Insider Selling: Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) CFO Sells 31,576 Shares of Stock

Getty Images Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:GETY) CFO Jennifer Leyden sold 31,576 shares of Getty Images stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $0.78, for a total transaction of $24,629.28. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 316,780 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $247,088.40. This represents a 9.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink.

Getty Images Stock Performance

NYSE:GETY opened at $0.75 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.12, a quick ratio of 0.77 and a current ratio of 0.77. The firm has a market cap of $312.07 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.49 and a beta of 2.13. Getty Images Holdings, Inc. has a 52-week low of $0.67 and a 52-week high of $3.21. The business’s fifty day moving average is $0.96 and its 200 day moving average is $1.45.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have commented on the stock. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Getty Images in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Zacks Research lowered Getty Images from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Friday, March 20th. Finally, Citigroup reduced their target price on shares of Getty Images from $1.85 to $0.85 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, February 23rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Getty Images presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $3.78.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Getty Images by 1,201.6% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 275,296 shares of the company’s stock worth $476,000 after buying an additional 254,146 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Getty Images by 14.0% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,866,490 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,099,000 after purchasing an additional 228,532 shares during the period. Creative Planning bought a new stake in shares of Getty Images during the 2nd quarter valued at $75,000. Intech Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Getty Images by 19.3% during the 2nd quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 68,843 shares of the company’s stock valued at $114,000 after buying an additional 11,121 shares in the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of Getty Images by 43.8% during the second 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. Institutional investors own 45.75% of the company’s stock.

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..

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.