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01 Jul 2026, 11:50 UTC · 2h ago
Shutterstock stock plunges 30% as Getty Images scraps $3.7B merger
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Invezz
01 Jul 2026, 11:50 UTC · 2h ago
NewsImpactScreener rates every claim in this story for market impact and maps it to the tickers most exposed.
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Getty Images has terminated its planned $3.7 billion merger with Shutterstock. — The deal removal eliminates a major growth catalyst and expected synergies of $150–$200M in savings for Shutterstock.
-0.80Shutterstock's revenue has decreased by 17.9% year-over-year. — Significant revenue decline indicates weakening fundamentals and loss of market share to AI substitutes.
-0.60The merger failed because the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) required Shutterstock to divest its editorial business. — Regulatory hurdles forced a divestiture that compromised the strategic value of the merger for the buyers.
-0.30Getty Images maintains a display agreement with OpenAI to facilitate AI-era distribution. — This provides Getty with a competitive moat and a monetization path that Shutterstock lacks.
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Stock plunged 30% following the termination of the merger and reports of declining revenue and customer acquisition.
Shares fell over 5% on the news, though the analyst views the termination as a reduction in execution risk.
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