Getty Images Holdings, Inc. Class A Common Stock (GETY)

As the craze of earnings season draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the most exciting (and some less so) results from Q4. Today, we are looking at digital media & content platforms stocks, starting with WEBTOON (NASDAQ:WBTN).

The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how Stride (NYSE:LRN) and the rest of the digital media & content platforms stocks fared in Q4.

While strong cash flow is a key indicator of stability, it doesn’t always translate to superior returns. Some cash-heavy businesses struggle with inefficient spending, slowing demand, or weak competitive positioning.

The stocks in this article have caught Wall Street’s attention in a big way, with price targets implying returns above 20%. But investors should take these forecasts with a grain of salt because analysts typically say nice things about companies so their firms can win business in other product lines like M&A advisory.

As the Q4 earnings season wraps, let’s dig into this quarter’s best and worst performers in the digital media & content platforms industry, including Vimeo (NASDAQ:VMEO) and its peers.

Getty and Shutterstock announced early January a deal to combine in a merger of equals.

The merger remains subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions, with no definitive public announcement of delays or cancellations as of now.

Getty Images beats Q4 earnings estimates, but analyst downgrades 2025 revenue and EBITDA forecast due to multiple challenges.

U.S. stock futures were flat on Tuesday after a bounce back on Monday. Futures of all four benchmark indices were mixed in premarket trading.

CEO Craig Peters said the company is focused on investing in core assets, expanding its exclusive content and leveraging its unique expertise to drive sustainable customer value.

Getty Images Holdings releases its fourth-quarter results after Monday's closing bell. Here's a look at the details from the report.

Visual content marketplace Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) reported Q4 CY2024 results beating Wall Street’s revenue expectations, with sales up 9.5% year on year to $247.3 million. On the other hand, the company’s full-year revenue guidance of $936.5 million at the midpoint came in 2.3% below analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP profit of $0.06 per share was $0.02 above analysts’ consensus estimates.

U.S. stock futures fell again on Monday after Friday's rally, as benchmark indices hover around the correction zone.

The Finchat-compiled consensus estimates call for the company to report earnings per share of $0.06 and revenue of $246.31 million.

Visual content marketplace Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) will be reporting results tomorrow afternoon. Here’s what to expect.

Shutterstock has long been a leader in the stock media industry. In January 2025, Shutterstock and Getty Images announced plans to merge under the new entity Getty Images Holdings, Inc.