Head to Head Analysis: Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) vs. F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV)

Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) and F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Getty Images and F5″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	$939.29 million	0.38	$39.53 million	($0.22)	-3.88
F5	$3.09 billion	5.24	$692.38 million	$12.09	23.67

F5 has higher revenue and earnings than Getty Images. Getty Images is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than F5, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Getty Images and F5’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Getty Images	-9.60%	-11.38%	-2.98%
F5	22.45%	22.08%	12.47%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Getty Images and F5, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Getty Images	1	3	1	0	2.00
F5	2	6	5	0	2.23

Getty Images currently has a consensus price target of $3.78, suggesting a potential upside of 343.48%. F5 has a consensus price target of $309.89, suggesting a potential upside of 8.27%. Given Getty Images’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Getty Images is more favorable than F5.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

45.8% of Getty Images shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of F5 shares are held by institutional investors. 11.2% of Getty Images shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of F5 shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Getty Images has a beta of 2.13, indicating that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F5 has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

F5 beats Getty Images on 11 of the 14 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 F5

F5, Inc. provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company’s distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud. It offers unified, security, networking, and application management solutions, such as web app and API protection; multi-cloud networking; application delivery and deployment; domain name system; content delivery network; and application deployment and orchestration. The company also provides application security and delivery products, including NGINX Plus; NGINX Management Suite; NGINX Ingress Controller; NGINX App Protect; BIG-IP Packaged Software; and BIG-IP Systems. In addition, it provides a range of professional services, including maintenance, consulting, training, and other technical support services. F5, Inc. sells its products to large enterprise businesses, public sector institutions, governments, and service providers through distributors, value-added resellers, managed service providers, systems integrators, and other indirect channel partners. It has partnerships with public cloud providers, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. The company was formerly known as F5 Networks, Inc. and changed its name to F5, Inc. in November 2021. F5, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.