Jim Cramer on Shutterstock: "You Can Pick Up the Yield"

Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE:SSTK) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer shed light on. When a caller questioned the stock’s and Getty Images’ future in the AI era, Cramer replied:

“Look, one of them is making money, Shutterstock. One of them is losing money, Getty. I think Shutterstock’s better, but doesn’t really have the growth that I’d like to see. But you can pick up the yield, maybe to get some growth, but it’s really been, frankly, it’s been a labor of not like, and I’m not, I don’t like laborers of not like.”

Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) provides a platform for businesses and creators to access high-quality content, including images, videos, music, 3D models, and AI-generated visuals. Cramer discussed the company in a January episode, as he said:

“Next, early yesterday morning, we learned that Getty Images in Shutterstock, two of the leading purveyors of stock photos and videos, are joining forces in a merger of equals. Of course, in reality, there’s no such thing. Getty’s buying Shutterstock and their shareholders will own 55% of the combined company. This one’s pretty straightforward. You got two major players in the same industry combining to give themselves a lot more leverage versus their customers. Something they need in this age of AI-generated content… Getty Images and Shutterstock. Now they’re fighting for their life in a world where generative AI systems can create images from simple text prompts. They’ll certainly be stronger together and they’ll be in a better position to negotiate with the software developers who want to license their photos to train their AI models. By the way, they’re also gonna benefit from widespread adoption of the latest NVIDIA platform, Blackwell, which works wonderfully with video.”

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