Jennifer Leyden Sells 31,576 Shares of Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) Stock

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

Getty Images Trading Down 3.9%

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

Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) last posted its earnings results on Monday, March 16th. The company reported ($0.22) earnings per share (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 the consensus estimate of $246.17 million. Sell-side analysts expect that Getty Images Holdings, Inc. will post 0.08 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Getty Images

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in GETY. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its position in Getty Images by 103.2% in the third quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 21,794 shares of the company’s stock worth $43,000 after purchasing an additional 11,066 shares during the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Getty Images in the second quarter valued at $32,000. Alpine Global Management LLC purchased a new stake in Getty Images in the 4th quarter worth about $98,000. Ionic Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Getty Images in the fourth quarter worth approximately $248,000. Finally, Koch Inc. increased its stake in Getty Images by 42.8% in the fourth quarter. Koch Inc. now owns 115,259,246 shares of the company’s stock worth $154,447,000 after purchasing an additional 34,525,639 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 45.75% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have weighed in on GETY. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Getty Images in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Zacks Research cut shares of Getty Images from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Friday, March 20th. Finally, Citigroup decreased their price objective on shares of Getty Images from $1.85 to $0.85 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research 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 issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $3.78.

Key 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..

Getty Images Company Profile

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.