Financial Review: Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) vs. Auto Parts 4Less Group (OTC:FLES)

Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) and Auto Parts 4Less Group (OTC:FLES) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Getty Images has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Auto Parts 4Less Group has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Getty Images and Auto Parts 4Less Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Getty Images	$916.55 million	1.54	$19.34 million	$0.12	28.75
Auto Parts 4Less Group	$4.20 million	0.00	-$17.78 million	($5.73)	0.00

Getty Images has higher revenue and earnings than Auto Parts 4Less Group. Auto Parts 4Less Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Getty Images, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Getty Images and Auto Parts 4Less Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Getty Images	5.91%	6.52%	1.74%
Auto Parts 4Less Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Getty Images and Auto Parts 4Less Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Getty Images	0	1	3	0	2.75
Auto Parts 4Less Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Getty Images presently has a consensus target price of $5.55, indicating a potential upside of 60.87%. Given Getty Images’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Getty Images is more favorable than Auto Parts 4Less Group.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

45.8% of Getty Images shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Getty Images shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of Auto Parts 4Less Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Getty Images beats Auto Parts 4Less Group on 13 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 Auto Parts 4Less Group

Auto Parts 4Less Group, Inc., operates as an e-commerce auto and truck parts sales company in the United States. The company offers automotive parts, including exhaust systems, suspension systems, wheels, tires, stereo systems, truck bed covers, and shocks for cars, trucks, boats, motorcycles, RVs, and other parts through AutoParts4Less.com. The company was formerly known as The 4Less Group, Inc. and changed its name to Auto Parts 4Less Group, Inc. in April 2022. Auto Parts 4Less Group, Inc. is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.