Shutterstock Invests for the Future

Digital-image specialist Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK) faces the same dilemma that countless other businesses have dealt with in the past: how much of its hard-won sales to reinvest into its business. Shutterstock wants to become the premier platform for business customers seeking to flesh out their image on the internet and mobile devices, but it faces considerable competition, requiring it to spend money in order to stay ahead of its rivals.

Coming into Tuesday's third-quarter financial report, Shutterstock investors were prepared to deal with bottom-line pain in the hopes of finding long-term gain. Shutterstock rewarded its supporters with better revenue growth than anticipated, and the company seems confident in its ability to balance current performance with strategic investment to find the right path forward. Let's look more closely at Shutterstock and how it did over the past few months.

Image source: Shutterstock.

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