 by ($0.05). The company had revenue of $247.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $245.50 million. Getty Images had a net margin of 5.91% and a return on equity of 6.42%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 9.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Benchmark cut their price target on shares of Getty Images from $6.00 to $4.50 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an “underweight” rating on shares of Getty Images in a research report on Wednesday, December 18th. Finally, Macquarie reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $3.75 price objective on shares of Getty Images in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Getty Images currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $5.24.

Getty Images Price Performance

Shares of GETY opened at $2.21 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $906.42 million, a PE ratio of 18.38 and a beta of 1.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.84, a quick ratio of 0.79 and a current ratio of 0.79. Getty Images has a fifty-two week low of $1.90 and a fifty-two week high of $5.00. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $2.43 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $2.98.

Insider Activity at Getty Images

In other news, CEO Craig Warren Peters sold 32,753 shares of Getty Images stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $2.20, for a total value of $72,056.60. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 1,212,648 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,667,825.60. The trade was a 2.63 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Jennifer Leyden sold 12,342 shares of Getty Images stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $2.20, for a total transaction of $27,152.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 261,034 shares in the company, valued at approximately $574,274.80. The trade was a 4.51 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 70,521 shares of company stock worth $155,146 in the last 90 days. 12.30% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Getty Images

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Koch Inc. acquired a new stake in Getty Images during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $183,865,000. Toronto Dominion Bank acquired a new position in Getty Images during the fourth quarter worth $3,553,000. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Getty Images by 7.3% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 10,225,249 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,087,000 after buying an additional 698,829 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of Getty Images by 46.3% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,474,167 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,617,000 after buying an additional 466,521 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its holdings in shares of Getty Images by 71.2% during the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 352,388 shares of the company’s stock worth $761,000 after buying an additional 146,576 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 45.75% of the company’s stock.

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.