Insider Selling: Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) CEO Sells 167,403 Shares of Stock

Getty Images Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:GETY) CEO Craig Warren Peters sold 167,403 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $0.78, for a total value of $130,574.34. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 1,289,548 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,005,847.44. This trade represents a 11.49% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

Getty Images Trading Down 3.9%

Shares of Getty Images stock opened at $0.75 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $0.96 and its 200-day simple moving average is $1.45. The company has a market cap of $312.07 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.49 and a beta of 2.13. The company has a current ratio of 0.77, a quick ratio of 0.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.12. Getty Images Holdings, Inc. has a 1 year low of $0.67 and a 1 year high of $3.21.

Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) last released its earnings results on Monday, March 16th. The company reported ($0.22) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.03 by ($0.25). Getty Images had a negative net margin of 21.00% and a negative return on equity of 25.05%. The company had revenue of $282.29 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $246.17 million. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Getty Images Holdings, Inc. will post 0.08 EPS for the current year.

More Getty Images News

Here are the key news stories impacting Getty Images this week:

• Neutral Sentiment: Aggregate: insiders sold roughly 391,500 shares across filings dated March 25, 2026 — about $305k at the reported ~$0.78 average — disclosed in SEC filings. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Concentrated executive selling: CEO Craig Warren Peters sold 167,403 shares (~11.5% reduction in his stake); CFO Jennifer Leyden, CMO Gene Foca, CTO Nathaniel Gandert and several SVPs/VPs also sold material stakes on March 25. Markets often view simultaneous sales by multiple senior officers as a negative signal for near-term sentiment. Links to individual SEC filings: CEO Read More., CFO Read More., CMO Read More., CTO Read More., and other filings Read More..

Institutional Trading of Getty Images

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Koch Inc. grew its position in Getty Images by 42.8% in the fourth quarter. Koch Inc. now owns 115,259,246 shares of the company’s stock valued at $154,447,000 after acquiring an additional 34,525,639 shares during the period. Readystate Asset Management LP bought a new position in shares of Getty Images during the fourth quarter valued at $3,071,000. Millennium Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Getty Images by 160.7% during the fourth quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 1,530,821 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,051,000 after acquiring an additional 943,567 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in shares of Getty Images by 43.8% in the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,434,545 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,041,000 after purchasing an additional 742,008 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Callodine Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in shares of Getty Images in the 4th quarter valued at $670,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 45.75% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

GETY has been the subject of several recent research reports. Citigroup cut their price target on Getty Images from $1.85 to $0.85 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Monday, February 23rd. Zacks Research lowered Getty Images from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Friday, March 20th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Getty Images in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $3.78.

About Getty Images

Getty Images (NYSE: GETY) is a leading global provider of digital visual content, offering an extensive library of stock photography, editorial imagery, video footage and music. The company supplies creative and rights-managed assets to a broad range of industries, including advertising, media, corporate communications and publishing. Through its online platform and licensing services, Getty Images enables customers to search, license and download multimedia content for commercial and editorial use.

Founded in 1995 by Mark Getty and Jonathan Klein, Getty Images pioneered the aggregation of photographic archives into a centralized, digital marketplace.