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GETY

Getty Images Holdings, Inc.

GETY

Getty Images Holdings, Inc. NYSE
$1.54 -2.53% (-0.04)

Market Cap $640.42 M
52w High $3.87
52w Low $1.25
Dividend Yield 0%
P/E -7
Volume 660.30K
Outstanding Shares 415.86M

Income Statement

Period Revenue Operating Expense Net Income Net Profit Margin Earnings Per Share EBITDA
Q3-2025 $240.044M $130.636M $22.366M 9.317% $0.05 $63.886M
Q2-2025 $234.882M $133.693M $-35.069M -14.93% $-0.085 $-5.038M
Q1-2025 $224.077M $136.526M $-102.572M -45.775% $-0.25 $10.209M
Q4-2024 $247.324M $145.824M $24.426M 9.876% $0.059 $96.192M
Q3-2024 $240.545M $119.017M $-2.195M -0.913% $-0.012 $45.7M

Balance Statement

Period Cash & Short-term Total Assets Total Liabilities Total Equity
Q3-2025 $109.533M $2.595B $1.912B $634.581M
Q2-2025 $110.275M $2.596B $1.936B $611.158M
Q1-2025 $114.554M $2.567B $1.925B $592.952M
Q4-2024 $121.173M $2.564B $1.845B $670.196M
Q3-2024 $109.873M $2.585B $1.854B $683.404M

Cash Flow Statement

Period Net Income Cash From Operations Cash From Investing Cash From Financing Net Change Free Cash Flow
Q3-2025 $21.618M $22.62M $-14.735M $-6.769M $-741K $7.885M
Q2-2025 $-34.359M $6.546M $-16.111M $-8.752M $-4.293M $-9.565M
Q1-2025 $-102.572M $15.384M $-15.706M $-12.547M $-6.631M $-322K
Q4-2024 $24.723M $39.696M $-15.127M $-2.352M $10.916M $24.569M
Q3-2024 $-2.527M $10.653M $-12.622M $-19.092M $-11.844M $-1.837M

Revenue by Products

Product Q2-2024Q4-2024Q1-2025Q2-2025
Creative
Creative
$140.00M $410.00M $130.00M $130.00M
Other
Other
$10.00M $40.00M $10.00M $20.00M

Five-Year Company Overview

Income Statement

Income Statement Getty’s revenue has inched up over the last few years but not dramatically, so this is more of a steady, mature business than a fast‑growing one. Profitability has been consistently positive at the operating level, with healthy margins for a content and licensing company. The main weakness is that bottom‑line earnings have been choppy: there were losses a couple of years ago, followed by smaller but positive profits more recently. Overall, the income statement points to a stable core business that can make money, but with earnings that can swing from year to year rather than rise in a smooth, predictable way.


Balance Sheet

Balance Sheet The balance sheet shows a company with sizable intangible assets and a meaningful debt load. Debt has come down from earlier peaks, and equity has gradually built up, which is a positive sign of repair and stabilization. However, leverage is still notable, and cash on hand is relatively modest compared with total obligations. This means the company is not in a weak position, but it does not have an overly conservative balance sheet either; it needs to manage debt and interest costs carefully while continuing to strengthen its capital base.


Cash Flow

Cash Flow Cash generation is one of the stronger aspects of the story. Getty has produced steady, positive operating cash flow over several years and has regularly generated free cash flow even after its ongoing investments. The level of spending on technology and content (through capital expenditures) has been fairly consistent and not overly heavy, allowing the company to fund itself without obvious strain. This pattern suggests a business that converts a reasonable share of its revenue into cash and has some flexibility to invest, pay down debt, or absorb bumps in earnings.


Competitive Edge

Competitive Edge Getty enjoys a solid competitive position built on its huge and partly exclusive content library, long‑standing brand recognition, and extensive contributor network. Its reputation for legally safe, high‑quality imagery and strong rights management is a key differentiator, especially for large enterprises and media clients that are risk‑averse. Deep integrations and partnerships with major tech platforms and creative tools embed Getty’s content directly into customer workflows, which helps defend its position against smaller rivals and generic image providers. At the same time, the rise of generative AI and free or low‑cost alternatives keeps competitive pressure high, so the moat is meaningful but not unassailable.


Innovation and R&D

Innovation and R&D Innovation is heavily focused on artificial intelligence and workflow tools rather than pure hardware or traditional R&D. Getty is pushing a “commercially safe” generative AI offering built on its own library, with legal protections that aim to differentiate it from open models. Features like product placement, reference‑guided generation, enhanced search, and personalized AI models show a clear effort to move from static stock photos to dynamic, brand‑specific content creation. The company is also shifting more toward subscription and integrated services, which can deepen customer relationships. Overall, Getty is actively adapting to the AI shift and trying to turn a potential threat into a growth driver, but the long‑term payoff will depend on how well these tools are adopted and monetized versus competing AI platforms.


Summary

Getty looks like a mature, cash‑generating content platform that is working to reinvent itself in an AI‑driven world. Financially, it shows stable revenue, decent operating margins, and reliable cash flow, offset by a history of uneven net earnings and a still‑meaningful debt load. Strategically, its strengths lie in trusted, rights‑cleared content, a massive exclusive library, and deep distribution partnerships. The key opportunity is to leverage these assets through legally safe generative AI and subscription models; the key risks are continued competitive pressure from other AI image tools and the need to keep debt under control while investing in innovation. The company is not standing still, but execution on its AI and subscription strategies will largely determine how strong its position looks a few years from now.